John Gourley - wikipedia John Gourley John Gourley John Gourley at 2010 Sasquatch ! Festival Background information Birth name John Baldwin Gourley Also known as The Fantastic The ( 1981 - 06 - 12 ) June 12, 1981 ( age 37 ) Willow, Alaska, United States Origin Portland, Oregon, United States Genres Rock Psychedelic rock indie rock post-hardcore Occupation ( s ) Musician singer songwriter Instruments Vocals guitar Years active 2002 -- present Associated acts Anatomy of a Ghost Portugal. The Man John Baldwin Gourley ( born June 12, 1981 ) is an American musician, singer, and songwriter from Alaska. He is the lead singer and rhythm guitarist in the Portland, Oregon rock band Portugal. The Man. Gourley was previously the lead singer in screamo punk band, Anatomy of a Ghost. Gourley is also a visual artist, who often uses the alias The Fantastic The. Contents 1 Early life 2 References 3 Further reading 4 External links Early life Gourley was born in 1981 in Willow, Alaska, to John T. Gourley and Jennifer Van Ingen. He and his two siblings grew up in Alaska moving from town to town, wherever their father 's contracting business took the family. Gourley 's parents both competed in the Iditarod, and for a while the family lived in a remote `` off the grid '' cabin accessible only by dogsled. He grew up helping to take care of dozens of mushing dogs. He attended Wasilla High School, but dropped out at age 15 to study at home and work in construction with his father. Gourley joined four fellow Wasilla musicians : his best friend Zach Carothers and the three members of band Nice Guy Eddie ( Dewey Halpaus, Joe Simon, and Nick Simon ), to form punk band Anatomy of a Ghost in 2002. They toured across the country and released their album Evanesce in October 2003 on Fearless Records. The members wanted to pursue their own ideas, however, so the band split up in May 2004. Gourley and bassist Carothers formed Portugal. The Man. In 2011 Gourley welcomed a new born daughter with longtime partner and bandmate Zoe Manville. References Jump up ^ Gette - King, Dylan ( 22 December 2011 ). `` Band with local roots stays grounded amid success ''. Mat - Su Valley Frontiersman. Retrieved 22 September 2017. Jump up ^ `` Anatomy Of A Ghost - Fearless Records ''. Jump up ^ `` About ''. The Fantastic The. ^ Jump up to : Hopkins, Kyle ( 21 January 2012 ). `` Portugal. The Man singer tends his Alaska roots ''. Alaska Dispatch News. ^ Jump up to : White, Caitlin ( 26 June 2013 ). `` The Man Behind Portugal the Man ''. Pigeons and Planes. Jump up ^ Hakata, Josh ( 4 October 2008 ). `` Back home, Palin lives model life in Last Frontier ''. MLive. Retrieved 7 July 2015. ( John T. ) Gourley, who with his wife, Jennifer, raised three children in a generator - powered cabin near Wasila Jump up ^ Jacobs, Justin ( 2 October 2007 ). `` Portugal 's Gourley a man of many layers ''. The Pitt News. University of Pittsburgh. Retrieved 7 July 2015. Jump up ^ Novak, Jessica ( 25 May 2011 ). `` Portugal. The Phoner ''. Syracuse New Times -- via HighBeam Research. ( Subscription required ( help ) ). ( John Gourley ) dropped out of school when he was 15 to build houses with his father Jump up ^ Ressler, Casey ( 28 October 2002 ). `` From humble Wasilla beginnings, the band is making it big ''. Mat - Su Valley Frontiersman. Jump up ^ Apar, Corey. `` Anatomy of a Ghost - Biography ''. AllMusic. Retrieved 7 July 2015. Jump up ^ Levy, Joe. `` Portugal. The Man : Rock 's Surprise Heroes ''. rolling stone. Retrieved 1 June 2018. Further reading Elliott, Will ( 27 July 2007 ). `` Valley rockers look forward to homecoming gigs ''. Mat - Su Valley Frontiersman. Woodburn, Peter ( 30 October 2009 ). `` Portugal. The Man Band Interview ''. Redefine. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2015. Talbott, Chris ( 5 August 2011 ). `` Portugal. The Man : From Alaska to rock stardom ''. Daily Herald. Arlington Heights, IL. Associated Press. External links `` Portugal. The Man Unwind Back in Hometown ''. Rolling Stone. 22 August 2013. Portugal. The Man John Gourley Zachary Carothers Kyle O'Quin Eric Howk Jason Sechrist Ryan Neighbors Noah Gersh Kane Ritchotte Wesley Hubbard Nick Klein Harvey Tumbleson Studio albums Waiter : `` You Vultures ! '' ( 2006 ) Church Mouth ( 2007 ) Censored Colors ( 2008 ) The Satanic Satanist ( 2009 ) American Ghetto ( 2010 ) In the Mountain in the Cloud ( 2011 ) Evil Friends ( 2013 ) Woodstock ( 2017 ) Other albums The Majestic Majesty ( 2009 ) Extended plays Under Waves of the Brown Coat ( 2005 ) The Pines & the Devil ( 2006 ) Devil Say I, I Say AIR ( 2006 ) It 's Complicated Being a Wizard ( 2007 ) My Mind / Seventeen ( 2007 ) Singles `` Feel It Still '' ( 2017 ) `` Live in the Moment '' ( 2017 ) Related articles Discography GND : 1014057604 ISNI : 0000 0001 3944 4184 MusicBrainz : 9e6c375c - 8a04 - 436d - be28 - a7abac8159fc VIAF : 186048151 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Gourley&oldid=857116570 '' Categories : Musicians from Alaska Living people People from Wasilla, Alaska 1981 births Musicians from Portland, Oregon American male singer - songwriters Grammy Award winners Hidden categories : All articles with dead external links Articles with dead external links from November 2017 Articles with permanently dead external links Pages containing links to subscription - only content Articles with hCards Wikipedia articles with GND identifiers Wikipedia articles with ISNI identifiers Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz identifiers Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 29 August 2018, at 17 : 34 ( UTC ). 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Question: who's the lead singer of portugal the man
Answer: John Baldwin Gourley