Sean Porteous

Infobox musical artist
Name = Sean Porteous


Img_capt = Sean Porteous at House Of Blues - Orlando, June 2007
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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Sean Alexander Porteous
Alias = Sean P, Mr P
Born = birth date and age|1986|6|17 flagicon|UK Edinburgh, Scotland
Origin =
Instrument = Vocals Guitar Keyboards
Genre = Alternative rock
Occupation = Singer-songwriter, musician, artist
Years_active = 2002 – present
Label = Near Def Interscope
Associated_acts = Cielo Drive Eightfold Danshon Ballad Buddhas
website = www.myspace.com/cielodriveuk, www.bebo.com/seanporteousmusic
Notable_instruments =

Sean Alexander Porteous (born June 17, 1986) is a Scottish musician and singer was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. [ [http://www.bebo.com/r-evolve Sean P ] ] He is lead singer and guitarist of rock band Cielo Drive [www.myspace.com/cielodrive] and has worked with other artists such as Maria Doherty, Roddy Campbell, Alex Gemmell, Francis Morgan and Chris Buckley (the latter two being in Cielo Drive). He is also famous for being the creator of the sports website, Three Point Stance [ [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_point_stance] ] .

Career

Beginnings

Sean Porteous began playing music at St. Augustines High School, 2000 in Edinburgh and formed pop rock band One Way with fellow students Alex Gemmell, Paul Bannon and Kevin Steele. After a stint at Edinburgh music venue Liquid Rooms they were asked to play The Ross Bandstand in the centre of Edinburgh at Princes Street Gardens. After high school the band split up and Porteous began to write more music and opened acoustically for bands he knew or had played with before.

In November 2002, Porteous nearly lost his life to disease of Meningococcemia, a fatal type of Meningitis. Although the disease has a high fatality rate of nearly 50%, Porteous walked away unscathed against all odds. He says this experience inspired him to change who he was as a person and treat everything as a bonus. During his time in hospital he wrote many songs for 'Near Death Experiment' including a song called 'Unknown Illness'. Porteous says "'Without getting too deep... the album is called Near Death Experiment because, apart from calling this whole thing an experience, I see it as somewhat of an experiment. An experiment on me from a higher power, to make me a better person, to treat life the way it should be and to not take things for granted. Buying a nice car or a big house can be fun, but they're not real. They don't have a pulse. We sometimes forget these things."

A while later he was asked to join local indie act Seneka as second guitarist. He was hired by the drummer at the time, which was former classmate and ex-drummer for One Way, Paul Bannon. He played with them until 2005 and by mutual agreement he left to continue his acoustic work along with producing. [www.myspace.com/senekaband]

In 2004 he worked heavily with singer and friend Maria Doherty and later that summer she released her debut album 'Maria' through Porteous' label Near Def Records. The pair are working on a follow up to her debut album right now. [ [http://www.myspace.com/mariadohertyuk MySpace.com - Maria Doherty - Edinburgh, UK - Pop / Soul - www.myspace.com/mariadohertyuk ] ]

Cielo Drive

Cielo Drive was born after a meeting with a drummer called Francis Morgan and they recruited Chris Buckley the next day. The began to play as a band, the songs Porteous had been writing for 4 years prior. [ [http://www.myspace.com/cielodriveuk MySpace.com - Cielo Drive - Edinburgh, UK - Alternative / Ambiance / Rock - www.myspace.com/cielodriveuk ] ]

The released their debut album 'Goodbye To Yesterday' through Near Def Records in Summer 2008 and are working on a follow up to it. Two tracks have been leaked from it, and they are titled 'Making Noise Without A Sound' and 'Past Tense'.

In 2006 he auditioned as a guitarist for Limp Bizkit after both Wes Borland and Mike Smith left the band due to creative differences. Lead singer Fred Durst would later say he would be auditioning guitarists through the internet and Myspace. Although no guitarist was ever selected by Durst, he became very popular within the Limp Bizkit camp along with other try out [http://www.myspace.com/simplex Morley Tatro] . [/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Unquestionable_Truth_%28Part_2%29]

Porteous plays PRS Guitars.

Personal life

Not too much is known about Porteous' personal life as he has always kept it close to him, only ever revealing anything inside his songs. A lot of his work focuses on the finding or losing of love. Many songs detail his attempts to find a soulmate or partner, while a lot of other songs reflect the flaws in a relationship and sometimes looking back. [ [http://www.xanga.com/monkeywaster monkeywaster's Xanga Site ] ]

Although his songs give this viewpoint of Porteous to be a melancholy poet and somewhat of a loner, Cielo Drive bass player and close friend Chris Buckley has said in many interviews that he " could only wish for the same life" as his bandmate. Scottish tabloid newspaper The Daily Record reported in 2005 that whilst on tour in Los Angeles, American pop star and actress Mandy Moore had been spotted cuddling up to him in a Starbucks in Beverly Hills.

He has also been romantically linked to Ashley Olsen, Kristin Cavallari and Hayden Panettiere. [daily record newspaper scotland uk]

Discography

Albums

References

External links

* [http://www.myspace.com/cielodriveuk Official myspace of Sean Porteous' band, Cielo Drive]
* [http://www.bebo.com/r-evolve Sean Porteous' Official Bebo]
* [http://www.myspace.com/monkeywaster Sean Porteous' Official Myspace]
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DATE OF BIRTH=June 17, 1986
PLACE OF BIRTH=Edinburgh, Scotland, U.K.
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