Portugal. The Man

Portugal. The Man
General information
Genre (s)	Indie rock , psychedelic rock , progressive rock
founding	2004
Website	www.portugaltheman.com
Current occupation
Guitar , vocals , organ	John Gourley
Bass , vocals	Zachary Carothers
Keyboard	Kyle O'Quin
Drums	Jason Sechrist
Singing , keyboard , tambourine	Zoe Manville
Guitar , vocals	Eric Howk
former members
Percussion , drums	Kane Ritchotte
Guitar , tambourine , bongos	Noah Gersh
Keyboard , vocals	Wesley Hubbard
Keyboard , percussion , vocals	Ryan Neighbors
guitar	Nick Klein
Live members
Guitar , percussion , vocals	Kirk Ohnstad
guitar	Matt Moore
Keyboard , percussion	Nick Simon (formerly)
guitar	Nick Klein (formerly)
Drums	Harvey Tumbleson (formerly)
Guitar , vocals	Dewey Halpus (formerly)

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Church Mouth   DE 90 08/03/2007 (1 week) The Satanic Satanist   DE 68 07/31/2009 (2 weeks)   US 81 08/08/2009 (4 weeks) In the mountain, in the cloud   DE 97 07/29/2011 (1 week)   AT 60 07/29/2011 (1 week)   CH 70 07/31/2011 (1 week)   US 42 08/06/2011 (1 week) Evil Friends   DE 89 06/14/2013 (1 week)   AT 64 06/14/2013 (1 week)   CH 74 06/16/2013 (1 week)   US 28 06/22/2013 (3 weeks) Woodstock   DE 64 06/23/2017 (1 week)   AT 47 06/30/2017 (2 weeks)   CH 30th 06/25/2017 (1 week)   US 32  gold 07/08/2017 (62 weeks)

Singles

Feel it still   DE 7th  × 3 Triple gold 09/22/2017 (34 weeks)   AT 4th  platinum 09/01/2017 (33 weeks)   CH 7th  × 2 Double platinum 06/25/2017 (51 weeks)   UK 3  × 2 Double platinum 08/10/2017 (57 weeks)   US 4th  × 5 Quintuple platinum 07/08/2017 (45 weeks)

Portugal. The Man is a Founded in 2004, American indie rock - band from Wasilla , Alaska .

Band name

The band name is the result of the consideration that a name must be personal and can stand for a group, a person or even a country. No band member has been to Portugal so far , the decision was purely arbitrary. The addition "The man" should mean that the band is something like an alter ego . "The decision was made spontaneously after the proposal had been made and now one would have the need for explanation at every interview," said the band members in unison.

history

Portugal. The Man was founded in 2004 by John Gourley and Zach Carothers from the recently disbanded hardcore punk band Anatomy of a Ghost , Wesley Hubbard, Nick Klein and Harvey Tumbleson in Wasilla. The band members decided to go to Portland to be closer to the US band scene. There they lived for a year and a half from smaller jobs that brought in just enough money to keep the band funded. In 2005 they met Jason Sechrist, who has been a drummer ever since .

Her debut album Waiter: "You Vultures!" was released on January 24, 2006 by Fearless Records and has been described as a mixture of hardcore punk, soul , progressive rock , emo , post rock and electric rock . It reached sixth place in the 2006 year-end charts of Visions magazine and 35th place in Intro . The EP It’s Complicated Being a Wizard , published in 2007, moves more in the electronic realm and makes extensive use of sequencer tones . The second album Church Mouth , which was released shortly afterwards, contains no electronics and is clearly inspired by rock of the 60s.

Portugal. The Man has toured with bands like The Fall of Troy , Damiera , Action Action , The Matches , Gatsby's American Dream , Horse the Band , Circa Survive , The Black Keys , RX Bandits and Casper .

On September 5, 2008, the band released their third album, Censored Colors.

On July 17, 2009, the band released their fourth album The Satanic Satanist. It was produced by Paul Q. Kolderie , Adam Taylor and Anthony Saffery . In the run-up to the release, she already presented a new song called People Say on the show FuelTV . A purely acoustic interpretation of the title of The Satanic Satanist appeared under the title The Majestic Majesty. The album is only available online or is included in the special edition of The Satanic Satanist . In early 2010 she released the album American Ghetto, followed by the album In the Mountain, in the Cloud on July 19, 2011 .

The band announced on Instagram on February 26, 2013 that their upcoming album would be titled Evil Friends . In Germany it was released on May 31, 2013 and in the USA on June 4, 2013 on iTunes , with the single Evil Friends being available for download beforehand. For the new album, the band worked with producer Danger Mouse , who has already produced albums from Gorillaz , The Black Keys and Beck .

On June 16, 2017, the album Woodstock was released , from which the single Feel It Still was released. An interactive music video was produced. The band was recognized for the song at the Grammy Awards 2018 in the category " Best Pop Performance ".

