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'''Steven Paul Smith''' ([[August 6]], 1969 – [[October 21]], 2003), known professionally as '''Elliott Smith''', was an American musician and singer-songwriter. Smith originally came to prominence as the co-leader of the short-lived, alternative band Heatmiser. Concurrent to that band's run, Smith began a solo career that quickly eclipsed his original group both commercially and critically, which arguably led to the group's downfall by the end of the decade. | |||
Smith was dating [[Weezer]] frontman [[Rivers Cuomo]]'s ex-girlfriend, [[Jennifer Chiba]], at the time of his apparent suicide on [[October 21]], [[2003]]. Smith's death was ruled a suicide, though an autopsy report did not rule out homicide.<ref>"Rocker's Autopsy Doesn't Rule Out Homicide" ''The Smoking Gun''. 8 January 2004. https://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/crime/rockers-autopsy-doesnt-rule-out-homicide</ref> Cuomo wrote the song "[[The Other Way]]", which appears on Weezer's ''[[Make Believe]]'', in an effort to console Chiba. | |||
Smith was dating [[Weezer]] frontman [[Rivers Cuomo]]'s ex-girlfriend [[Jennifer Chiba]] at the time of his apparent suicide on October | |||
Throughout [[2021]] and [[2022]], as Cuomo began planning what would eventually become the ''[[SZNZ]]'' series of EPs, Cuomo frequently described the planned [[SZNZ: Winter|winter-themed EP]] as "sad acoustic, Elliott Smith-style" music,<ref>Bienstock, Richard. "Weezer have four – yes, four – new albums in the works" ''Guitar World''. 3 February 2021. https://www.guitarworld.com/news/weezer-have-four-yes-four-new-albums-in-the-works</ref><ref>Richards, Will. "Weezer have four new albums in the works, one inspired by Elliott Smith" ''NME''. 3 February 2021. https://www.nme.com/news/music/weezer-have-four-new-albums-in-the-works-one-inspired-by-elliott-smith-2871340</ref><ref>Blistein, Jon. "Rivers Cuomo Teases Weezer’s Four-Album ‘Seasons’ Project on ‘Good Morning America’" ''Rolling Stone''. 16 July 2021. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/rivers-cuomo-weezer-seasons-1198252/</ref> although the final product was noted by some critics as having diverged from that initial intent.<ref>Hudson, Alex. ''Exclaim!''. 22 December 2022. https://exclaim.ca/music/article/weezers_sznz_winter_album_review</ref><ref>Blistein, Jon. "Weezer Ring in the Solstice With Final ‘SZNZ’ EP ‘Winter’" ''Rolling Stone''. 21 December 2022. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/weezer-release-final-sznz-ep-winter-1234651213/</ref> | |||
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==External links== | |||
*{{Wiki2|Elliott_Smith|Elliott Smith}} on ''Wikipedia'' | |||
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