Who is Portishead

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Portishead is a band from Bristol, England, named after the small coastal town of Portishead, 12 miles west of Bristol. They are an important part of the trip-hop scene which started in Bristol in the 90's. With their tasteful use of live jazz samples and intentionally lo-fi sound, the band has been cited as influential by many modern musicians including guitarist Wes Borland, Hip-Hop star Kanye West, and underground producer DJ DangerMouse. (The name is pronounced 'Pore-tiss-hed', with a hard 's' in the middle, and not 'por-ti-shed').

The band was formed in 1991, by keyboardist/multi-instrumentalist Geoff Barrow and singer Beth Gibbons. Barrow had previously worked with two other trip hop bands from Bristol, Massive Attack and Tricky, and decided to name his new endeavour after his hometown.

After releasing a short film (To Kill A Dead Man) and its accompanying music, Portishead signed a record deal with Go! Beat and their first album, Dummy, was released in 1994, and featured heavy contributions from guitarist Adrian Utley. In spite of the band's media-shyness, the album was successful in both Europe and the United States, spawning two hit singles, "Glory Box" and "Sour Times". Portishead has often been used as accompanying music in the media. Such examples include car adverts, Channel 4 intermissions and the teenage drama series Sugar Rush. (read more)

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To pretend no one can find
The fallacies of morning rose
Forbidden fruit, hidden eyes
Curtises that I despise in me
Take a ride, take a shot now

Cos nobody loves me
Its true
Not like you do

Sour Times Lyrics

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Bicycle Path - Portishead to Clevedon Coastal Circuit, Starting at ...
Put simply, Bikely helps cyclists share knowledge of good bicycle routes. You can draw your favorite bike paths right on the map, and view everyone else's.
FOOTBALL: Portishead Town 1 Westbury United 1 (From This Is Wiltshire)
AFTER their first league defeat againstWells City a few days earlier, Westbury United did well to earn a point in a tough match at Portishead - and will feel they should have won on the day.
Beak> – Beak> - Stereo Subversion
On that record, Portishead's lead singer took the band's confessional slant and their jazzy inclinations in a new direction, making something rustic and organic, a smoky, seductive singer/songwriter album that was all acoustic but still ...

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Here are a few of the best places where Portishead fans can find more information about their favorite band.
Portishead Official Site
Official website of the band.
Portishead at Wikipedia
Encyclopedia article including the history of the band, brief biographies of members and a discography.
Portishead Myspace page
MySpace music profile for Portishead with tour dates, songs, videos, pictures, blogs, band information, downloads and more.

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scarfeet wrote...

portishead is one of the best ever, i started listening to them when i was into meth, though i m clean now but i m still addicted to portishead, 5 ***** for you off course.
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beachbum_gabby wrote...

One of my favorite Brit band. 5* from a fan!

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nick wrote

i got them on http://lavamus.com

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littletripper wrote

absolutely amazing

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