The Bizarre History Of Garth Brooks' Alter Ego Chris Gaines

[@CC-fo7tr]

Let em go Garth, they have families.

[@cathryn2422]

👖

[@jessehackett6941]

Keep feathering it brother

[@brandonmiller7933]

@C C hahahaha love this comm 😂

[@nazariovazquez4482]

Oh noo , his pee pee is stuck in buttaa, oh no

[@Amer1can1nfidel]

Please Garth!!!

[@itsmatty365]

Chris Gaines was a fan from Australia who disappeared without a trace after attending a Garth concert! His family still grieves & are looking for closure!

[@YoureNotChristyImChristy]

That’s truly sad. I’m just learning about this and possibly more missing.

[@patriciajones4206]

That is not true.

[@maryjogreen1706]

Damn he looks like him

[@matthewrogers9750]

Chris Gaines looks like he should of appeared in Zoolander as an extra

[@gbae636]

😂😂😂😂

[@LukeParodiMusic]

Plot twist: Garth Brooks is the alter ego

[@MatthewJPerez]

Goth brooks

[@frankiesteele4248]

Basically he was Keith Urban before Keith Urban was

[@rhondaflowers3824]

OMG!!! U said it! True!!!

[@carolynabelle4603]

I still want this movie.

[@toddfather420]

why?

[@YouAreMySunshine2]

@@toddfather420 right? There was never a movie lets be honest.

[@johnapple1136]

So do I. The music was great. If only more artists would take risks and expand their musical horizons beyond what they are known for.

[@flyoverstate-park970]

This story is so much more convoluted than I anticipated. What a wild ride.

[@grilldoggy793]

Garth Brooks' (Goth Brooks) 'Chris Gaines' is J.K. Rowling's inspiration for 'Severus Snape' in the Harry Potter series.

[@landongeorge5257]

This inspiring as hell lmao! Garth is a freak and I love it. 💯

[@CobieO]

Thank you for doing this. Love Garth. Loved the Chris Gaines concept.

[@gwag8410]

I find it amusing when people act like they really know entertainers. People know an image these people portray, and that’s it.

[@mjrmrz5932]

Well put

[@kenbone7633]

do you know where Garth has the bodies buried then?

[@LadyDragonsblood]

I actually went through THREE Chris Gaines CDs.... that is how much I loved and played them. I thought it was some of Garth's best music.

[@RLS-bu4bj]

I loved this album too. People just hate on it for no reason

[@WheelzGaming88]

Loved it as well. Lost in You, Digging For Gold, Upon Main Street. So many great ones

[@LCon30]

Google play music doesn't even have them available... Kind of a bummer I just watched the Netflix special and it reminded me of all that.

[@vanessawalker3712]

Me too. I'm on my 2nd. Know all the words. Love the cd. Can't stand to hear someone call it a joke

[@pyresofchaos1]

Ive only had to buy two. Lol

[@ithinkimarealboy2402]

Where are the bodies, Garth? The families need closure! You monster.

[@TangRemix]

I have a theory that his weirdo Chris Gaine persona is the one doing the killing.

[@hugnsmoketrees9828]

I really do wonder if he took on the Gaines persona to deal with the ptsd from him and Ms Yearwood committing all those murders

[@jenniferbishopmiracle8377]

What murders

[@martin54341]

Yeah what murders

[@ithinkimarealboy2402]

Where are the bodies Garth? Tell us the truth you monster!

[@eVoLRAB]

I think this is the match that ignited the serial spree...

[@heydeanie]

Wtf???

[@lomeinbullies5768]

Jesus Christ how do we let this maniac roam free?

[@kimsmith4898]

Hey how do ya know that Garth Brooks isn't the persona of Chris Gaines......just thinkin

[@sydneyprescott3374]

Very true, CG sounds like his real name

[@enmiredbythelazy4401]

He may well be. Had a roommate in the Corps around '90-91 IIRC that was in a band, said he saw him doing metal before he popped up as a country singer. Said he absolutely blew ass at the time.

[@Tinkerellastreasuretrunk]

I own the CD. If he was to tour as Chris gains I would have went to see him. I loved it. Cleaver concept !!! ❤

[@GabGotti3]

Who is here after the inauguration because a Chris Gaines was trending?

