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Beth Gibbons

 
Artist: Beth Gibbons

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  • Active: '90s, 2000s
  • Genres: Rock
  • Instrument: Vocals
  • Representative Albums: "Out of Season," "Out of Season"

Biography

Beth Gibbons, lead singer of the important British alternative band Portishead, is not so much mysterious as intensely private. Born in 1965 into an Exeter farm family, she embraced rural life fully, forgoing college to continue doing farm work and listening to music on a home stereo with her family. As a 22-year-old in the late '80s, however, she took a chance on becoming a singer by moving to the seaside town of Bristol. A smattering of praise and bookings kept her on the local scene, but Gibbons, who is often compared to Edith Piaf, wouldn't start earning enough as an artist to support herself until after an important trip to the unemployment line in 1991. It was while waiting to get on the dole that year that she met her future Portishead partner Geoff Barrow, who was also in a rough financial situation. Prior to their meeting, Barrow was a studio hand at Bristol's Coach House; there he worked with such emerging acts as Primal Scream, Depeche Mode, and Massive Attack, all important influences on Portishead. When Gibbons met Barrow, he was looking to put together a trip-hop outfit of his own and in need of a lyricist and vocalist. With the addition of the local jazz guitarist Adrian Utley, Portishead were born. The band's best-known album, 1994's debut Dummy, went on to win the Mercury Prize for Best British Album in 1995. In addition to three well-received Portishead records, Gibbons released her solo debut, the thoughtful Out of Season, in 2002. ~ Tammy La Gorce, All Music Guide
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Beth Gibbons

Gibbons at the Coachella festival in 2008
Background information
Born 4 January 1965 (1965-01-04) (age 44)
Origin Exeter, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Genres Electronica, jazz, soul, trip hop
Occupations Singer/songwriter
Instruments Vocals, guitar
Voice types Contralto
Years active 1991–present
Labels Go! Beat Records
Sanctuary Records
Associated acts Portishead
Rustin Man
Website Official MySpace page

Beth Gibbons (born 4 January 1965, Exeter, Devon, England) is an English singer and songwriter, best known as the vocalist for English band Portishead.

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Early life

Gibbons was born in 1965 in Exeter[1] and raised on a farm.

At the age of 22, Gibbons moved to Bristol to pursue her singing career and began singing locally, where she met Geoff Barrow.

Career

Gibbons is a member of Portishead, and has also collaborated on a separate project with Paul Webb, aka Rustin' Man (ex-member of the band Talk Talk). In October 2002, the album, Out of Season, was released in the United Kingdom, and in October 2003 it was released in the United States.

Discography

Portishead

Solo

Other works

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