’90s band Keanu Reeves’ Dogstar made their live comeback this weekend at the BottleRock Festival in Napa Valley, California.
The band played material from their previous two studio albums, 1996’s Our little vision and 2000 Happy endingalong with new songs from their yet-to-be-announced upcoming album.
Consisting of guitarist Reeves, drummer Robert Milhouse, and bassist and vocalist Brett Domrose, Dogstar released two albums and an EP from 1996 to 2002 before breaking up. The band returned earlier this month, announcing that both new music and live performances are on the way.
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In a pre-show interview with paintingIn Exclaim!, Reeves described Dogstar as “something that’s part of my life”. Discussing the impetus for the band’s reunification, he explained, “I missed playing together, I missed writing together, I missed doing shows together. It’s something I’ve always missed. We came to a place where we weren’t playing anymore, and I missed it… Once we started playing, we felt really good and positive.” And really creative, that was like, “Okay, let’s make this happen.”
We came to a place where we weren’t playing anymore, and I missed it… Once we started playing, feeling good and really positive and creative, that’s when it was.”
Although Dogstar has a grunge sound, Reeves recently admitted that his band is the dream pop band Alvays. The actor last starred in John Wick Chapter 4He will next appear in a black comedy written and directed by Jonah Hill as well as an Aziz Ansari co-starring Seth Rogen.
Dogstar Keanu Reeves@tweet pic.twitter.com/sXw9cCdKHn
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– Steve BEAN ❤️ BEAN RIP❤️ (@GhOSTofSurF) May 27, 2023
Dogstar is just getting started!!! pic.twitter.com/mTVhmEmEho
– Maricar Mendoza (@SFMarMendoza) May 27, 2023
Every time they show Keanu on the huge screen, there are bursts of screams – and not just from me 😂🤩 #BottleRock pic.twitter.com/36IhqKbU6V
– Maricar Mendoza (@SFMarMendoza) May 27, 2023
The Return of the Dogstar pic.twitter.com/gyFLPCEyOS
– Saul Levitz (@saullevitz) May 27, 2023
Make the list:
lust
sunrise
How does the story end
Everything spins
Blonde hair
lily
ray
sleeping
shallow plain
flowers
Upside down
busts
