Chris Gaines may well be the most elaborately documented country star who doesn't actually exist. The tortured rock 'n' roll alter ego of Garth Brooks, Gaines had his heyday in the late '90s ...

Who was Chris Gaines? Technically, who is Chris Gaines is a better question, because Garth Brooks' alter-ego (for lack of a better descriptor) never died. The country superstar just gave up on ...

In an interview at Billboard Country Live in Nashville on Wednesday, Garth Brooks revealed he's itching to revive his rock alter ego Chris Gaines — more than 20 years after releasing an album ...

For Brooks, that project was his Chris Gaines album. The 1999 record, called Garth Brooks in ... The Life of Chris Gaines, saw Brooks assuming the role Gaines, a fictional rock artist. The plan ...

Two decades after the 1999 release of his most enigmatic, mysterious and elaborate project -- a greatest hits album from his alter-ego, fictional Australian rock star Chris Gaines-- Garth Brooks ...

When Garth Brooks became Chris Gaines in 1999, he knew this. A little backstory, for the uninitiated into the world of Chris Gaines: back in 1999, Brooks released the album, Garth Brooks in ...

Heroes get remembered, but the legend of Chris Gaines never dies. One alter ego takes on another as Childish Gambino — the musical pseudonym of mutlitalented entertainer Donald Glover ...

Garth Brooks' 1999 pop concept record was a much-criticized venture, but the country icon says he wouldn’t mind doing a sequel. Brooks took on an alter ego as a pop singer for Garth Brooks in ...

More than 20 years after his alter ego’s last album, Brooks told Billboard Country Live this week that he is bringing back rocker Chris Gaines. “The Gaines project was a lot of time put in ...

Well, sort of. That evening’s musical guest was the country superstar’s mysterious rock alter ego Chris Gaines – essentially Garth in a wig. Just two months earlier, Brooks had released the ...

"And selfishly, I love the Chris Gaines record, so I want to do it for me. It challenged me as a vocalist," added Brooks. "So I don’t know when we’re going to get to it, but it’s on the list." ...