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6 unusual facts about Portishead


Church of St Andrew, Backwell

The parish is part of the benefice of Backwell with Chelvey and Brockley within the deanery of Portishead.

Drepanopterus

The only other fully described valid species is Drepanopterus abonensis, from the Upper Devonian of Portishead, Somerset.

German hospital ship Ophelia

The British renamed the ship SS Huntley and used it for transporting fuel from Portishead to Boulogne.

Gerry Sweeney

Subsequently Sweeney left football and worked as a postman in Portishead, Somerset.

Goldcliff Priory

In 1334 the prior Phillip Gopillarius ("Philip de Gopylers") was charged—along with a monk, some clergy and fifty other persons from Newport, Nash, Goldcliff, Clevedon and Portishead—with stealing wine and other merchandise from a vessel wrecked at Goldcliff.

Portishead

Portishead Radio, a worldwide maritime radio communications station based in Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, England


Ege Bamyasi

Geoff Barrow of Portishead picked Ege Bamyasi as one of their favourite 13 Albums on thequietus.com's Bakers Dozen series.

Goapele

She says she has been influenced by many including Stevie Wonder, Etta James, Nina Simone, Billie Holiday, Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston, Bob Marley, Portishead, Miriam Makeba, Prince, Sade, Caiphus Semenya, Zulu Spears, and Hugh Masekela.

Homes Under the Hammer

Since the programme is not intended for release on home video formats, the music is included under a 'blanket licence agreement' and therefore viewers can hear tracks by high profile artists such as Portishead and Massive Attack that would usually be 'unaffordable', uneconomic or simply refused to other higher budget BBC productions that are intended for home release.

Kathleen Emery

Instrumentation of Emery's version was used by Portishead when Tom Jones did a cover version of "Motherless Child" in 1999 for his album "Reload" including orchestra and Beth Gibbons on backing vocals.

Muirs

Influenced by a wide range of electronic musicians, such as Boards of Canada and Portishead, Muirs combines ambient triphop vibe with an Americanised Rap tradition stemming back from the works of the now disbanded 1017 Brick Squad Records members Gucci Mane and Waka Flocka Flame.

Podsdarapomuk

They were, in turn, compared in various press reviews to NoMeansNo, King Crimson, Gentle Giant, dEUS, various post-punk and Rock in Opposition bands (including Die Haut, Kultivator, Zamla Mammaz, Public Image Ltd, Manna and Kraldjursanstalten) and Portishead.

Portishead power station

The BEA started building the Portishead "B" power station in 1949 on part of the site of the Great Western Railway's original Portishead railway station; which was closed on 4 January 1954 and demolished.

SubHuman

Also contributing is English singer Carla Trevaskis, who has worked with Fred de Faye (Eurythmics), Cliff Hewitt (Apollo 440) and Dave McDonald (Portishead).

Whutcha Want?

Portishead, Dark Globe and The Brotherhood each contributed a remix to the song.

Will Gregory

In the 2000s, as well as Goldfrapp activities, he played saxophone on on Portishead's 2008 album Third (tracks "Magic Doors" and "Threads").


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