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ManInBlack829 t1_j24dlbm wrote

I have a theory that the best way to get famous is to know famous people, and this kind of strengthens that.

It's really hard to get picked out a crowd and put on stage, it's much easier with backstage passes.

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AudibleNod t1_j24eb08 wrote

Replying to ManInBlack829 (#1,148,633)

Most of the entertainment industry is run through who you know. Few people actually rise out of no where. Some do, to be fair. But it's a fairly good ol'boy, nepotistic, favor trading crowd. Even the nice ones.

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mdlinc t1_j24ekw8 wrote

Say It ain't So ;) cool fact!

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kid_sleepy t1_j24gvd9 wrote

Yeah they probably, most likely, had a gig prior to that which no-one went to.

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tetoffens t1_j24j8ch wrote

Replying to ManInBlack829 (#1,148,633)

While right in general, not really the case here. Keanu couldn't even make his own band famous or get a big label to sign them. Opening for Dogstar isn't really that big of a deal, hence why a band was able to do it in their first show. Bands established in the music scene were not opening for Dogstar. No one was bragging about being billed alongside Dogstar. Playing with Dogstar didn't mean you were connected or knew Keanu. They were not a big deal that bands were fighting to be billed with.

Weezer weren't signed until later and it was based off a demo that is really fucking good. They signed to a record label much bigger than any Dogstar was ever on based on the strength of that.

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ericisshort t1_j24jaq7 wrote

Replying to Charmshity (#1,149,034)

And it happens mostly because people are lazy. It’s much easier to hire their old buddy who they know “can do the job well” rather than go through a long selection process to find the absolute best person available.

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Seattlepowderhound t1_j24rq1h wrote

Replying to ericisshort (#1,149,693)

I agree with you but it goes even further right? Not only is your ole buddy going to do the job "well enough" but he's also not going to actively screw you, steal or fuck you over. The risk reward equation doesn't work out most of the time. Obviously there are exception, and sometimes that ole buddy isn't a good guy but you catch my drift.

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neo101b t1_j24uh29 wrote

The first Weezer vid I seen was on a windows 95 disk.

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frankybling t1_j24xius wrote

In my younger days I was a backline tech for hire… I got a gig with Dogstar. No surprises to tell other than that Keanu was super cool and tipped me $200 at the end of the night. This would have been around 96?

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kiechbepho t1_j2574bn wrote

Fact check: his first band was Wyld Stallyns.

Edit: spelling

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theschoolorg t1_j25csrf wrote

I've seen singers go on to have better acting careers but has an actor ever gone on to have a more successful singing career?

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venustrapsflies t1_j25hll1 wrote

Replying to ericisshort (#1,149,693)

For many/most jobs it’s also basically impossible to find out how well someone can actually do a job, or even know if they’re not going to be a total disaster, without actually hiring them. That’s because you really have to work with and build a relationship with someone to know how well they’ll work with you. If you know some guy and you know he doesn’t completely suck, it’s a safer bet.

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qcubed3 t1_j25m0bk wrote

I met Keanu backstage at a Dogstar concert when I was working for Virgin Records decades ago. He was exactly like you would expect. I’m pretty sure it was pre-matrix so he hadn’t had his resurgence yet, but I knew him as Ted Theodore Logan, of the world changing band Wylie Stallions!

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FarFetchedSketch t1_j25mn7x wrote

Replying to SuperFightingRobot (#1,156,862)

I'd agree, but I think that's changing. Although I LOVE Childish Gambino's discography, I think he peaked with Awaken My Love in 2016... And honestly his writing/acting/producing on his TV show Atlanta is as good, if not better, than his musical work.

If he keeps it up, I genuinely think he'll be more revered in cinematography than he was in the music industry. Seriously, if you haven't checked out Atlanta, I cannot recommend it enough.

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echoesreach t1_j25t9tl wrote

Far out magazine is the worst clickbait site I've even seen for Beatles, Floyd, Zeppelin etc stuff.

They'll have an article about something and it's referring to a 20 year old interview.

Utter shite

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The_Fiji_Water t1_j25ttr8 wrote

I had to be pedantic but that's not exactly true:

> Cuomo, who had reverted back to his studiousness post-G.I.T., got an offer for a generous scholarship at UC-Berkeley, with a stipend, an apartment, even a parking space. He gave Sharp a year to get them a record deal; otherwise he would take Berkeley’s offer. Weezer played their first show on March 19th, 1992, a month after forming, on Valentine’s Day. Cuomo persuaded a club, Raji’s, to let them play — they ended up on a bill with Keanu Reeves’ then-band, Dogstar, as a late-night closer. > > Weezer got their name during Cuomo’s phone call with the booker that day, from a nickname Cuomo’s biological father gave him. His dad wasn’t in his life much after his parents’ divorce, when he was four years old or so, and he had strong, unresolved feelings about it all. He had already used the name “Weezer” as a label from one of his cassettes of new songs. “I remember getting letters from my dad and it would always be, ‘To Weezer.’ He didn’t use an ‘h,’ ” says Cuomo. “It was definitely a very emotional name for me — and I don’t think for anyone else. For the other guys in the band, it’s just a weird word. I guess it even ties back to what I was saying about ‘Sliver.’ Just this feeling of being this helpless little kid that’s abandoned, or neglected. It was definitely the right name.” > > That night, they played a club that had been filled with beautiful young women who had lined up to see Reeves, a heartthrob then and now. “Dogstar played and played and played,” Cropper says. “They finished, and all the pretty girls went away. Five or so people who were our friends stayed. But we left it all on the stage.”

https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/weezer-blue-album-25th-anniversary-877089/

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Campmoore t1_j25x1e7 wrote

Replying to Pithecanthropus88 (#1,157,366)

Doesn't really matter. I Love the guy but I've never felt that talent was a huge part of his success. Hard work, drive, kindness, for sure, all of that, but I've only ever felt that he was moderately talented.

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rabidjellybean t1_j25z54d wrote

Replying to venustrapsflies (#1,156,604)

My team interviewed a guy who did ok so we hired him. We didn't need anyone perfect. Turned out he had zero initiative and avoided all of the training resources we had that he had two months to go through. I guess he figured we'd hold his hand through every little thing. You can't interview someone to find an issue like that. We fired him.

Hiring someone you know can deliver is huge.

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zoobrix t1_j260ona wrote

Replying to AudibleNod (#1,148,770)

And that "who you know" doesn't even mean that person has to be some heavyweight in the industry. There are lots of stories of actors who made it because they had family or friends that worked on lighting, set design, as production assistants and so on and that was enough to get them the audition that gave them their break. Sure they still had to earn the role but without that connection they probably don't even get in front of the people who make the casting decisions.

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muggins66 t1_j2651cr wrote

I hope his music is better than his acting.

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juh4z t1_j26k0aj wrote

Replying to rabidjellybean (#1,160,153)

Exactly, people are insanely quick to go to this "woe is me" narrative instead of stopping and thinking about the logic of why things work the way they do. Just because someone was hired because they had some sort of connection in the industry/company doesn't just means nepotism, you know someone then you know how good they are at doing what they do, obviously you wanna hire them then.

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dirice87 t1_j26le80 wrote

Replying to Seattlepowderhound (#1,151,296)

You see this with all jobs. People can be real angels in interviews then by week 3 they are stealing, not coming into work, don’t actually have the skills, bad attitude, sexually assault coworkers

That’s why it’s insane companies don’t give raises to current, strong employees, and are ok with letting them leave. Bird in hand is worth two in the bush

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pbankey t1_j26t4y6 wrote

I feel like the only appropriate Keanu reeves band is Wyld Samurai

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PoopIsAlwaysSunny t1_j27bmd8 wrote

Replying to qcubed3 (#1,157,472)

Lol resurgence, as if his career was that slow before that.

Speed in 1994, Johnny Mnemonic in 95, and Devil’s advocate opposite Al Pacino in 1997. Along with various other works. Not like the dude got shut out of Hollywood at some point.

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stayathmdad t1_j27clom wrote

I saw Dogstar at a piece of shit hole in the wall in Auburn Washington. The bar was called the Eagles Nest.

The band was ok. It was worth it though to see Keanu live.

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ThirdFloorGreg t1_j27gste wrote

Replying to Rust2 (#1,158,673)

Sure. But that's because most Recording Academy members don't care about Bluegrass, but they do know who Steve Martin is. It's not like they have a limited number of votes to distribute, they can vote in every category whether they know anything about it (or have even listened to the nominees) or not. Steve Martin's album didn't win the Grammy, his name did.

Same reason Jethro Tull won the first (and technically only) Grammy for best Hard Rock/Metal performance.

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Rust2 t1_j27sx2u wrote

Replying to ThirdFloorGreg (#1,172,138)

The question wasn’t asking who’s most deserving, but who’s been more successful in music coming from an acting career. I’d say Steve Martin’s music career has been a success in that right. His music has earned three Grammys (six nominations) and was nominated for two Tony awards, while his acting career has garnered only two major awards (one Oscar, one Emmy) albeit with 18 nominations.

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its-not-me_its-you_ t1_j27t6b1 wrote

Replying to PoopIsAlwaysSunny (#1,169,989)

Ikr. I had some idiot on reddit try and tell me that Eddie Murphy got cancelled. Dude was Hollywood royalty for 30 years and has taken a step back from working recently after a couple of flops. Apparently if you don't like a person and they haven't done much lately then they were cancelled. *pats self on back

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BruceJi t1_j287yvd wrote

Keanu Reeves plays in a band? You can't be Sirius!

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