Band members

Current members

• John Baldwin Gourley - vocals, guitar , drum computer (since 2004)
• Zachary Scott Carothers - electric bass , backing vocals (since 2004)
• Kyle O'Quin - keyboard instruments , synthesizer , guitar, backing vocals (2007, since 2012)
• Eric Howk - guitar (since 2015)
• Jason Sechrist - drums (since 2016)
• Zoe Manville - backing vocals, various instruments

former members

• Ryan "The Niz" Neighbors - keyboard instruments, didgeridoo , synthesizer, backing vocals (2008–2012)
• Kane Ritchotte - drums, percussion , backing vocals (2012-2016)
• Wesley Hubbard - keyboard instruments (2004-2006)
• Noah Gersh - guitar, vocals, percussion (2011-2013)
• Nick Klein - guitar (2004-2005)
• Harvey Tumbleson - Beats (2004-2005)
• Garrett Lunceford - drums (2009)
• Jason Sechrist - drums (2005-2009, 2009-2011, 2014-2015)

Tour members

• Kirk Ohnsted - Beats
• Dewey Halpaus - guitar
• Matthew Moore - guitar

Timeline

Discography

Albums

• 2006: Waiter: "You Vultures!"
• 2007: Church Mouth
• 2008: Censored Colors
• 2009: The Satanic Satanist
• 2009: The Majestic Majesty
• 2010: American Ghetto
• 2011: In the Mountain in the Cloud
• 2013: Evil Friends
• 2017: Woodstock

EPs

• 2005: Under Waves of the Brown Coat
• 2006: The Pines & the Devil
• 2006: Devil Say I, I Say AIR
• 2007: It's Complicated Being a Wizard
• 2010: iTunes Live from SoHo
• 2010: PureVolume Sessions (From The Vault)
• 2014: Remix

Singles

• 2007: My Mind / Seventeen
• 2009: People Say
• 2009: Lovers in Love
• 2011: Got It All (This Can't Be Living Now)
• 2011: So American
• 2013: Evil Friends
• 2013: Purple Yellow Red and Blue
• 2013: Modern Jesus
• 2014: Heavy Games
• 2014: Endangered Song (Sumatran Tiger)
• 2016: Noise Pollution ( feat.Mary Winstead & Zoe Manville)
• 2017: Feel It Still
• 2017: Number One
• 2017: Live in the Moment

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Italy 2018: for the single Live in the Moment  Canada 2018: for the Woodstock album 2019: for the single Live in the Moment Platinum record  Belgium 2018: for the single Feel It Still  Denmark 2020: for the single Feel It Still  Italy 2018: for the single Feel It Still  Portugal 2018: for the single Feel It Still  Spain 2018: for the single Feel It Still

2 × platinum record  New Zealand 2018: for the single Feel It Still 4 × platinum record  Poland 2020: for the single Feel It Still 6 × platinum record  Australia 2019: for the single Feel It Still  Canada 2019: for the single Feel It Still Diamond record  France 2018: for the single Feel It Still

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	gold	platinum	diamond	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Australia (ARIA)	-	6 × platinum6th	-	420,000	aria.com.au
Belgium (BEA)	-	platinum1	-	30,000	ultratop.be
Denmark (IFPI)	-	platinum1	-	90,000	ifpi.dk
Germany (BVMI)	gold1	platinum1	-	600,000	musikindustrie.de
France (SNEP)	-	-	diamond1	250,000	snepmusique.com
Italy (FIMI)	gold1	platinum1	-	75,000	fimi.it
Canada (MC)	2 × gold2	6 × platinum6th	-	560,000	musiccanada.com
New Zealand (RMNZ)	-	2 × platinum2	-	60,000	nztop40.co.nz
Austria (IFPI)	-	platinum1	-	30,000	ifpi.at
Poland (ZPAV)	-	4 × platinum4th	-	80,000	bestsellery.zpav.pl
Portugal (AFP)	-	platinum1	-	10,000	Individual evidence
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	2 × platinum2	-	40,000	hitparade.ch
Spain (Promusicae)	-	platinum1	-	40,000	elportaldemusica.es
United States (RIAA)	gold1	5 × platinum5	-	5,500,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	-	2 × platinum2	-	1,200,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	5 × gold5	34 × platinum34	diamond1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
2. ↑ in a conversation with Deutschlandfunk, broadcast on December 8, 2008
3. ↑ biography at laut.de ; Accessed December 17, 2007
4. ↑ poplist.de ; Accessed December 17, 2007
5. ↑ http://visions.de/news/11057/Portugal-The-Man-Satanische-Verse
6. ↑ Video on YouTube
7. ↑ http://instagram.com/p/WLMmODpZHg/
8. ↑ https://itunes.apple.com/de/album/evil-friends/id613557623
9. ↑ https://www.musikexpress.de/portugal-the-man-woodstock-heisst-ihr-neues-album-hoert-hier-number-one-793819/
10. ↑ https://diffusmag.de/2017/03/feel-it-still-portugal-the-man-veroeffialen-interaktives-musikvideo/
11. ↑ Homepage to "Feel It Still" http://www.feelitstill.com/
12. ↑ Platinum for Feel It Still in Portugal ( Memento from March 8, 2018 in the Internet Archive )

Web links

Commons : Portugal. The Man  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website
• Portugal. The Man at laut.de
• Portugal. The Man on MusicBrainz
• Portugal. The Man at Discogs (English)