This Is A Headline! Thursday 24th March 2005 Their 2002 album release suffered the ignominious fate of selling just 156 copies in its first week of release in the UK. But it did not affect Crowe's superstar status, with his movie A Beautiful Mind winning an Oscar just months later. Crowe said that the indefinite postponement of the film Eucalyptus, in which he was to have starred opposite Nicole Kidman, had given him time to write lots of material. He said his forthcoming album touched on varying subjects including "my beautiful wife, past relationships, my son, people I know, family tragedy".

A Test News Story Thursday 24th March 2005 The Australian posted a message on his website saying the band "seems to have dissolved/evolved". He was disappointed but was now free to write songs about things going on in his own life and performing with a new line-up, he added. 30 Odd Foot of Grunts received a great deal of publicity because of Crowe but their music was critically panned.