"Mexican Wave". It sold poorly, the record label dropped the band, and their back catalogue was deleted in 1997. Kerbdog recorded a six-track demo at Sun Studios, Dublin in May 1997, with the aim of securing a new record deal. An unnamed record company (believed to have been Dreamworks Records, a subdivision of Geffen) expressed interest in bringing the band to the United States and buying the rights to On The Turn from Mercury Records; an offer was made to Mercury and rejected. Without an album to promote Kerbdog in the States, the record company declined to sign the band. "There were two labels that wanted to sign us at the time and came to see us supporting Placebo who, the first night, we blew away and the second night they wouldn't give us the PA in Belfast, but anyway they came to see us but they couldn't afford the album. They wanted the album and had Mercury sold that album we would have kept functioning as a band and moved straight to the States, everything was pretty much in place to do that, so I would be curious to see how much it was sold for now [in 2012]. I think it was about a hundred grand Sterling put on the table for the album [in 1997] but I presume the record label [Mercury], maybe wrote it off and perhaps there is a fifteen year [legal] thing or something that it's available now again." Darragh Butler – Irishdrummers.com, 2012 The band continued without a record label for a few months but eventually disbanded in late 1997 and played their final gigs at the Krazy Horse, Cork over Christmas 1997 and at the Mean Fiddler, Dublin on 7 March 1998. Wilt (1998–2003) In 1998, Cormac and Darragh, with new bassist Mick Murphy, went on to form another band, Wilt. They played their first gig at The Funnel in Dublin on 26 March 1998. Rock Sound magazine tipped them as being Ireland's version of Hüsker Dü and Weezer. However, after two albums (Bastinado and My Medicine), Wilt broke up in 2003. Reformation (2005–2008, 2011–present) Following Wilt's split, Kerbdog reformed in 2005. They played a total of thirteen gigs in Ireland that year, most notably two sell-out concerts in February at the Temple Bar Music Centre, Dublin, followed by a set at the Oxegen music festival in July. They continued to play