30 Odd Foot Of Grunts was actor Russell Crowe's musical band before he began a solo career in 2005. The name of the band comes from a phrase heard by Russell Crowe during post-production on the movie Virtuosity. Apparently, some additional voice recording was required for a fight scene; since time is sometimes measured by length of film in the movie industry, Crowe was asked to provide the eponymous "30-odd foot of grunt". [1] Russell Crowe Russell Ira Crowe (born April 7, 1964) is an Oscar-winning film actor born in Wellington, New Zealand of Irish, Norwegian and Maori extraction. ... In music, a band is a group of musicians, or musical ensemble, usually popular or folk, playing parts of a musical arrangement. ... 2005(MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Virtuosity is a 1995 science fiction movie telling the story of a virtual villains successful attempt to escape into the real world. SID 6. ... In filmmaking, dubbing refers to the recording of voices for a movie. ... An eponym is a person, whether real or fictitious, whose name has (or is thought to have) given rise to the name of a particular place, tribe, discovery, or other item. ...

The band achieved neither critical or popular success during its time.

Perhaps their only claim to fame, other than Crowe's celebrity status, is the Frenzal Rhomb song "Russell Crowe's Band", in which it is described as "a fucking pile of shit". Frenzal Rhomb is an Australian punk band that formed in 1993, based in the city of Sydney. ...