Portraits of Past was an American

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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 "

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," though that term was not used at the time the band was active. As

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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,

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, 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,

) ;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"

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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 {{US-punk-band-stub