Portraits Of Past has been played on NTS shows including Idle Hands w/ Zane Landreth, with Snicker Snicker first played on 4 August 2020.

Portraits of Past was a Screamo band from the San Francisco Bay Area. They were active from 1993 to 1995, touring the US in the Summer of 1995.

The band in its heydey consisted of: Matthew Bajda - drums Jeremy Bringetto - bass guitar Jonah Buffa - guitar Rob Pettersen - vocals Rex Shelverton - guitar

Earlier: Dan Fenton - bass guitar Aaron Schlieve - drums

The band released two demo cassettes, a split 7 inch with Bleed, A Self-Titled LP, and appeared on two compilation LPs.

Former members of the band later formed Nexus Six, Seventeen Queen, The Audience, Funeral Diner, Vue, … Who Calls So Loud, Torches To Rome, Bellavista and Tamaryn.

Portraits of Past reformed in 2008 to play a limited number of shows, with the same line-up as in 1995. A new EP titled "Cypress Dust Witch" was released in November 2009.

Official site: http://www.portraitsofpast.com/ Official Myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/portraitsofpast Official Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Portraits-of-Past/16225558982