How To DESTROY a Band In 3 Albums
The Portishead Story. This week, we explore the band that sold two million copies, watched their sound get photocopied by every perfume ad in America, and then refused to make another record for eleven years — not because of drugs or lawsuits, but because they didn’t feel like it. When they finally came back, they made a record so strange their own fans didn’t know what to do with it. Three albums in thirty years. And they’re still not done with each other. Kindly like and subscribe – it really helps this channel a lot. I do appreciate it!
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@MrSmallpoxSatan
May 28, 2026 at 12:30 am
We want the Dead Can Dance episode.
@barnigranero5882
May 28, 2026 at 12:30 am
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It's the original Bristol!
You don't say the country when it is the original city.
@PlatinumPagoda3079
May 28, 2026 at 12:30 am
Thank you so much for making a video about Portishead!! Been a huge fan since the early 2000s.
@jasonbabis2667
May 28, 2026 at 12:30 am
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@simo3873
May 28, 2026 at 12:30 am
Portishead are a very special and extraordinary band.
@chefduck531
May 28, 2026 at 12:30 am
I always called it “Industrial Jazz”.
@cyclonasaurusrex1525
May 28, 2026 at 12:30 am
Four of the best albums ever. I was fortunate to see them at Coachella after Third dropped.
@sawsquaresinemusic
May 28, 2026 at 12:30 am
That was a blast! I used to think I was a shitty Portishead fan because I didn’t know what they were up to. Thanks for making me feel better ❤ Gold again! Thank you for another awesome vid
@illstoptheworldandmeltthew99x
May 28, 2026 at 12:30 am
Yeah, while Third is a departure from the black-hole dark odyssey that is Portishead–which I think is their best imho–I still love their last studio album. I love all three, but they are definitely very different shades (and parts of Third, radically different) of the same artist. Hunter may be my favorite Portishead song, definitely in contention, top five easy.
@davidswenton1038
May 28, 2026 at 12:30 am
Great stuff!
@tomfinn739
May 28, 2026 at 12:30 am
I think there are a lot of bands that don't feel like making music and keep doing it. It shows in the music.
@calvinh2154
May 28, 2026 at 12:30 am
I saw them play in Berkeley for the Third tour. A rare and beautiful treat on the week before Halloween. It was a perfect night.
@kevinlindstrom8486
May 28, 2026 at 12:30 am
Love their music, so unique, so awesome. Frankly lovehowthey did their thing. Thanks for the great work, once again.
@dougsteeleguitar
May 28, 2026 at 12:30 am
Glad I saw you when I did then. Melbourne show.
@alimuhammaduthman6393
May 28, 2026 at 12:30 am
my favourite band alongside the Beatles
@elamentri
May 28, 2026 at 12:30 am
Portishead are the only artists that have made me want to laugh and cry at the same time. Glory box was the first track I heard, I went out the same day and copped the album. Wandering star still makes me tear up and grin like a loon, the hairs on my arms stand bolt upright. They're a masterclass in sonic creativity
@amhellbent
May 28, 2026 at 12:30 am
thanks for reminding me how much i really loved their sound, so i will have to go again to listen to whatever they have on youtube, my records were stolen many years ago.
cheers from a 65yrs old new zealander.
@nikkiwild4014
May 28, 2026 at 12:30 am
Only You Can make me watch the video about the most boring band ..
@MuddyWahWah-h4v
May 28, 2026 at 12:30 am
Please do Cocteau Twins next
@Helaw0lf
May 28, 2026 at 12:30 am
I liked Third. Maybe Trip-Hop was out in the 2000s. I dig their experimental rock attempt. That is the problem with the industry here and over there, they don't share notes and pass info around for them to get more known. To be old enough to be on both ends of the Atlantic during that time. :/
@jduet2548
May 28, 2026 at 12:30 am
@ST_VINCENT did a really good cover GLORY BOX – NOT AN EASY BAND TO COVER
@dixieflatline1189
May 28, 2026 at 12:30 am
One of their best anecdotes is how the made the scratches and needle jumps on Dummy.
They pressed recorded tacks to vinyl, then threw them on the floor and jumped on them. Put the record on a turntable and sampled it back into their desk / sampler.
There’s probably a plugin for that now…
2 brilliant albums, and then a 3rd that is almost unplayable.
@wchart
May 28, 2026 at 12:30 am
So many late nights in the 90s just listening to this band quietly with my thoughts, facing my demons, and wondering where life will lead. I miss those days.
@ElLoboOso
May 28, 2026 at 12:30 am
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@moonchild88899
May 28, 2026 at 12:30 am
Loved them since the 90's when i was a wee gal, I've always adimired Beth for the talented, off beat, badass and authentic front-woman she is 🖤 there's nobody like her
@stevewoodyt
May 28, 2026 at 12:30 am
10:26 my wife and I almost so close to almost went to see this tour in New York. It just seemed like a poor financial decision at the time. Now it seems like such a huge mistake not going. I don’t have a lot of regrets but that😢
@harlo1979
May 28, 2026 at 12:30 am
Wait they aren't named after Clinton Portis….mind blown 🤯
@scramuelito81
May 28, 2026 at 12:30 am
I was lucky enough to see them live when they toured Australia in 2011. The albums are obviously brilliant, but the live show…the best gig I've ever seen.
@issamosley5390
May 28, 2026 at 12:30 am
Please do massive attack next.
@AshanDeSilva79
May 28, 2026 at 12:30 am
have you done one on Fiona apple?
@gengraded
May 28, 2026 at 12:30 am
I remember as a teen I could gage whether or not I would enjoy someones company by seeing how they reacted to Dummy. Mostly accurate!
@guitargaragetv8306
May 28, 2026 at 12:30 am
Another great video. Well done!
@BassingtonFfrench-0
May 28, 2026 at 12:30 am
WOW!
All of a sudden 60% of your posse have requests requests
Requests!!! 🤣
Y I K E S !
@mxlxok3483
May 28, 2026 at 12:30 am
i used to be in beak, so i've heard all this stuff firsthand, came here expecting more mythologising as peeps are wont to do but nah, this is all good accurate stuff! I think theres a common thing about bristolians, we don't like fuss or pomp that much so all the "industry" stuff is more-oft-than-not pretty unappealing
@jamalcorbin5542
May 28, 2026 at 12:30 am
Of any band I have ever listened to, and consider a favorite, there is none that I would pay more money to go see than Portishead. Each album is like a bit of time travel as the mood, and feel, and take you to a different part of Beth’s (and my) life.
Third took a while for me to “get”. When it first came out, I found it to be such a departure from Dummy and Portishead that I just found it to be abrasive, then probably more than a year later, I put it on, and it hit me – musical and lyrical and life evolution. Could be that I finally had grown with it, and could argue (with nobody in particular) that Third is my favorite of their three albums. I absolutely love the first two, but they feel a bit more like me from yesterday, whereas Third feels much more present.
I really dig Geoff Barrow’s band, Beak>, as well. Nothing like Portishead.
@BassingtonFfrench-0
May 28, 2026 at 12:30 am
° • * ○ ° ○ • ° ` °🫧
♥️ —-> 🎸 🤝 🧪
@RolandoRatas
May 28, 2026 at 12:30 am
I was a real dummy buying their 2nd album.
@raymondmasullo6686
May 28, 2026 at 12:30 am
Truth be told, while I heard OF them, I never heard their music. Still a really interesting story, however. Another great video. Keep 'em coming! 🤘