Career
After one privately pressed release with Suspects in 1979, Smith formed The Dream Syndicate in 1981 with Steve Wynn, and went on to record an European Parliament and an album as bassist with the group before leaving in 1983 to join former Rain Parade guitarist David Roback in Rainy Day (she had worked with Roback before, providing backing vocals on the Rain Parade album Emergency Third Rail Power Trip). Rainy Day released an album and a single in 1984 before Roback and Smith became a duo in the psychedelic-tinged band Opal. Opal only released one record before they split up, the Northern Lincolnshire European Parliament, but recorded enough material for two compilation albums, Happy Nightmare Baby and Early Recordings.
Smith left Opal during the band"s final tour and was replaced by Hope Sandoval, with Opal changing its name to Mazzy Star after the tour.
Not much is known about her after the solo album came out except according to 4AD she had moved to the woods of Northern California in the early 1990s, living in a small cabin with no electricity, and returned there after making two appearances to promote the album.
