Keanu Reeves

[walkinglines30]

I've known for along time he is the bassist for his band 'Dogstar'. I've seen him on tv using a precision with a pick. Is he a good bassist? Has anyone heard him play?

 

[Hategear]

I've seen pictures of him playing, but I've never seen him performing live. I've never heard him either, but I too have wondered if he's any good and what Dogstar sounds like.

I think it's cool that he's in a band, but he doesn't really shove it in anyone's face, you know? It irritates me when actors join or start a band and then shove it in everyone's face, telling us how they've always wanted to be a musician. Current losers that fall into that catagory include Jennifer Love Hewitt and Hillary Duff. Past losers include Joey Lawrence, Eddie Murphy and Bruce Willis (even though I actually liked Bruce's "Respect Yourself" and his Seagram's Golden Wine Cooler commercials). Mandy Moore is now doing just the opposite -- using her "musician" status to get her into films. Aaarrrrgh, I hate it!

 

[Hategear]

http://www.towerrecords.com/product.aspx?pfid=1883087&cc=USD

 

[walkinglines30]

Yeah I know man. Duff and those other actors (to me) aren't considered real musicians, they just used the sucess of their acting careers to access the music business.

 

[JMX]

Hategear, check out Jared Leto's band 30 seconds to mars, probably the only good band with an actor/band member.

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[David Wilson]

I saw them playing at a festival sometime between '94 and '96. He was functional, and suited the music fine.
It's the old 'Flea would suck in Dogstar, Keanu would suck in the Chilli Peppers' argument.

 

[notabob]

they dont sound too bad. quite interesting...

 

[Airsick Pilot]

Never seen or heard him play but here's a cool picture.

 

[Osama_Spears]

I am with Hategear...he doesn't wear hats on the red carpet that says "Dogstar's new album,out the 23rd,yah hurd!" or anything...I am curious as to see if he has some licks

 

[Stephen Soto]

i listened to just Halo so far. doesn't sound half bad at all .

 

[Tyler Hole]

Wow, they don't sound half bad! He can actually play pretty well, and I bet he has some NICE ASS gear.

 

[Hategear]

And a nice ass. Er, wait...

 

[Brendan]

I think that whole "stick to what you do" thing is kinda lame. Nobody seems to take actors/musicians who try to become musicans/actors.

Which befuddles me to no end. Just because you got known for one thing means you're expected to stay exclusively in that feild?

I give every actor a fair shot at music and every musican a fair shot at acting.

Shoot, Dwight Yokam was pretty good in Sling Blade, and Jason Shwartzman was pretty good in Phantom Planet (even though I didn't like their music that much), so why discriminate on circumstance?

I do both, and actually am a fairly talented actor (much more so than this bass thing I do...) and I'd feel weird being told to "stick to X" because that's what I was known for.

 

[Stephen Soto]

Originally posted by SMASH
He's always been cool. Even as a big star, he's often spent Summers doing Shakespear in a rep theatre in Manitoba (Canada) for free. Doubt he ever made a dime off Dogstar either.

Most people of his position and (presumed) wealth would just be staying out 'til 6am and snorting their bank account and whorehopping until the next $20 million film contract comes along.

yeah. he seems like a general, really down to earth good guy. he doesn't shove his music in peoples faces, and he doesn't spend all of his money on "bitches and wine", he gives a really good amount of it away also.
he did earn about $70 million with the matrix movies though. but that doesn't cancel out what i just said.

 

[notabob]

yeah, he doesnt need to make any money off of his band or off of shakespeare...im pretty sure he is set for life, especially after the matrix trilogy.

 

[walkinglines30]

I just wanna see some of his gear and what he sounds like. He's a good person too which is always cool.

 

[Brendan]

Originally posted by Josh Walsh
Somewhere in the last few months I watched a special on him, and he sure seemed like the real deal. Mucho passion for his various artistic endeavors, mucho love for family and friends (he's been nursing a sick sister for years if I remember correctly), and loathes the popular media.

Yeah, from what I've read, he does seem like a nice guy.

Shame he can't act, though ()

 

[Lackey]

Well, I find their music to be uninspired and boring (let alone NO good licks), but the drummer is a real nice guy. Met him at my work (ski hill), and had the pleasure to ski with him a couple times. He was actually the one who gave me the current Dogstar album (sunflower on front?). Not great music though.

 

[Hategear]

Originally posted by Brendan
I think that whole "stick to what you do" thing is kinda lame. Nobody seems to take actors/musicians who try to become musicans/actors.

...Just because you got known for one thing means you're expected to stay exclusively in that feild?

What if you're not really either, like Britney or Mandy Moore?



I guess I have a problem with actors becoming musicians, because it seems to me that they use one as a springboard to another, while I wallow in anonymity. Sour grapes on my part? Probably.

EDIT: Along those same lines, I'm a pretty big wrestling fan (at least I used to be, up until a few months ago) and it offends me that the Rock has all but given up on wrestling and the WWE, because he's become a big-draw movie star and he's "always wanted to be a movie star." I guess I don't like to see people "turning their backs" on what got them where they are. That's why I said I admired Keanu, because he's an actor who just happens to play bass in a band, he's not pimping himself as a "legitimate" musician...

 

[Stephen Soto]

lol. i don't have a problem with an actor going to musician or vise-versa. as long as if they become a musician, they are a true musician, and don't spend millions of dollars on advertising and shove it down your throat.