Editing Elephant 6 (section)

===Inactivity===
In the early 2000s, Elephant 6 stagnated in activity.<ref>{{harnvb|Heater|2012}}; {{harvnb|Shook|2013}}</ref> Neutral Milk Hotel member and [[the Gerbils]] frontman [[Scott Spillane]] identifies the sudden uptick of bands across the country as an important factor to this period.{{sfn|Heater|2006}} "At the time the Elephant 6 thing was getting out of hand, and we started seeing all of these bands that had little Elephant 6 logos on them all over the place" said Spillane.{{sfn|Heater|2006}} Bands began to tour more often, and the members had less time to interact with each other.{{sfn|Heater|2006}} Additionally, Neutral Milk Hotel and the Olivia Tremor Control went on hiatus.{{sfn|Shook|2013}} Mangum became reclusive as he struggled to cope with his newfound stardom, while the members of the Olivia Tremor Control wanted to record their own solo music.<ref name="Heater and Shook">{{harvnb|Heater|2006}}; {{harvnb|Shook|2013}}</ref>

Beulah member Pat Noel said many bands were dismayed at how journalists would "[[Pigeonholing|pigeonhole]]" them to the collective.{{sfn|Heater|2012}} "We kind of made a conscious decision to distance ourselves a little bit from the whole thing." Schneider took a break from producing albums, and the final album to be affixed with the Elephant 6 Recording Company logo was ''[[Cul-De-Sacs and Dead Ends]]'' by the Minders in 1999.<ref name="Heater and Shook"/> The collective slowly dissipated, although bands like the Apples in Stereo, Elf Power, and of Montreal continued making music throughout the 2000s.{{sfn|Shook|2013}}