Portishead是英国西南部的一个不起眼的港口，Portishead乐队的灵魂人物Geoff Barrow在那里度过了他的童年。在组建Portishead之前，Geoff Barrow曾在一些小的音乐制作室工作过，曾和Massive Attack合作过。乐队组建之后，先为一部名为'to kill a deadman'的影片制作了电影音乐（同时他们也参加了该片的演出）后加入GO! Discs公司。94年乐队出版了第一张专辑'Dummy'。 　　在他15岁时，Barrow搬到邻近的布里斯托市，在那，他认识了主唱Beth Gibbons，以及随后入团的吉他手Adrian Francis Utley。 　　Portishead的首张专辑Dummy获得1995年的水星音乐奖，也在2003年排上滚石杂志五百大专辑的第419名。 　　Portishead are an English band formed in 1991 in Bristol. They are often considered one of the pioneers of trip hop music. The band are named after the nearby town of the same name, eight miles west of Bristol, along the coast.[8] Portishead consists of Geoff Barrow, Beth Gibbons and Adrian Utley, while sometimes citing a fourth member, Dave McDonald, an engineer on their first records. Their debut album, Dummy, was met with critical acclaim in 1994. Two other studio albums were issued: Portishead in 1997 and Third in 2008.