Portishead

Portishead (pronounced /pɔrtɪsˈhɛd/, with the stress on head) are an English musical group from Bristol. The band is named after the nearby town of the same name, 13 km (8 mi) west of Bristol. Portishead consists of Geoff Barrow, Beth Gibbons and Adrian Utley while sometimes citing a fourth member Dave McDonald; an engineer on Dummy and a producer and engineer on Portishead. Portishead's first album Dummy was released in 1994. Despite the band's ... more

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Active as Musical Artist (start):

  • 1991

Also known as:

  • Postishead
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