kinard wrote:Another cringe-worthy choice is...John Mellencamp
List is creeping more toward top 100!
Post by kinard » Mon Sep 29, 2014 11:44 am
Chris Gaines is a fictional rock singer, created as an alter ego by Garth Brooks. Gaines appeared in the album Garth Brooks In ... The Life of Chris Gaines, released in October 1999 and in a television mockumentary and on Saturday Night Live at around the same time. A film named The Lamb, which was also to feature Gaines, was cancelled. Some say this was because public reaction to the album was poor, however, others argue that it was a hit (more than three million copies were sold) and Brooks was just tired of all the criticism from the press. Record stores were confused as to whether the album should be filed under "G" or in the "B's" with other Garth Brooks albums.
As the story goes, Gaines was born in 1967 in Australia to a pair of Olympic swimmers. He dropped out of his high school to form a band called Crush, which released a popular song called "My Love Tells Me So", being inspired by, not surprisingly, the work of Garth Brooks. After a band member died in a plane crash, Gaines was dormant for several years before releasing a solo album, Straight Jacket, which remained in the Billboard Top 40 for 82 weeks and won four Grammys. Gaines then was involved in a serious car accident and required numerous plastic surgeries over the next two years, before releasing two more solo albums and being declared "the new Prince".
Post by spitthedog » Mon Sep 29, 2014 1:26 pm
Post by spitthedog » Mon Sep 29, 2014 2:54 pm
Kinard,kinard wrote:Are you off your Rocker?
Post by MekongMouse » Thu Oct 02, 2014 1:45 pm
Last month, he said some crap about rock being dead because of file sharing and people stealing his music, blah blah blah. The worst part is he's the last one with the right to claim rock is dead - he's a fucking pop star!!Nirvana wrote:Gene Simmons. Ugh, is this guy even talented? And who does he think he is? He's ugly as sin, he isn't funny, and his entire career is a marketing scheme.
David Lee Roth. Can't STAND him. Ever since I was little. He just reminds me of a clown or a mime or something. He's why I don't like Van Halen.
Marilyn Manson. Yes, yes, he's smart and creative. But my GAWD what an ego, what a jerk. And all he's doing is playing the Boogie Man and people fall for it.
I know a lot of people are mentioned Bono, which is pretty popular to do when this topic comes up. But, I kind of get the feeling that he's a bit in on the joke.
Post by boomer » Thu Oct 02, 2014 4:17 pm
I think he should be grateful for the fact that there are people willing to do so...MekongMouse wrote:
Last month, he said some crap about rock being dead because of file sharing and people stealing his music, blah blah blah. The worst part is he's the last one with the right to claim rock is dead - he's a fucking pop star!!