The Music of Heatmiser is a six-song demo cassette, recorded on April 29 and 30, 1992, at Sound Impressions in Milwaukie

Milwaukie, Oregon

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, Oregon

Oregon

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. It was made available only at shows or by mail order.

Of the six tracks, "Lowlife", "Bottle Rocket", "Buick" and "Dirt" were re-recorded for Heatmiser’s first full-length album, Dead Air

Dead Air (Heatmiser album)

Dead Air is the debut album by Heatmiser, released in 1993 on Frontier Records.-Track listing:#"Still" #"Candyland" #"Mock-Up" #"Dirt" #"Bottle Rocket" #"Blackout" #"Stray"...

, while "Just a Little Prick" and "Mightier Than You" didn’t make the final cut.

The version of "Mightier Than You" on this release was later included for release on the Puddlestomp compilation. A live version of the song was released on the compilation 25 Years On the Edge: A Benefit For Outside In.

The Wedding Show

On November 21, 1992, Heatmiser played a wedding reception at the Edgefield Powerstation Theater in Troutdale, Oregon

Troutdale, Oregon

Troutdale is a city in Multnomah County, Oregon, north of Gresham and east of Wood Village. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 15,962....

. The bride and groom (Joseph and Jennifer Amie) were friends of the band; two tattoo artists who did Elliott's Ferdinand the Bull

The Story of Ferdinand

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tattoo (bride) and his sun/Texas tattoo (groom). The set list comprises songs featured on Dead Air and Yellow No. 5, and is notable for featuring four unknown songs not played live again after that show. It is not known whether the unknown songs were recorded later in the studio.

Studio albums

• Dead Air
  Dead Air (Heatmiser album)
  Dead Air is the debut album by Heatmiser, released in 1993 on Frontier Records.-Track listing:#"Still" #"Candyland" #"Mock-Up" #"Dirt" #"Bottle Rocket" #"Blackout" #"Stray"...
  
  (1993 - Frontier Records)
• Cop and Speeder
  Cop and Speeder
  Cop and Speeder is the second album by Heatmiser, released in 1994 on Frontier Records. Different versions of "Temper" and "Sleeping Pill" originally appeared on Cavity Search CSR7.-Track listing:#"Disappearing Ink" - 2:25...
  
  (1994 - Frontier Records)
• Mic City Sons
  Mic City Sons
  Mic City Sons is the third and final album by Heatmiser, released in 1996 on Caroline Records. Pitchfork.com ranked the album at #48 on their "Top Albums of the 90s" list...
  
  (1996)

EPs

• The Music of Heatmiser (1992)
• Yellow No. 5
  Yellow No. 5 (Heatmiser E.P.)
  Yellow No. 5 is an EP by Heatmiser, released in 1994 on Frontier Records.-Track listing:#"Wake" #"Fortune 500" #"The Corner Seat" #"Idler" #"Junior Mint"...
  
  (1994 - Frontier Records)

Singles

• "Stray" (1993; B-sides: "Can't Be Touched", "Wake"; Cavity Search Records)
• "Sleeping Pill" (1994; B-side: "Temper"; Cavity Search Records)
• "Everybody Has It" (1996; B-side: "Dirty Dream"; Cavity Search Records)

Compilation and soundtrack inclusions

• Zero Effect
  Zero Effect
  Zero Effect is a 1998 mystery film written and directed by Jake Kasdan . It stars Bill Pullman as "the world's most private detective" Daryl Zero and Ben Stiller as his assistant Steve Arlo....
  
  : Motion Picture Soundtrack (1998) (Song: "Rest My Head Against the Wall")
• Puddlestomp (Song: "Mightier Than You [Demo]")
• 25 Years On the Edge: A Benefit For Outside In (Song: "Mightier Than You [Live]")
• Live at the X-Ray (Song: "Bottle Rocket [Live]")
• Pet Sounds, Volume 1 (Song: "Junior Mint")
• Kamikaze: Music to Push You Over the Edge (Song: "Stray")
• How low can a punk Get, Caroline Records compilation (Song: "The fix is In")