Portraits of Past was an American
post-hardcore
Post-hardcore is a punk rock music genre that maintains the aggression and intensity of hardcore punk but emphasizes a greater degree of creative expression. It was initially inspired by post-punk and noise rock. Like post-punk, the term has been ...
band from the San Francisco Bay Area that existed roughly from 1994–1995. The genre of music that they helped create is often described as "
screamo," though that term was not used at the time the band was active. As
Kent McClard
Kent McClard is a record label owner and zine publisher from Goleta, California.
Early life
McClard grew up in a "broken home" and describes himself as a troublesome child. As a teenager, he discovered hardcore punk and both its freedom and speci ...
recounts on the
Ebullition website, the band's popularity grew only a couple of years after their demise at the end of 1995.
Former members of the band later formed other projects such as Nexus Six, Seventeen Queen, The Audience,
Funeral Diner,
Vue,
Bellavista and …Who Calls So Loud and iwrotehaikusaboutcannibalisminyouryearbook.
Portraits of Past played a number of reunion shows in the second half of 2008. A new song was played at two California and two New York shows. Of the new song, lead vocalist Rob Pettersen has said, "We are not sure if other songs will be written or how/if we will release it/them. Nothing is ruled out, however… "
New material did eventually surface on an EP, Cypress Dust Witch, which was released by Excursions Into The Abyss on October 20, 2009.
Discography
;Studio albums
*''
01010101'' (1996,
Ebullition)
;EPs
*''Demo Tape'' (1993, Self-released)
*''Portraits of Past/Bleed'' split 7-inch (1994, Ebullition)
*''Cypress Dust Witch'' CD/12" (2009, Excursions Into The Abyss)
;Compilation albums
*''Portraits of Past'' discography CD (2008, Ebullition)
;Compilation appearances
*''XXX: Some Ideas Are Poisonous'' (1995, Ebullition) – "Sticks Together"
*''Stealing The Pocket'' (1995, Positively Punk) – "The Song With The Slow Part"
Notes
External links
Portraits of past official MySpace pagewww.portraitsofpast.com Portraits of Past official sitewww.ebullition.com Ebullition Records
IMPOSE magazine article
Excursions Into The Abyss label
Emo musical groups from California
American screamo musical groups
Musical groups established in 1994
Musical groups disestablished in 1995
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