Porter Hall (band)
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| Porter Hall | |
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 Porter Hall Version 2.0 line up.
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| Genre(s) | punk rock Emo |
| Years active | 1998–2001 |
| Label(s) | Endearing Records Dead Serious Records |
[edit] Members
- Todd Harkness - Guitar
- Ross Anderson - Drums
- Munro McKenzie - Bass
- Darren Preston - Vocals & Guitar (1999 - 2001)
- Jeffrey Caissie - Vocals & Guitar (1998 - 1999)
[edit] Related bands
- The (Motherfucking) Browns - J.Caissie, R.Anderson, T.Harkness
- Showdown76 - J.Caissie, R.Anderson, M.McKenzie
- Mico - T.Harkness
- Sheglank'd Shoulders - T.Harkness
- Jeffrey Caissie - J.Caissie
[edit] Discography
- Ten Month Soundtrack CD (2000) Endearing Records
- Everything I know is stolen CD (2001) Dead Serious Records
Porter Hall was a Emo band formed in Calgary, Alberta, Canada in 1998. Porter Hall was formed by three members of the band, Showdown76 (Ross Anderson, Jeffrey Caissie and Munro McKenzie), along with Todd Harkness. Porter Hall (the original line up) was often compared to Knapsack, Samiam and The Get Up Kids. The first "version" of Porter Hall had Jeffrey Caissie as the lead singer/guitar player/song writer who left the band after ten months to focus on solo endeavors. An album was recorded shortly before his departure called "Ten Month Soundtrack". In early 2000 Endearing Records released the album. By the time of the release of the first album, Porter Hall was already performing with what people called "version 2" with Darren Preston taking up the singing/guitar & song writing duties. "Everything I know is stolen" was the album released by this new version of Porter Hall and had a much more refined/heavy sound. Caissie's pop vocals were replaced by Preston's growly vocals often compared to Blake Schwarzenbach of Jawbreaker.
Sadly, Porter Hall disbanded in 2002, shortly after the release of "Everything I know is stolen". There are rumors of the original version of the band reforming in 2008.
Related Projects:
During Porter Hall's existence Jeffrey Caissie, Todd Harkness & Ross Anderson also played in The (Motherfucking) Browns together. Jeffrey Caissie went onto record solo acoustic records, Harkness went on to join Mico who released three full length albums for various labels. The Browns are still active with both Jeffrey Caissie and Todd Harkness in the line-up.