[@banzairunner7860]

Garth is a strange guy. He’s got some mental health issues in my opinion.

[@Justy-ty2oh]

I'm from Brisbane Australia, I'd still love to see this film :)

[@Edglordio]

Please come forward. It will help the families that have been torn apart.

[@icedink87]

What's with the picture of Fred durst at 2:25

[@TheOnlyAthena]

😂😂 good catch

[@DerpDerpityDerp]

He's also Fred Durst from Limp Bizkit. (Who is Chris Gaines's alter ego. The 1990s were complicated )

[@sk8razer]

Wait. Is that was actually Fred Durst?? I was trying to figure that out...

[@lizbryant8347]

Finding out the album was supposed to help launch a film called "The Lamb" (that never got made) where Brooks stars as Chris Gaines kind of helps it make more sense, but it was still weird.

[@kbarnettbarnett8273]

The Chris Gaines project is the most brilliant piece of music ever. Forget who sings it, listen to the music. It’s incredible.

[@ericklewellen4022]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@johnapple1136]

Great music on an album that went double platinum.

[@ericklewellen4022]

Cause every Pride parade bought it

[@RobLives4Love]

it was 20 years too early, if he had finished the doc first and released them around the same time in 2020 or 2021, everyone would eat it up

[@jeffhodge7272]

@@johnapple1136 Where can I get my hands on the cd?

[@mosessupposes2571]

The narrator said, “I’ve went.” Dear God

[@UrbanAllegory]

Strange, bizzare, confusing, talented, brilliant, incredible, amazing, show stopping, spectacular, never the same, totally unique, completely not ever been done before...

[@ithinkimarealboy2402]

Murder is another adjective I'd use for Garth. Where are the bodies Garth! The families need closure.

[@simonenewby8149]

"Lost in you" was the shit quite frankly. That's all...

[@peterjon2758]

It was exponentially better than anything Garth has written himself. Not Chris Gaines fault you don't understand masterful pop songwriting. Maybe go revisit the Beatles.

[@mrs.spicer]

Definitely

[@bride4jesus0126]

Alter = Split Personality = Demonic Possession (MK Ultra or Bourne IDENTITY)

[@adrianteav]

It didn’t help, the whole thing had a background that didn’t even begin, which makes the whole thing more confusing.

[@jamessherwood5639]

I loved Chris Gaines Music.. Lol for real and thought it was an awesome story. Love his country music and can't hate the music he made as Gaines. I'd like to see a second album

[@terrymurdock4409]

As much as he tried, he couldn't disguise his voice. I remember radio stations playing games, who is singing this song. Garth and Donnie Osmond both tried, I got both right, you can't disguise well known voices to die hard fans.

[@floydmills8963]

Personally, I actually enjoyed some of the songs from the album. The rest of it would have been interesting, but I think it worked out the way it was meant to.

[@Vinsanity09]

Why cant i find this music or videos anywhere?

[@honestindividualist1993]

Copyright licences.

[@tomcanterbury7139]

Look on eBay

[@lisakaecarlson2595]

I loved the Chris Gaines album, I thought it was incredible, I don't care what anyone else thinks. I made my husband by the EP, when it first came out and as soon as the album came out I bought it and yes I own all the Garth Albums too

[@Nostaljack]

The record went double platinum. This is easily researched. It didn't flop...even though that doesn't play well with the story you're trying to tell.

[@keithlarsen7557]

'Fornicopia'... Björk is pissing herself for not making that.

[@UrbanAllegory]

So is Anthony Kiedis

[@jasonking454]

WHERE ARE THE BODIES BURIED, GARTH?!?!?!?!

[@luthierjustin1]

Hey jeans

[@cami71213]

Wait what’s going on I keep seeing comments like this

[@mackserver5482]

@@cami71213 look up your moms house podcast lol

[@toddfather420]

yesssssss

[@hollyrenee6226]

I love that I always see Jeans in any comment section about Garth.

[@chancebrennecke]

Keep it feathered brother

[@sdk4422]

I saw him through the fence. He was feathering it!!!!!!

