Tag Archives: 2002 in Portland

Delivering hot-wired pop-punk with clear melodic hooks and enough energy to force a fleet of 18-wheelers, the Leftovers hail from Portland, ME, and contain Kurt Baker on bass and lead vocals, Andrew Grain on guitar and support vocals, and Adam Woronoff on drums. Created in 2002, the Leftovers produced their …

A Portland-based supergroup of kinds, the Thermals originally featured Similar to Spitting’s Ben Barnett as well as the Operacycle’s Jordan Hudson, plus Hutch Harris and Kathy Foster from the twee/folk-pop duo Hutch & Kathy as well as the All Young lady Summer Fun Music group. The group shaped in early …

The dreamy Portland, Me personally, quintet Seekonk features multi-instrumentalists Dave Noyes and Patrick Corrigan, drummer/percussionist Jason Ingalls, guitarist/vocalist/keyboardist Todd Hutchisen, and vocalist Sara Raney. The music group were only available in early 2002, when Noyes, who’s also a sous chef, and Corrigan, who’s also a painter and illustrator, had been …

Talkdemonic are an experimental indie rock and roll duo begun in Dec 2002 as an outlet for multi-instrumentalist Kevin O’Connor to fulfill his fixation with instrumental hip-hop and digital music. Fitted in amidst the budding “folktronic hop” picture, the spouse to O’Connor — who takes on drums, electric guitar, synths, …

Like some deranged cross-breeding of Lene Lovich’s operatic vocal design, the Dresden Dolls’ fondness for Kurt Weill, as well as the Decemberists’ love of both unfashionable prog rock and roll and an excellent old-fashioned sea shanty, Sophe Lux are unique primarily for the sheer wide-ranging selection of artists they cheerfully …

Portland, Me personally, power trio Paranoid Sociable Club grew from the popular pop, funk, jazz, rock and roll seven-piece Rustic Overtones. Created in 2002 by vocalist/guitarist Dave Gutter, bass participant/keyboardist Jon Roods, and drummer Marc Boisvert, PSC constructed a faithful and rabid pursuing through passionate live shows and recordings. Their …

A decibel-shattering sludge/doom quartet from Portland, Oregon, Graves at Ocean spent their start holding courtroom deep in the Pacific Northwest underground metallic scene. Created in 2002 by longtime close friends Nick Phit and Nathan Misterek, along with Roger Williams and Steve Klatz, the music group issued some break up 7″ …

Hailing from Portland (by method of Alaska), the emo/post-hardcore clothing Anatomy of the Ghost created in the next fifty percent of 2002 and quickly amassed an underground group of fans though their large Internet presence and energetic live display. Within weeks, the band’s users — vocalist John Gourley, drummer Nick …