Smith has always had strong views on music, too. He should. He has fronted one of the more influential rock bands of the last 40-plus years, and the group continues to churn out excellent albums.

Twenty years ago this month, the Randy Rogers Band released Rollercoaster, an 11-track album on the independent Smith Music Group label.. Within a year of the LP’s Aug. 24, 2004, release, the ...

Back in 1985, Elliott Smith was just Steven Paul Smith, a shy new kid entering his sophomore year at Portland’s Lincoln High School. He soon befriended a small group of fellow music obsessives ...