[@MuddogMusic]

I love the idea of this.... I'd love to have an alter ego like Chris Gaines

[@MuddogMusic]

@@internetcomments950 Wow... never thought of that, It would explain all the missing time...

[@heydeanie]

@@internetcomments950 trippy dude...

[@miastarner1821]

I need to see this movie finished 🤷🏾‍♀️

[@joshuamendez9959]

Chris Gaines was brilliant!

[@toredarivera1615]

I had the Chris Gains album. I'm a big Garth Brooks fan so I knew it was Garth Brooks as Chris Gains and it didn't disappointed me because as I said I was and still is a Garth Brooks fan. I still have the Chris Gains CD and love all the songs on that CD. The song writer for the Chris Gains CD. It reminds me of David Bowie when I was a kid and he did the same thing when David Bowie had his alter ego Ziggy pop!! My mom had both albums. Man I'm telling my age.!!🤣🤣 oh well I just turned 51 New Year's Day 2023 and I'm proud of it!!🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jenjones3035]

“Lost in You” is one of the most hauntingly beautiful songs ever. I play it often, and the video too. Actually like it better than GB country. Trisha Yearwood once said the Chris Gaines CD was actually her favorite.

[@kamenanew9867]

Pretty brilliant and ambitious actually, and a decent album.

[@cynthiaarmfield1516]

I loved Garth as Chris. A real fan would love him no matter what. I am a big fan of both. Everyone has a side they would like to try and Garth did that great. You go Garth!!

[@alician5585]

Ditto that album was wonderful--LOST IN YOU is one of my all-time favorite love songs. What he did was brave. He is a very talented man.

[@LB-pg3no]

Lmao.....he is a glorified kareoke singer, he had very talented writers who got him hits, he writes nothing, he was a bullier in high school ( thats says alot about who he really is) , He has limited singing ability, limited talent and cant get a top 10 hit now if his life depended on it!!!! He onky has his old music left to rely on!!! New crap is just that crap!!!

[@wrenchboostboi8994]

He’s insane…

[@unconventionalme8048]

You can hear ppl’s ignorance of creativity when they scream their opinions. The idea was amazing, n only Garth could’ve pulled it off. Why couldn’t he be able to show off his abilities/talents?

[@kingdiamondfan4032]

I actually loved this and admired Garth for doing it pure entertainment.

[@kingdiamondfan4032]

@@acousticsound7 No disputing that is was odd but I thought he pulled it off pretty well .

[@homeneedsco]

Garth is a murderer, he has bodies in low places and he does resemble kevin costner and costner starred in the serial killer thriller Mr. Brooks

[@ButtersCCookie]

I wanted to know why I bought this CD. I was sober. I'm shocked. Thank you.

[@Thisis2780]

The music is actually really good

[@movies4us34]

Yeah whoever is the narrator of this video needs to just STFU. We love his alter Ego and is amazing. He is planning to release a Chris Gaines box set this year he is hoping. It will have all 5 albums and maybe the re-release of the greatest hits. I for one can't wait. We love you Garth and Chris.

[@damonwheeler7538]

I actually liked the idea that he had an alter ego and would have really liked to see what could have been with the movie, not so much with him as a lead character playing the character when the original album was released, but maybe him as Chris Gaines drops from public life, and merges into an older character that Garth could play as a retired artist living outside of the lime lite, maybe have someone like Tanor Egerton, however you spell his name, playing Chris Gaines. He did a pretty good job as Elton John

[@broghad8241]

They only reason the movie didn't come because they wanted him to play Chris Gaines but he couldn't do it 😂 Talk about a midlife crisis

[@jldkrank]

What if the real alter ego is Garth, and he was trying to come back as his real self Gaines, but everyone hated him.

[@Gen_X_Rosey]

I actually loved the Chris Gaines era. When I first saw his "Lost In You" video, I kinda looked at him trying to figure out where I knew him from. When I looked closer at his face and started thinking of him in his videos and television appearances, I realized who he was, my eyes got wide, and I was like, "NUH-UH!!!" I was interested to see what he would do with the character, honestly.

[@evanjuleen]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@elizabethstraight2050]

Hahaha That’s all one could say in that moment of realization “huh-uh!” Lol I can hear myself saying it too!! Lol

[@taroman7100]

@@elizabethstraight2050 That's almost a clever way to come out without coming all the way out.

