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Frank Portman

Portman performing with The Mr. T Experience at the Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco, California on January 25, 2008. The Mr T Experience (sometimes abbreviated MTX) is an American Punk rock band formed in 1985 in Berkeley California and currently Bottom of the Hill is a Concert venue located in San Francisco California, in the Potrero Hill district The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city Events 41 - After a night of negotiation Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common
Born 1966
San Francisco, California
Nationality American
Occupation Musician (songwriter, singer, guitarist) and author
Known for Singer/guitarist/songwriter for The Mr. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A musician is a person who plays or writes Music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music An instrumentalist plays a A songwriter is someone who writes the Lyrics to songs the Musical composition (chords or Melody to songs or both A guitarist is a Musician who plays the Guitar. Guitarists may perform solo pieces or play with ensembles and bands of a wide variety of genres An author is defined both as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created T Experience, author of young adult novel King Dork. King Dork is a Young adult novel by Frank Portman first published in 2006

Frank Portman (better known by the stage name Dr. Frank) is an American musician, singer, guitarist, and author. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A musician is a person who plays or writes Music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music An instrumentalist plays a A guitarist is a Musician who plays the Guitar. Guitarists may perform solo pieces or play with ensembles and bands of a wide variety of genres An author is defined both as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created He is best known as the singer, guitarist, and primary songwriter of the Berkeley, California punk rock band The Mr. T Experience. Berkeley is a city on the east shore of San Francisco Bay in Northern California, in the United States. The Mr T Experience (sometimes abbreviated MTX) is an American Punk rock band formed in 1985 in Berkeley California and currently He has recorded and performed with the band since their formation in 1985 and has remained the only original member through multiple lineup changes. He has also recorded and performed as a solo artist. He recently became an author, writing the young adult novel King Dork which was published in 2006. King Dork is a Young adult novel by Frank Portman first published in 2006

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Education

Portman attended Mills High School in Millbrae, California in the San Francisco Bay Area. Academics and Stats Current enrollment in Grades 9-12 is approximately 1620 Millbrae is a city in San Mateo County, California, United States, just west of San Francisco Bay, with San Bruno on the north and The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, or the Bay, is a geographically and ethnically diverse metropolitan region that surrounds the He then moved to nearby Berkeley and attended the University of California, Berkeley. Berkeley is a city on the east shore of San Francisco Bay in Northern California, in the United States. The University of California Berkeley (also referred to as Cal, Berkeley and UC Berkeley) is a major research university located in Berkeley

Musical career

Portman's musical career began during his high school years in 1979, when he played in a band called the Bent Nails alongside future Mr. T Experience bass player Byron Stamatatos. The Mr T Experience (sometimes abbreviated MTX) is an American Punk rock band formed in 1985 in Berkeley California and currently The electric bass guitar (also called electric bass, or simply bass; ˈbeɪs as in "base" is a Stringed instrument played primarily with the The group was short-lived but released a song entitled "No More Riots" on the southern California punk compilation Not So Quiet on the Western Front released by Maximum Rocknroll in 1982. Not So Quiet on the Western front is a classic hardcore compilation released in 1982 by Alternative Tentacles After high school Portman left Millbrae for UC Berkeley but kept in touch with Stamatatos. While a student there he hosted a program on campus radio station KALX which prominently featured local punk rock music, and met fellow DJ Jon Von Zelowitz. KALX (907 FM) is a freeform FM Radio station that broadcasts from the University of California Berkeley in Berkeley California A disc jockey (also known as DJ or deejay) is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience While working at the station Portman recorded a rap version of the Dr. Seuss children's poem Green Eggs and Ham. Rapping (also known as emceeing, MCing, spitting, or just rhyming) is the Rhythmic spoken delivery of Rhymes wordplay and Theodor Seuss Geisel (ˈsɔɪs ˈɡaɪzəl March 2 1904 – September 24 1991 was an American Writer and Cartoonist, better known by his pen name Green Eggs and Ham is a best-selling and critically acclaimed book by Dr He also met Alex Laipeneiks, who had been a high school friend of Portman's younger brother. In the Summer of 1985 Portman, Zelowitz, Stamatatos, and Laipeneiks formed The Mr. T Experience. The Mr T Experience (sometimes abbreviated MTX) is an American Punk rock band formed in 1985 in Berkeley California and currently It was at this time that Portman began using the stage name "Dr. Frank," which he continues to use in his musical endeavors to this day.

The Mr. T Experience recorded their first album Everybody's Entitled to Their Own Opinion in July of 1986. Everybody's Entitled to Their Own Opinion is the debut album by the Berkeley California Punk rock band The Mr They began to build a local following through tours and airplay on college radio stations and quickly became part of the thriving late-1980s Bay Area punk rock movement centered around the 924 Gilman Street venue and the Lookout! Records label. The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, or the Bay, is a geographically and ethnically diverse metropolitan region that surrounds the The 924 Gilman Street project alternately the Alternative Music Foundation, is the Berkeley California street address and Lookout! Records is an Independent record label based in Berkeley California. At this time Portman briefly also played drums with the band Sweet Baby, but quickly returned to his main focus The Mr. A drum kit (also drum set or trap set) is a collection of Drums Cymbals and sometimes other Percussion instruments such as cowbells Sweet Baby (also known as Sweetbabyjesus) was a Pop punk band that originated from Berkeley California, and was part of the 924 Gilman Street T Experience, who released their second album Night Shift at the Thrill Factory in 1988. Night Shift at the Thrill Factory is the second album by the Berkeley California Punk rock band The Mr Included on the album was the song "The History of the Concept of the Soul," which was essentially Portman's college thesis condensed into an 80-second punk song. In 1990 the band signed to Lookout! Records, a label they remain on to this day and through which Portman has also released all of his other musical output.

