900. Portugal

«When Gourley named the band, all he knew about the actual country of Portugal was the capital was Lisbon, they have beautiful beaches and “it just sounded cool.” He recently went over there for the first time with Nine Inch Nails and found that the band had been a secret sensation for years, thanks to a sense of national pride. “It was crazy. We found out after we got there that we’ve been played on the radio since the beginning of the band. If you run a search for ‘Portugal’ on Google, we come up in Portuguese news. We had no idea. I feel at this point we should just go over there and hang out.”»

Rolling Stone: Rock and Roll Daily, 26.VIII.2009.