[@sandrasmith7501]

Some beautiful music came out of "Chris Gaines"......REGARDLESS of how you feel about him.

[@NellieKAdaba]

True. I was 18 back then.

[@rgarcia8876]

I don't think it's bizarre at all of a musician trying to take his music somewhere else. Also we've seen actors play singers or other artists many times it's not bizarre at all I think it's more of a reflection of Goth fans refusing to let him be something else.

[@jonathondwigans]

I don't understand the bodies joke.

[@kenbone7633]

cool stuff, slick stuff, neat stuff

[@DarkSkies72]

Raw stuff

[@buggzo]

This type of viral marketing of an artistic project would have worked in the 2000's. He was just slightly too ahead of his time with the idea.

[@johnapple1136]

Garth Brooks created a character for a MOVIE. Why would that be bizarre? The album that was a pre-sound track for the movie (that did not get made) went double platinum. Hardly a failure that you would want people to forget about. Listen to the music it's very good.

[@joshpaschal17]

I just watched a short doc that confirmed what ur sayin but they stated that the album flopped pretty hard and resulted in it being shelfed for good

[@banzairunner7860]

The whole thing is bizarre. Garth Brooks has some issues.

[@pharaohmajor]

thats why most country music fans suck. they think him trying a new sound was “weird” when it was some of his best music

[@ctucker258]

There is no such thing as an "ass kicking" soul patch. Soul patches are like a gay pride flag you wear on your face.

[@cheebateam]

Looks like Ben Stiller mocking Garth Brooks

[@JBabyLeather]

I think it’s really sad how the country music audience treated Garth for this. Like, it was clear that he wanted to be able to make music of different kinds. But he knew that as Garth brooks, he couldn’t release music that wasn’t country because people wouldn’t except that. So he created the Chris Gaines character so that he could explore other music. So that he could create some alternative rock music that he wanted to explore. And the fact that people wouldn’t let him get out of the country music box, that’s really kind of sad. I think if you’d of been in this year and trade it, I think more people would have accepted it, but at the time people just didn’t understand

[@TheOfficialRandomGuy]

That’s not true. The alter ego was more about Garth not wanting to hurt his image than the fans not accepting him.

[@dawnausborn3760]

And as of this date is a suspect in very many missing persons. He is being considered a murderer! Do your research. This is the truth. Quite unbelievable but true. Wow. He’s been a man of multiple personalities for so many years. But now he will no longer be taking lives. He’ll be watched like a hawk. Btw I came upon the video of information on Garth and was blown away and then was brought here. So I believe that you should issue an apology Of course blaming this mistake because each of you are creative and began seeing each photo as a work of art. I, however, can not trust your decisions. I wish you the best.

[@shavedparmesanprosciuttoan4317]

I had to start this video over three times just to follow this story. Tf...

[@Patt275]

Me too 😆

[@zeroh7671]

He didn’t find a musician biography trope he did not like lol. It’s like the Dewey Cox story but he was trying to be serious .

[@grilldoggy793]

Listen, while you're watching this video about Chris Gaines, remember that every piece of it was created by Garth Brooks' mind during a psychotic break from his real personality.

[@YoureNotChristyImChristy]

Not shocking, really. Hearing things!

[@cristelaflores7757]

I have the cd. I actually liked it.

[@MrJINX1420]

2:14 is that Fred Durst?

[@bcam4411]

No

[@musicoutsidethebox1]

I bought the CD and wore it out. The album is good. Really GOOD! The Tracey Morgan comment seems to me to be an indication of the problem. He couldn't pull off the physical transition. Garth looked like a sexy Ben Stiller but with a gut. I was really hoping he would have been able to pull it off.

[@Show-TimeJ]

Chris Gaines also Chris Angel😂😂

[@allenlenz9412]

I'm not a huge fan of modern country music specifically. I never liked Garth Brooks he just doesn't come across as authentic. And as time goes by I think more people realize it

[@chaditudefitness5075]

I did a speech about this in college in my speech class. I loved this album.

[@chaditudefitness5075]

@Jon Harris shit rock of course

[@heydeanie]

It was his best

[@jaredgoolsby5528]

RIP Tommy.

