When Love was 17, she began an on-and-off relationship with Rozz Rezabek of the band Theatre of Sheep after the two met at The Metropolis in Portland, Oregon, where Love occasionally worked as a DJ.

The Kingsmen, a garage band from Portland, Oregon, had a breakout hit with their 1963 cover of " Louie, Louie ," cited as " punk rock's defining ur-text.

In 2001 the band came to the US for major press, radio and TV appearances for the Bastard Life or Clarity release and returned Stubbs in Austin, Texas to kick off a sold out US tour with dates in Austin, Boulder, Chicago, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, New York City and the last show at the famous Stone Pony in Asbury Park, New Jersey.

The Portland GMB also hosts many social and educational events, notably Music for the Working Class, a free event that occurs on the last Wednesday of every month at the Red and Black Cafe, 400 SE 12th St. Acts that have appeared include Brendan Phillips and Fast Rattler, David Rovics, and the unofficial band of the Portland branch, I Wobble Wobble.

Vans have been used by touring music groups to haul equipment and people to music venues around the country ; for example, the Portland band AgesandAges converted a 12-seat passenger van into a 15-seater to take the seven-member singing group on tour around the United States.

Courtney Love — a close friend and former bandmate of Bjelland when the two lived in Portland and San Francisco — had a very brief stint in the band in 1987 as a bass player, before being kicked out and forming Hole in 1989.

After graduating from Hampshire, the band added drummer Tony Lash and bassist Brandt Peterson and began performing around Portland in 1992.

Beth Ditto, member of the band The Gossip grew up in the town before moving to Portland, Oregon.

In 1839, with renewed conflict with the Ojibwa nation, Chief Cloud Man relocated his band of the Mdewakanton Dakota from Lake Calhoun in Minneapolis to an area called Oak Grove in southern Bloomington, close to present-day Portland Avenue.

The group attempted to build Threshold into a major label by developing new talent — most notably the UK hard rock band Trapeze and the Portland, Oregon, classical-acoustic sextet Providence — but these efforts proved unsuccessful and the Moodies eventually returned to more traditional recording contracts.

In the 1960s, while associated with the rock band The Presidents, Johns began working as a recording studio engineer at IBC Studios, Portland Place, London and was able to take the band in during weekends and try his skills at production and recording.

In addition Black ' n Blue, formed in Portland, Oregon released their eponymous debut and New York-based Danish band White Lion produced Fight to Survive ( 1985 ).

Following the move to Portland, Alexakis placed an ad in The Rocket seeking a bass player and a drummer to form a new band.

Page Hamilton ( born May 18, 1960 in Portland, Oregon ) is a guitarist, singer and record producer, mostly noted for his work with alternative metal band Helmet.

On June 29, 2011 the band revealed a new song called " By and Down " live in Portland, Oregon.

A narrow ( less than 30 metre ) band of Portland limestone rocks forms the shoreline.

Portland, Oregon based rock band Dan Reed Network released a song written by Dan Reed called Seven Sisters Road on the album Slam in 1989.

Other artists to have recorded versions include Daniel O ' Donnell, The Chancers, Portland, Frank Patterson, Ronan Tynan, Brush Shiels, James Galway, The Dubliners, Charlie Haden with daughter Petra Haden, Seanchai & The Unity Squad, Scottish band North Sea Gas, Newcastle upon Tyne band, Kelda with vocalist Jack Routledge, Yonkers-based group Shilelagh Law, California punk band No Use for a Name, New Zealanders Hollie Smith and Steve McDonald, Dropkick Murphys, The Durutti Column, by the Canadian group The Tartan Terrors, The High Kings, the Epcot-based band Off Kilter, and by Dr. Kieran Moriarty and friends.

The Kingsmen is a 1960s Beat / garage rock band from Portland, Oregon, United States.

* Everclear ( band ), a rock band from Portland, Oregon

Since Fuel had not been touring for a while, Stewart joined Portland rock band Everclear in August 2008, replacing Brett Snyder on drums.

Ierulli, 29, has been practicing in Portland since November, 1959.

Their use as a low-energy alternative to Portland cement has been pioneered in China, where several million tonnes per year are produced.

PTP currently has about 100 wireless hotspots offering free Internet access at locations around Portland including Pioneer Courthouse Square, three public parks, and several restaurants and coffee shops.

Recent research has shown that the Portland vase, like the majority of cameo-glass vessels, was made by the dip-overlay method, whereby an elongated bubble of glass was partially dipped into a crucible ( fire-resistant container ) of white glass, before the two were blown together.

The original Roman vase has remained in the British Museum ever since 1810, apart from three years ( 1929 – 32 ) when William Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland put it up for sale at Christie's where it failed to reach its reserve.

A car, rented in Portland, Maine, has been seized from the Logan International Airport garage, containing flight training manuals in Arabic.

Le Guin has lived in Portland, Oregon since 1958.

Portland has four sister cities, as designated by Sister Cities International ( SCI ):

For example, Portland, Oregon a U. S. city which has pursued smart growth policies, substantially increased its population density between 1990 and 2000 when other US cities of a similar size were reducing in density.

Located approximately to the west of Portland, the county has a total area of 726 square miles ( 1, 881 km² ), of which 724 square miles ( 1, 874 km² ) is land and 3 square miles ( 7 km² ) ( 0. 36 %) is water.

Salem is about south of Portland, but actually has a lower average temperature than Portland ().

Since the 1980s, Portland, Oregon has built all three types of system: a high capacity light rail system in dedicated lanes and rights-of-way, a low capacity streetcar system integrated with street traffic, and an aerial tram system.

Since 1999, the growing sketch comedy scene has precipitated the development of sketch comedy festivals in cities all around North America, including festivals in Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Montreal, Portland, San Francisco, Seattle, Toronto, Vancouver, and Philadelphia.

Matt Groening has indicated that Lovejoy is named after Lovejoy Street ( which in turn is named for Portland co-founder Asa Lovejoy ) in Portland, Oregon, the city where Groening grew up.

At the highest point of the old town the Portland stone and Coade stone facade of the Crown Court ( 1808 – 12, by John Johnson ), the brick Market Tower and florid War Memorial mark the historic centre, although trade has tended to concentrate on the lower land in modern times.

The PCL has had a long tradition on the West Coast, with teams with evocative names such as the Hollywood Stars, Los Angeles Angels, Mission Reds ( representing San Francisco's Mission District ), Oakland Oaks, Portland Beavers, Sacramento Solons, Salt Lake Bees, San Diego Padres, San Francisco Seals, Seattle Rainiers, Spokane Indians, Vernon Tigers ( later the Tacoma Tigers ), Vancouver Canadians, and the Hawaii Islanders.

Unlike most works of public art, Kaskey has put strong prohibitions on the use of images of the statue, located atop the main entrance to the famous Portland Building.

The franchise entered the league in 1970, and Portland has been its only home city.

The phenomenon known as Blazermania started during the 1976 – 77 season, when the team would post its first winning record, make its first playoff appearance — and capture its only NBA title, defeating the heavily-favored Philadelphia 76ers in the NBA Finals ; the team has been wildly popular in Portland since that time.

PNNL operates a marine research facility in Sequim, and has satellite offices in Seattle and Tacoma, Washington ; Portland, Oregon ; College Park, Maryland, and Washington, D. C.

Portland, Oregon also has several other locations named after Frémont, such as Fremont Bridge.

Since the approval of Measure 5 in 1968, an initiative to merge the county with Portland has been considered and placed on the county ballot several times.

It has excellent brickwork and Portland stone features, that I pronounced it good solid architecture, and one of the very best gentlemen's houses in Surrey.