Portman continues to be the guitarist and vocalist for The Mr. A guitarist is a Musician who plays the Guitar. Guitarists may perform solo pieces or play with ensembles and bands of a wide variety of genres T Experience, also acting as the band's primary songwriter. Zelowitz also contributed significantly to the band's songwriting and served as a second guitarist and occasional singer until his departure from the group in 1992, after which the band essentially became Portman's project. Despite multiple lineup changes over the years, he remains the band's sole songwriter and only remaining original member. The band has released ten full-length albums, several EPs, and numerous singles over the course of their career, with nearly all material written and sung by Portman. After some solo acoustic performances he recorded a solo album entitled Show Business is My Life in 1999 and an EP, Eight Little Songs, in 2003. Show Business is My Life is the solo album released in 1999 by Dr An extended play ( EP) is a Vinyl record, CD, or Music download which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify Many of the songs from this EP were re-recorded with The Mr. T Experience for the 2004 album Yesterday Rules, their most recent and stylistically diverse release. Yesterday Rules is the tenth album by the Berkeley California Punk rock band The Mr Portman continues to perform occasionally as a solo artist. He also occasionally plays in The Bomb Bassets with his longtime friend Dallas Denery. The Bomb Bassets are an American Rock and roll band Formed by brothers Dallas Denery of Sweet Baby and John Denery of The Hi-Fives

Portman's musical style is generally characterized as pop punk, heavily influenced by the Ramones and other melodic rock groups. Pop punk (also known as punk pop and other names is a Fusion genre that combines elements of Punk rock with Pop music, to varying The Ramones were an American rock band often regarded as the first Punk rock group This is the style most generally associated with The Mr. T Experience. His compositions cover a variety of topics but are concerned primarily with personal relationships; he is known to introduce much of his material with the throwaway line "This is a song about a girl. " Over the years his other musical tastes and interests have pushed the band to explore many styles, branching out from the Bay Area pop punk sound which he helped define. This change is evidenced on a number of solo acoustic songs interspersed between the pop punk standards on most of the band's late-1990s albums. Portman's solo recordings have further explored these other styles and influences, including country, bossa nova, rock & roll, and 1960s beat music. Country music is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. Bossa nova ( is a style of Brazilian music popularized by Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes and João Gilberto. Rock and roll (also known as rock 'n' roll) is a form of Music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s with roots in mostly African

Writing career

In recent years Portman has published a blog entitled "Dr. A blog (a contraction of the term " Web log " is a Web site, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary descriptions of Frank's What's-It. " His young adult novel King Dork was published in April 2006, and the film rights to the book were purchased by Will Ferrell's production company Gary Sanchez Productions in November of that year. Young-adult fiction (often abbreviated as YA fiction, or simply YA) is Fiction written for published for or marketed to adolescents roughly between the King Dork is a Young adult novel by Frank Portman first published in 2006 John William "Will" Ferrell (ˈfærəl born July 16, 1967) is an American Comedian, Actor, Voice actor, Gary Sanchez Productions is a Production company operated by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay. [1] He has announced that he is working on a second novel, Andromeda Klein, to be followed by a King Dork sequel entitled King Dork Approximately. [2]

Discography

With the Bent Nails

With The Mr. Long play (LP record albums are 33⅓  Rpm vinyl Gramophone records (phonograph records generally either 10- or 12- Inches in diameter Not So Quiet on the Western front is a classic hardcore compilation released in 1982 by Alternative Tentacles Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, which is often contrasted with Speech. The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles T Experience

Albums and EPs listed only, for a complete listing of releases see The Mr. T Experience. The Mr T Experience (sometimes abbreviated MTX) is an American Punk rock band formed in 1985 in Berkeley California and currently

Solo releases (as Dr. Everybody's Entitled to Their Own Opinion is the debut album by the Berkeley California Punk rock band The Mr Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, which is often contrasted with Speech. The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles Night Shift at the Thrill Factory is the second album by the Berkeley California Punk rock band The Mr Big Black Bugs Bleed Blue Blood is an EP by the Berkeley California Punk rock band The Mr Making Things with Light is the third album by the Berkeley California Punk rock band The Mr Milk Milk Lemonade is the fourth album by the Berkeley California Punk rock band The Mr Strum ünd Bang Live!? is an EP by the Berkeley California Punk rock band The Mr Gun Crazy is an EP by the Berkeley California Punk rock band The Mr Our Bodies Our Selves is the fifth album by the Berkeley California Punk rock band The Mr Love Is Dead is the sixth album by the Berkeley California Punk rock band The Mr Revenge is Sweet and So Are You is the seventh album by the Berkeley California Punk rock band The Mr Road to Ruin is the eighth album by the Berkeley California Punk rock band The Mr Alcatraz is the ninth album by the Berkeley California Punk rock band The Mr The Miracle of Shame is an EP by the Berkeley California Punk rock band The Mr Yesterday Rules is the tenth album by the Berkeley California Punk rock band The Mr Frank)

Bibliography

References

  1. ^ Sperling, Nicole (2006-11-16). Show Business is My Life is the solo album released in 1999 by Dr King Dork is a Young adult novel by Frank Portman first published in 2006 An author is defined both as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 534 - A second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus is published Gary Sanchez Catches 'King Dork'. The Book Standard. Retrieved on 2007-07-14. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1223 - Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father Philip II of France.
  2. ^ Portman, Frank (2007-07-14). Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1223 - Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father Philip II of France. Oh no, not another one.... Dr. Frank's What's-It. Retrieved on 2007-07-14. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1223 - Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father Philip II of France.

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