With Keanu Reeves on bass, Dogstar performed at the BottleRocket festival; Bret Domrose and Robert Mailhouse complete the band
After 20 years without doing shows, band Keanu Reeves returned to the stage last Saturday, the 25th, with a live performance at the festival BottleRocket. In the group formed with Bret Domrose It is Robert Mailhousethe actor of John Wick It is matrix play bass.
in total, dogstar released two studio albums: Our Little Visionary (1996) and happy ending (2000). The trio broke up in 2002. They returned with the band in 2022 and have already commented on how they intend to release the first new song after 23 years.
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During an interview with billboard, reeves commented how the band “is a space I love and a space I’ve tried to protect.” At the show held at BottleRocket, the group played new songs, in addition to those already known by fans. See the setlist and some recordings of the presentation below:
- “Lust“
- “sunrise“
- “How The Story Ends“
- “Everything Turns Around“
- “blonde“
- “Lily“
- “glitter“
- “sleep“
- “Shallow Easy“
- “Flowers“
- “Upside“
- “Breach“
Dogstar just started!!! pic.twitter.com/mTVhmEmEho
— Mariecar Mendoza (@SFMarMendoza) May 27, 2023
Keanu Reeves band Dogstar@BottleRockNapa pic.twitter.com/sXw9cCdKHn
— STEVE-BENI ❤️ BEAN RIP❤️ (@GHOSTofSURF) May 27, 2023
the return of Dogstar pic.twitter.com/gyFLPCEyOS
— Saul Levitz (@saullevitz) May 27, 2023
Every time they show Keanu on the jumbo screen there are bursts of screams — and not just from me 😂🤩 #BottleRockpic.twitter.com/36IhqKbU6V
— Mariecar Mendoza (@SFMarMendoza) May 27, 2023
Keanu Reeves and Dogstar were booed at a metal festival
In an interview with the magazine QA, Keanu Reeves remembered when he was part of the rock band called dogstar and, during a presentation at the Milwaukee Metal Festin 1992, they were booed and cursed until they left the stage.
But, before actually leaving, they took advantage of the moment to provoke even more the audience that was already dissatisfied with the show: they played a cover of The Grateful Deadtoo hippie for a heavy metal event.
“We thought, ‘Well, they hate us. What are we doing here? What can we do? Let’s play one of Grateful Dead…’ and they kept yelling, ‘Fuck you, you suck.’ And the whole time I had the biggest smile on my face,” recalled the actor. Watch, below, a live performance by dogstar.
Source: Rollingstone
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