Portraits of Past

Portraits of Past is an American post-hardcore band from the San Francisco Bay Area that originally existed roughly from 1994 to 1995. Inspired by such bands as Heroin, Unwound, and Drive Like Jehu as well as powerviolence music, Portraits of Past has been credited with helping create the "screamo" genre, though that term was not used at the time the band was active. As Kent McClard recounts on the Ebullition Records website, the band's popularity grew only a couple of years after their demise at the end of 1995.