But I won't forget about it, although I'm tempted to because I don't like it there." Smith later had a tattoo of a map of Texas drawn on his upper arm and said: "I didn't get it because I like Texas, kind of the opposite.
His parents divorced when he was six months old, and Smith moved with his mother to Duncanville, Texas. Steven Paul Smith was born at the Clarkson Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska, the only child to Gary Smith, a student at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, and Bunny Kay Berryman, an elementary school music teacher. At the time of his death, Smith was working on his sixth studio album, From a Basement on the Hill, which was posthumously completed and released in 2004. The autopsy evidence was inconclusive as to whether the wounds were self-inflicted. In 2003, aged 34, he died in Los Angeles, California from two stab wounds to the chest. Smith suffered from depression, alcoholism, and drug dependence, and these topics often appear in his lyrics. Smith rose to mainstream prominence when his song " Miss Misery"-included in the soundtrack for the film Good Will Hunting (1997)-was nominated for an Oscar in the Best Original Song category in 1998. In 1997, he signed a contract with DreamWorks Records, for which he recorded two albums. Smith had a distinctive vocal style, characterized by his "whispery, spiderweb-thin delivery", and used multi-tracking to create vocal layers, textures, and harmonies.Īfter playing in the rock band Heatmiser for several years, Smith began his solo career in 1994, with releases on the independent record labels Cavity Search and Kill Rock Stars(KRS). Smith's primary instrument was the guitar, though he was also proficient with piano, clarinet, bass guitar, drums, and harmonica. Smith was born in Omaha, Nebraska, raised primarily in Texas, and lived for much of his life in Portland, Oregon, where he first gained popularity.
(August 6, 1969 – October 21, 2003) was an American singer-songwriter and musician.
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