The rock band Dogstar has reunited, taking part in their first present in 23 years on Saturday on the BattleRock music pageant. Formed within the Nineties, one of many group’s founding members is actor Keanu Reeves, the bassist of the group. Dogstar additionally consists of Robert Mailhouse on drums and percussion, in addition to Bret Domrose on vocals and guitar. It was just like the three by no means stopped taking part in collectively after they killed it stay on the stage on the pageant, drawing a sizeable crowd who loved the set.
The stay set included a mixture of songs from the band’s studio albums, Our Little Visionary (1996) and Happy Ending (2000). Dogstar additionally performed some new songs that they may embody on an upcoming album, now that they are again collectively and dealing on new music. For his half, Reeves admits that he felt nervous returning to the stage this fashion after so lengthy, however some phrases of encouragement from Mailhouse helped him get via it.
“He was just super positive,” Reeves instructed The San Francisco Chronicle. “He was like, ‘Listen to the music. Just be present in the song, and it will go from there.’”
The band additionally addressed why they reunited now, twenty years later. It was defined that Dogstar by no means precisely break up up or had a falling out. Life had simply merely gotten in the way in which because the band members had gotten busy with their different endeavors outdoors of music. With that mentioned, the band members have stored in contact and nonetheless had jam classes occasionally. At one level not too long ago, they determined that it was time for them to really decide to placing out one other album.
“It just organically happened,” Domrose defined. “There was by no means a giant blowout, like, ‘I’m by no means speaking to you once more! ’ We took a break and it was a very lengthy break.”
Mailhouse added, “We love playing and we love writing. We came back together with a lot of energy and enthusiasm. And as that progressed, it was like, ‘OK, let’s make a record.’”
Dogstar Is Back Together On Stage
“We performed the catalog songs, after which we will not assist it — we simply began writing,” Reeves additional elaborated in a separate interview with Billboard forward of the pageant. “I missed taking part in collectively, I missed writing collectively, I missed doing reveals collectively. It’s one thing I’ve at all times missed. Once we began to play, and it felt good, and actually optimistic and inventive, that is when it was like, ‘Okay, let’s make this occur.'”
Details on the brand new album have but to be revealed by Dogstar. Meanwhile, do not anticipate the group making music to decelerate Reeves together with his appearing. It was reported {that a} Constantine sequel with Reeves is in early growth with the actor planning to reprise his position as John Constantine. He may also be seen reprising the position of John Wick for the upcoming spinoff movie Ballerina, coming to theaters subsequent 12 months.