The Portuguese rock scene has a fifty year history, and is popular within that country.

Rock music arrived to Portugal in the late 1950s with Joaquim Costa.

Portugal had a vibrant underground progressive rock scene in the 1970s, which included bands like Petrus Castrus (Misterios E Maravilhas), Jose Cid (10,000 Anos Depois Entre Venus E Marte) and Tarantula (Kingdom of Lusitania), the latest being considered by many to be the first metal Portuguese act.

The scene hit mainstream in 1980 with the release of Ar de Rock by Rui Veloso, which was the first popular Portuguese rock album.

In the 1980s, Veloso's success lead to the creation of several rock and roll bands, which became popular with youths growing up in the post-1974 modernized Portugal. Bands like Táxi, Heróis do Mar and Trabalhadores do Comércio, solidified the need for a solid rock scene, as they were all ephemeral bands. However, other bands would be luckier.

Xutos & Pontapés are arguably the biggest success case in the Portuguese rock scene, becoming the first band in the country to celebrate 30 years of career. Their early works had close roots to punk and rockabilly, but later incorporated folk influences into their sound, becoming more diverse. UHF was another band that started in the early 80s. Visually, they resembled the hard rock-playing hair bands that popped up in America and Europe, but, like Xutos, their sound used a lot of folk influences.

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