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OCR: PORTISHEAD: Trip-hop from Bristol, Take 2 Portishead consists of Geoff Barrow, the wunderkind programmer and producer; Beth Gibbons, the vocalist; and Adrian Utley. the jazz guitarist. The band is named after Barrow's hometown outside of Bristol, England. Massive Attack helped Portishead get their record deal by introducing Barrow to Cameron McVey, Massive's original manager. Despite their geographical proximity, the two groups are not buddy-buddy. Portishead gained an American audience with their debut single, "Sour Times (Nobody Loves Me)." To promote " Sour Times," the group made a ten-minute film entitled "To Kill a Dead Man" in licu of the traditional music video. Filled with spy movie cliches, the film gained Quite a bit of publicity through showings at film festivals. Portishead's d ...