They later created "Goodbye Elliott" after adding high-school friends keyboardist Ryan Johnston and drummer Jordan Smallwood.

[5] In 2006, after two sold out mainland tours and after gathering a large hometown following on the Big Island, Goodbye Elliott traveled to the Netherlands to record the band's first full-length album.

[8][9] After extensive touring, Goodbye Elliott joined in the studio with producer Al Clay (The Pixies, Pink, Pirates of the Caribbean, Batman Begins).

[14][15] Goodbye Elliott's 2007 album release "Running to California" appeared at 25 on the US Modern Rock Charts and independently sold more than 40,000 copies.

[18][19][20] Goodbye Elliott had two of their songs included in the 2015 Canadian romantic comedy film A Date with Miss Fortune.