[@donovandelaney3171]

I like the Goth look! Go Chris Gaines!!

[@Brody-Dolyniuk]

Goth Brooks?

[@JohnSmith-uy7sv]

1 John 2:15-17 New Living Translation 15 Do not love this world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you. 16 For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in our achievements and possessions. These are not from the Father, but are from this world. 17 And this world is fading away, along with everything that people crave. But anyone who does what pleases God will live forever. James 4:4 New Living Translation 4 You adulterers! Don’t you realize that friendship with the world makes you an enemy of God? I say it again: If you want to be a friend of the world, you make yourself an enemy of God."

[@e2go]

Garth was never proud to be a country singer. He has always been a wannabe rock singer/pop singer. I'm sure he was just one of those guys that was desperate for fame and when he first started out whatever box the music industry put him in he was happy to go with. That happens to artists all the time.

[@NellieKAdaba]

I thought he wanted to be a country singer, I love his music.

[@bye6558]

Starting to get the feeling this kinda thing is normal, most people cant and dont process this kinda thing. But once you see it you cant unsee it

[@neirrad]

it's amazing how white this video is. The character aside, "Lost In You" was a great song and a missed opportunity in sound.

[@drummerdoingstuff5020]

Bro, so white it caused temporary blindness,. or at least a desire to be ... I can't ever un-see this cringe...

[@neirrad]

@@drummerdoingstuff5020 Country music is just the blues that wants to be “whites only.” When it fails that test it tends to be great. Garth Brooks can - what we black folk call - “sang.” The execution of the Chris Gaines conceit was poor but this was a solid R&B song for its time. If he were to do this earnestly then or today, he could easily knock it out of the park.

[@UrbanAllegory]

@@neirrad honestly though. Check out Childish Gambino's cover of it.

[@curtislavoy8701]

So Garth Brooks ventured into comedy... cause that is funny as hell...

[@EvanMurphyCapstone]

I loved the music!

[@hollowpoint3188]

so was it fictional or did this stuff really happen cause I watched a doc last night ?

[@threatassessment606]

It happened

[@artyj3565]

Ironic, I don't consider myself a country music fan, yet LOST IN YOU, his one and only pop/rock hit, is a Gem amongst Gems. So, am I a Chris Gaines fan? Or a Garth Brooks fan?

[@robertcrundwell2782]

No dark-stained. It was a great album oh, I'm glad I bought the CD. No reason a country singer and not experiment.

[@jaimeeleeradio]

And here we are. Today Garth announced Chris is coming back!

[@tiddleywinker6729]

I actually love the idea of him doing this kind of musical marketing odyssey. It's an unusual idea in a land of sameness. Too bad the studio didn't come through.

[@NellieKAdaba]

Yes, me too, even if it was dark. I love Gath Brooks, but Chris Gaines was a one-off thing, I was 18 back then.

[@lfay8177]

Soo..he wanted a life like Hannah Montana by night, Miley Stewart by day...

[@pyresofchaos1]

It's a great story, The Lamb, and since Hollywood is running out of ideas... Im just saying.

[@trustory6768]

I missed all this. This is all news to me.

[@populousmass]

Chris looks like the kinda guy to touch peoples camera through the fence.

[@kyliepollert8341]

"Right Now" contained the chorus of The Youngbloods' 60's classic "Get Together" over bizarre rap verses; though I like both, I actually prefer The Youngbloods' original.

[@sdsioux11]

Actually, those rap verses are timeless. The song is like "What the World Needs Now" combined with " Abraham, Martin and John".

[@belladonnanightshade8791]

What are all the comments about dead people about???

[@bmphil3400]

Everyone wants to know where Garth buried the bodies ....

[@ianwoods9734]

Where are the bodies G

[@dripsonice413]

The families have suffered long enough Garth, it’s time

[@bigshotcelebrity7173]

The most elaborate attempt to gaslight the whole country

[@Hanceear]

I loved the chris gains song but before you could google everything I was so confused who this dude really was.

[@gregthomas1323]

What the F was Garth thinking 🤔 he’s got issues, this alter ego is F’ing hilarious not in a good way. 🤫

[@nighthawkcm8872]

Lol wtf. This is so random😂