Dogstar is still awesome!
On Saturday, Keanu Reeves performed with the newly reunited alternative rock band at the BottleRock festival in Napa Valley for the first time in 20 years.
The group, which also includes Robert Mailhouse and Bret Domrose, sang songs from the 1996s. Our Little Visionary and the 2000s Happy ending. They also played tracks from their upcoming albums “Glimmer” and “Flowers”.
Per San Francisco Chronicle, John Wick The 58-year-old actor was a little nervous about the performance, but Mailhouse calmed him down: “He was so positive. It was like, ‘Listen to the music. Just find it in the song and it’ll go from there.'”
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Earlier this month, the group made a comeback on social media.
In the post accompanying a new black-and-white photo of the group, “The latest @dogstarband was set up on the roof in Lincoln Heights for the photo shoot. Exciting news is coming soon. Thanks for being so patient.”
Dogstar was formed in the mid-90s with Reeves as bassist and backing vocalist, Mailhouse as drummer and percussionist, and Domrose as guitarist and vocalist. Gregg Miller also played guitar and sang with the band until they broke up in 1995.
The band’s first EP Quad Jersey It was released in 1996, followed by two albums, the 1996’s. Our Little Visionary and the 2000s Happy endingAlso in 2004 Mr. He did a one-off cover of Big’s song “Shine”.
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During Dogstar’s debut, the group starred in films, including the 1999s. Me and Will and the 2005s Ellie Parker. They also opened for the touring David Bowie and Bon Jovi, and made headlines with the upcoming Rancid and Weezer opening shows at the time.
After the band stopped touring together in the mid-2000s, Reeves and Mailhouse joined forces with guitarist Paulie Costa and Real world alum Rebecca Lord as the group becky (all stylized in lowercase). The trio recorded the Disney Channel theme song. JoJo’s Circus.
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Dogstar’s Instagram account has been active since July 2022 and documents the recording process for a new album. A caption published in December read, “I can’t wait to perform for everyone when the record comes out in Spring 2023,” alongside a photo of the band at a private concert.