What is Portishead (band)?
{{Infobox musical artist | Name = Portishead | Img = Portishead Wolverhampton 20080413-1.jpg | Img_alt = | Img_capt = Portishead live at [[Wolverhampton Civic Hall]] in 2008 | Img_size = 250 | Landscape = Yes | Background = group_or_band | Origin = [[Bristol]], [[England]] | Genre = [[Trip-hop]], [[Electronic music|Electronic]], [[Experimental music|Experimental]], [[Industrial music|Industrial]], [[Krautrock]], [[Folk rock]], [[Acid house]], [[Trip rock]], [[Breakbeat]], [[Rave music|Rave]], [[Acid jazz]], [[Experimental rock]], [[Electro music|Electro]], [[Hip hop]], [[Jazz music|Jazz]], [[Chill out]], [[IDM music|IDM]] | Years_active = 1991–present | Label = [[Go! Discs]] | Associated_acts = | URL = [http://www.portishead.co.uk/ portishead. co. uk] | Current_members = [[Geoff Barrow]]<br/ >[[Beth Gibbons]]<br/ >[[Adrian Utley]] | Past_members = }} '''Portishead''' ({{pron-en|pɔrtɪsˈhɛd}}, with the stress on ''head)'' are an [[England|English]] musical group from [[Bristol]]. The band is named after the nearby town of [[Portishead|the same name]], {{convert|13|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} west of Bristol.<ref>[http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=51.46513,-2.684784&spn=0.096249,0.251999&z=12 Portishead and Bristol] on [[Google Maps]]</ref> Portishead is [[Geoff Barrow]], [[Beth Gibbons]], and [[Adrian Utley]], while sometimes using a fourth member Dave McDonald; an engineer on ''[[Dummy (album)|Dummy]]''.<ref>[http://www.trht.net/artist/Dave+McDonald The Rock Hard Times: Dave McDonald]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://kotinetti.suomi.net/heikki.hietala/dave.htm |title=A Portishead Fansite: Dave McDonald |access-date=2010-12-18 |archive-date=2011-06-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612211850/http://kotinetti.suomi.net/heikki.hietala/dave.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} [[Category:1991 establishments in England]