Melodies and sound combinations can take the listeners to a place where their minds are not used to explore; Porter was searching for this when they started as a band.
It was in the year of 2004 in Guadalajara, Jalisco México when Juan Pablo Vázquez “Chata” (Drums), Fernando de la Huerta “Huerta” (Guitar), Víctor Valverde “Víllor”(Guitar), Diego Rangel “Bacther” (Synths, Bass and programming ) and Juan Carlos Pereda “Musgo”(Voice) got together and named themselves PORTER, they started creating music, with different talents and similar vision.
Once together in July 2004 they recorded the song “No te encuentro” in 3er Piso Studios so they could get into the preliminary of a music contest “O-MUSIC MEXICO-COLOMBIA”.
Weeks later they received good news, they were chosen in between a thousand bands, to participate in the semifinals that took place in Mexico City, at the National Auditorium in mid August (2004). The theme was recorded in the album compilation.
In October (2004) they got back in the studio, to create their first album “Donde Los Pony´s Pastan” coproduced by Alex Pérez “Orko” (Azul Violeta) this first material, made of 7 songs, sounds fresh and interesting.
At the beginning of December same year, REACTOR, the radio station from the capital city, started playing “ESPIRAL” that became in advanced, their first single of the album. By March (2005) the first trimester of the year, “ESPIRAL” was the most requested national single by the audience.
That same month Porter was invited to play at the NU-Tone Festival in Hard Rock Live, next to Zoe, She is a tease and Bengala. This was their first show in Mexico City and the place was totally full.
A week later, Porter played at MANIFEST (2005), next to Ian Brown (ex Stone Roses), La Lupita, among other bands.
In April 16, Porter produced a stampede of 10,000 people at the blue stage of the Vive Latino Music Festival (2005) this was a revelation that surprised all. They played among bands like, Café Tacvba, Sussie 4, Zoe, Babasonicos, Botellita de jerez, Vicentico, Ely Guerra, Molotov, Moderatto, Los Pericos, Austin TV, etc.
A month after this, Porter had their first show as a main band, next to Austin TV and Phono. Entries were sold out. A week later the symbolic Bull Dog café opens their doors for Porter, the place was packed. Next day, Porter played with Zoe, Sussie 4 and Belanova in the Un-Fest at Salon 21.
At this point many fans desired their album “Donde los Ponys Pastan” which they got at the shows or through the web, many more demand the disc around the country, so it was released on stores around the nation, right away it consolidates as the Top 10 sales in MixUp and Tower records.
In that summer, Porter continued playing at different clubs of Mexico City and started touring in cities like Leon, Zacatecas, Puebla, Toluca, Pachuca and Guadalajara.
By July (2005) “No te encuentro” became their second single, the band taped their first video “Espiral” produced by Karma films. The video soon was rolling around the TV in many cities of Mexico and South America.
In August (2005) “BIPOLAR” becomes their third single.
In their short existence PORTER had been in the same stage as BABASONICOS, ZOE, IAN BROWN, LOS AMIGOS INVISIBLES, LA GUSANA CIEGA, LA LUPITA, VICTIMAS DEL DOCTOR CEREBRO, PLASTIKO, ELY GUERRA, BELANOVA, THE FAINT, THE KILLS, RADIO 4, SUSSIE 4, DISIDENTE, BENGALA, SARA VALENZUELA, HUMMERSQUEAL, MOLOTOV, RADIO 4, JUMBO, GUILLOTINA, MODERATTO, INCUBUS y THE STILLS, thanks to festivals like O-MUSIC, NU-TONE, EUFORIA05, EL ROCK NOS UNE, VIVE LATINO, MANIFEST, CORONA FEST among others…
Porter ends the year with the video of the song “DAPHNE”.
In March (2006) they bring out a new song “Vaquero Galáctico” a great introduction of what would be their next production.
“Atemahawke” their new album, evokes fairy tale collections beyond time and space.
The first time Porter plays their new songs, is in front of 40,000 people at Vive Latino music festival (2007)
After touring around many cities, including LA, Porter was invited to play at the Music and Arts Festival COACHELLA 2008. That was the last show from the band,After that they separated and started working in their different projects.
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