Heatmiser: Decent band or only relevant to Elliott Smith diehards?

Both?

decent band

Decent band, for sure. Neil Gust's songs & singing brought something to the table that was never present on ES's solo albums, not to mention a break from the overwhelming Elliott-ness, which of course is what the die-hards go for.

Decent band. Still listen to Dead Air on occasion.

Yeah, I like MCS quite a bit: "Rest My Head Against the Wall," "Get Lucky," "Plainclothes Man".

I really love Mic City Sons - "Get Lucky" is such a great album-opener, and I like Smith in mid-tempo menacing rock mode

Ha, "Elliott-ness" -- get it? I didn't even know I was making that pun! It's like it was whispered to me from beyond...

decent band
though i'll always have more time for elliott as a solo artist

Decent band, for sure. Neil Gust's songs & singing brought something to the table that was never present on ES's solo albums, not to mention a break from the overwhelming Elliott-ness, which of course is what the die-hards go for.

-- briania, Saturday, May 10, 2008 8:02 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link

surely they could get this BY NOT LISTENING TO ELLIOT SMITH??

I have never head this band, but that album cover is lovely.

i think they really only hit their stride on mic city sons, by which time they were basically defunct, but it's a great album.

i didn't think about Heatmiser for a long time, and then i was working this construction job and i found 'MCS' in an old cd wallet and we all listened to it. since then, i've been secretly being 17 again. bad and good thing there.

yeah, that's a dope album, as time goes by it gets closer in esteem to my favorite or 2nd favorite ES solo album

it's very good, the final tracks on it among the best things ES ever did.

Yes. And the other guy's songs are just as good as Elliott Smith. Very very good record.

albums are decent at the least, I should relisten.

however, this band played the single most boring live show I have ever seen when opening for The Mekons in like 1992. not even bad, just ... nothing.

i mean can i just:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_UR61itZxo

i think the lyrics to this one are probably top 3 for him. it's also one of the last songs he played when i saw him on his last tour.

v much love for mic city

and the 'lol grunge' heatmiser too. p sick
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgNMZbOiCe4

v much love for mic city

Yes. That record has remained strangely obscure.

yes and yes, sadly.

So, Neil Gust basically stopped making music after this, right?

I saw No. 2 open for Elliott a couple times and liked them, but never sought anything out.

His last solo album was over a decade ago. Sounds like he's moved onto a new career.

interesting article about their formation/break up

http://www.oregonlive.com/music/index.ssf/2015/10/heatmiser_interview_elliott_smith.html

I'm far more a fan of Dead Air and Cop & Speeder than Mic City Sons—particularly Cop & Speeder—and I'm having a great Saturday morning getting back into those albums again.