NearMiss was an American punk rock band from Austin, Texas, United States.
NearMiss was founded in 2001 by two former members of Bigwig, who recorded a 4-song demo that year.
After expanding to a four-piece, the group signed to Fearless Records, releasing their debut full-length in the summer of 2002.
The following year, Portman formed an all-80's hair metal tribute band called Great White Lion Snake.
On September 14, 2009, Ryan Key and Sean O'Donnell made a MySpace blog post that Portman will be playing lead guitar in their band, Big If.