whats the name of that one guy that sang country music and tried to switch his career by becoming a rock star?

Question

music

Answer 1

Garth Brooks(country star) Chris Gaines (his alter ego rock star)

Answer 2

Chris Gaines is a fictional rock singer created as an alter ego by Garth Brooks. Gaines was conceived by Brooks as the principal character in his thriller film The Lamb. The film, being produced by Brooks' production company Red Strokes Entertainment and Paramount Pictures, was to revolve around the emotionally conflicted life of Gaines as a musician in the public eye. In an effort to create a larger than life character, Brooks took on the identity of Gaines in the album Garth Brooks In ... The Life of Chris Gaines. The album was released in October 1999 and was intended as a 'pre-soundtrack' to the film. Brooks also subsequently appeared as Gaines in a television mockumentary for the VH1 series Behind The Music and as the musical guest on an episode of Saturday Night Live which he hosted as himself. Brooks' endless promotion of the album and the film did not seem to stir much excitement and the success of the Chris Gaines experiment became fairly evident mere weeks after the album was released. Critics admired Brooks for demonstrating his range as a musician and actor, but the majority of the American public was either totally bewildered, or completely unreceptive to the idea of Garth Brooks as anything but a pop-country singer. Many of his fans also felt that by supporting the Gaines project they would lose the real Garth Brooks. Sales of the album were unspectacular and although it made it to #2 on the pop album chart, expectations had been higher and retail stores began heavily discounting their oversupply. Dismal sales of the album and lack of interest in the film brought the film production to an indefinite hiatus in February of 2001 and Gaines quickly and quietly faded into obscurity. Production on The Lamb was never completed and Brooks has since been wildly criticized for this seemingly odd career move. In 2005, Late Night with Conan O'Brien would display and mention Chris Gaines in its "Late Night Wall of National Jokes".


that's the whole history on garth brooks aka chris gaines.....

Answer 3

Garth Brooks did an album as Chris Gaines.

Answer 4

I suppose your talking about Garth Brooks. He wasn't trying to switch his career as much as seeing what it would be like to be a rock star. He stuck with country. I think he chose correctly.

Answer 5

Garth Brooks did

Answer 6

garth brooks he did it under a different name a few years back

Answer 7

bucky from american idol, and garth brookes, and my brother lol