To understand more of the sound and history of Grindhouse (mondo cane) it’s best to start at its core. Having spent 10 years in one of Britain’s most popular rock bands, Reef, Dominic went on to play with such musical legends as Peter Gabriel and Ray Davies as well as playing drums for the Mick Jones (The Clash) and Tony James (Generation X) collaboration Carbon/Silicon and chart bothering indie rock band Kubb.

Gareth’s musical history is a little less glamorous with the guitar being brought out at parties and get-togethers and his songs and song writing style evolving in the privacy of his own home without the usual pressures and attention of a struggling rock star to distract him. All this changed when Dominic’s wife and critically acclaimed filmmaker, Heidi Greensmith, approached the pair to write the soundtrack to her latest documentary Rock Star, the story of ultra chic jewelry maker and jet setter Stephen Webster..

The songs and the band’s sound evolved during the process in a very organic way with some surprising results. A feeling of importance that is reminiscent of Radiohead’s debut Pablo Honey and a yearning passion in Gareth’s vocals that hinted at Jeff Buckley came through. Also more classic and jovial moments appeared that harp back to the likes of Bob Dylan and the Rolling Stones and showed signs of the fun the band were having in the studio.

These elements were all pulled together by Dominic’s love of traditional recording processes mixed with the freedom of sounds found in more contemporary R&B and pop production and the result was an album where even the quietest of the compositions is big enough to fill a cinema, or a stadium and the sound can only be described as Grindhouse (mondo cane).