 After several concerts at local clubs, in spring 2001 the band started using the name Dawnstar, which is a portmanteau of ″dawn″ and ″star″ as an alternative for Morning Star or Venus, instead of Ansellia.They gave their first concert with this new name on 13 December 2002 at the Woodoo club in Csepel.The early sound of the band was influenced by the grunge revolution from Seattle.