Cielo Drive - Earlier Years

Earlier Years

Sean Porteous began his music career in One Way alongside former drummer Paul Bannon, and played venues across Scotland such as Liquid Rooms, The Ross Band Stand and also King Tuts. He later joined Seneka who Paul was also playing in, and it 2 years later he left to form Cielo Drive. Before forming Cielo Drive he played a series of solo gigs supporting rock bands in which he performed on acoustic guitar many future Cielo Drive songs. After a conversation over the Internet with drummer Francis Morgan, they both decided on forming a band and became friends. Porteous had a brief opportunity to become the guitarist for nu-metal icons Limp Bizkit after Wes Borland departed the band for the 2nd time, but in the end it fell through. Porteous' has never commented on why it never happened, even though his involvement with the band was well documented.

At the time, Franko Morgan was playing in Heavy Metal band Massacre On The Fjords, and he continued to play with Massacre for 2 years until quitting to focus solely on Cielo Drive.

Bass player, Chris Buckley was recruited by Francis Morgan on the day of their first jam with Porteous. Buckley had previously played alongside Morgan in Screamo band 'A Vanishing Art'.
Late 2006, Buckley was offered a chance to play in Glasgow punk band Girlsplayboys, which featured Jimmy Nerve from Glasgow band Nerve, who were recording an album in Los Angeles with former Guns N' Roses guitarist Gilby Clarke, so Cielo Drive went on Hiatus. But just before they were set to fly out, Buckley decided to pull out and record with Cielo Drive.