Dogstar has its day.
Keanu Reeves’ grunge-era band will mark their return to the stage on Saturday, Might 27, with a efficiency on the 2023 BottleRock Napa Valley music pageant.
When bassist Reeves, guitarist/vocalist Bret Domrose and drummer Rob Mailhouse take their positions in Northern California’s wine nation, they’ll unleash “model new songs,” organizers say.
BottleRock Napa Valley will present Dogstar their first main efficiency in a long time, and follows a low-key reunion final summer season. “We’re over the moon,” the band says of their reserving.
Throughout their temporary however vivid run, Dogstar captured numerous media consideration resulting from Reeves’ participation, starting with the discharge of their four-track EP Quattro Formaggi in 1996 after a number of years of taking part in gigs within the U.S. and abroad; a full-length album, Our Little Visionary, was solely launched in Japan.
The group toured the world, nabbed a spot at Glastonbury Competition, opened for David Bowie, and warmed up for Bon Jovi on a lap of Australia. A date in Japan in 2002 could be their final, earlier than the bandmembers went their separate methods.
One other album, 1999’s Completely satisfied Ending, would show to be their swansong as all three moved on to different tasks.
Dogstar started teasing a return final July with a throwback snap from their prime and the message, “We’re again.”
That started almost a 12 months of periodic updates concerning the in-process recordings periods with producer Dave Trumfio, together with video of Reeves transposing preparations and a submit from August describing a “deep, layered, lush” report on the horizon.
Again in 2019, Reeves spoke with GQ journal about Dogstar and what he suspects is the overall feeling about his facet venture. “I assume it could have helped if our band was higher,” he stated on the time.
