Chris Gaines

Chris Gaines
Birth nameChristian Gene Gaines[1]
Born(1967-08-10)August 10, 1967
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia[1]
Genres
Years active1999
LabelsCapitol

Chris Gaines is a one-off fictional rock persona created as a movie character for Garth Brooks to explore musical styles far removed from his success as a country singer.

Initially, Brooks planned to feature the Gaines persona in The Lamb, a motion picture that never materialized. In 1999, Brooks released Garth Brooks in...the Life of Chris Gaines, his only album as Gaines. The album produced two charting Billboard singles, including the top 5 pop hit "Lost in You".

  1. ^ a b Maclachlan, Heather (Summer 2008). "The Greatest Rock Star Who Never Was: Garth Brooks, Chris Gaines, and Modern America". American Music. 26 (2): 196–222 [201–202]. JSTOR 40071703.