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What is Heatmiser with Elliott Smith?
While at Hampshire, Elliott Smith formed the band Heatmiser
who was in Heatmiser with Elliott Smith?
Elliott Smith's classmate Neil Gust, drummer Tony Lash and bassist Brandt Peterson were also in Heatmiser
where did Heatmiser withElliott Smith perform?
Heatmiser began performing around Portland in 1992.
what songs came fromElliott Smith's band Heatmiser?
Elliott Smith's band Heatmiser released the albums Dead Air and Cop and Speeder as well as the Yellow No. 5 EP on Frontier Records.

Question: where did they get their musical influence from?
Self-contained rewrite: where did Elliott Smith get musical influence from?