Daughtry On “CSI: New York”? Yes, It’s True - American Idol - Chris Daughtry

Daughtry’s done a lot of things in his music career, gone platinum, won numerous awards and played sold-out arenas. One thing he’s never done, to my knowledge (if you wanna check on this, my mighty readers, go ahead) is star on a hit TV show.

He may get more work after playing a certain “Mac Taylor” character, one of 23 such Mac Taylor’s in the hit TV episode. He’s basically playing a jerk, but that’s the way things go in “Actorland.” He even gets into a shoving match with a different “Mac Taylor!!” (FYI it’s Scott Wolf from the hit FOX TV show “Party Of Five” from way back when.)

What’s more is he’s never played a bad guy to my knowledge, so it’s somewhat refreshing to watch him do a bit of a star turn on something other than picking up a microphone and screaming into it. He may be on to something here.

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Daughtry - Performs In Denver For Democratic National Convention - American Idol

Daughtry’s in Denver this week to get kids to vote for what could be the most important Presidential election in decades.

Daughtry - Re-Releasing His Hit Album Instead Of Writing Something New - American Idol

So why is Chris Daughtry, he of the first-name basis around this great country of ours, planning to just re-release his hit album? Probably because he can. And that’s more than what most former Idols can say. And yeah, it’s a tad more pricey than the first issue, but you’ll get over it.

Download his first album here by clicking on either my Amazon or iTunes links!

Music Radar Says:
…Chris Daughtry, who leads the inventively titled band Daughtry, is re-releasing his inventively titled debut album, Daughtry, on Sept. 9. (Just curious, is his house named Daughtry? His car? His razor?)
True, there are some bonus tracks on this re-release, such as Daughtry's eagerly awaited cover of Foreigner's Feels Like The First Time, and acoustic versions of Daughtry's own Home, Feels Like Tonight, What About Now and It's Not Over. The original disc, issued in 2006, has sold a staggering 4.2 million copies in the US alone.
But the reissue has other changes, such as a list price of $22.99 vs. $18.99 for the original.

Daughtry - New Video “What About Now?” - American Idol

Chris Daughtry has a humanitarian side as well, as evidenced in this video for 12 non-profit organizations.

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Daughtry - No Hurry, He Says: His New Album Drops In 2009 - American Idol

Other Idols are dropping albums this fall, but Chris Daughtry says he’s gonna take his time, and hopefully, his next album will drop sometime in Spring 2009. Is he trying to avoid that sophomore jinx after his quadruple-platinum self-titled joint?

Hollywood Insider Says:
"It's going to be a big huge rock album," he says. "We are working with the same producer — Howard Benson [All American Rejects, My Chemical Romance] — same band and some of the same writers so it feels very comfortable this time around." The band is looking at a 2009 release, Spring at the earliest, which means several more extended stays in Los Angeles, but Daughtry insists he doesn't make a habit of red carpets: "I only come out here to get my work done, [though] it is fun to go out at night to things like premieres with my wife.

Canadians Don’t Know The Words To Daughtry’s Songs

In one of the more hilarious events that happened recently, Daughtry, on tour with Bon Jovi, asked fans in Toronto if they knew the words to his songs. Their reply was one for the books.

Canoe.ca Says:
And while the appeal of his middle-of-the-road rock music is lost on my ears he’s obviously doing something right given he had the best-selling album of last year in the U.S. even if he hasn’t been nearly as successful in Canada.
Case in point: Just before Over You, Daughtry asked who knew it.
“I want to hear you sing!” he said. “You ever do that Toronto? Are you with us?”
Eventually, the crowd came around but it was the next song, Home, that drew the biggest response of the evening.

Canadians are mild mannered. If Daughtry would have offered them free hockey tickets or a case of Molson, however, things may have gone differently. He would have been amazed at their response.

Daughtry Hates The Worst Idol Singers

This guy just needs to shove a sock in his mouth. At 1:20 of his interview yesterday with Ellen, he starts foaming at the mouth again about how nobody can take the show seriously because there are so many bad singers trying out.

So who made him God? Then at about 4:00 into this bizarre interview, he played a damned kazoo instead of the usual musical instruments, which makes me hate him even more. Send in the clowns below.



By the way, does anyone else think he has a secret thing for Carrie Underwood? Look at the similarities between his wife and Underwear below. Yeah, creepy, huh?

Idol Hardly Won Anything At The Grammys

If it weren’t for Carrie Underwood winning two Grammys, American Idol would have been shut out. That’s right; five Idols went home crying because they didn‘t win anything. Daughtry didn’t get diddly and J-Hud almost went home empty-handed too, if it weren’t for one of her songs from her movie. It isn’t like Idol alums are crawling out of the woodwork with movies so I don’t even really need to say which one it was.

From reality blurred: Of the five other American Idol alumni who were nominated for Grammys, all lost except for one: Jennifer Hudson was nominated as the performer of “Love You I Do (From Dreamgirls),” which won best song written for a motion picture.

Well, thank God for that. Because honestly, if everyone would have went home without hardware, imagine how the Idol producers would have felt. They’d have more alumni playing crowded shopping malls in the Philippines than ever.

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Randy Puts Daughtry In His Place

After Daughtry opened his trap and told the world a bunch of stuff he probably shouldn’t have, his former bosses are now sounding off. Like Randy Jackson.

From Rolling Stone: “I love Chris. I think he made an amazing record that he sold extremely well,” Jackson said. “He’s a testament to the fact that no matter where you finish on Idol—even if you finish twelfth—if you make a great record and you got that kind of exposure, the public will resoundingly buy it. But the bottom line is there would be no Chris Daughtry if there wasn’t American Idol.”

Yeeeowch. Well, yeah, Randy’s right; without Idol Daughtry would be playing some dive club in the middle of a Florida swamp, so he’s probably wise to shut the hell up and not bite the head that feeds him. What is with all these Idol singers lately? It seems like their heads are swelling up so much they’re losing oxygen to certain parts.

Daughtry Is Backpedaling On His Idol Sucks Comment

Daughtry looks like he’s in the Taliban in this above photo, but it’s probably just as well that he goes into hiding for the stoo-oopid comment he made to Rolling Stone yesterday about Idol. Now he’s trying to save face and it’s pretty hilarious.

From Daughtryofficial.com (his official Web site):
It's so sad that when you're asked something and you answer honestly....you're made out to be the bad guy. Yes, I'm referring to the Rolling Stone post. The funny thing is, if you heard the whole conversation you would've heard all the good things I said about the show as well. Like for instance: How it's an amazing platform to launch a career....."If you take it seriously!!!!"

Yeah, but nobody wants to listen to that, ya know. But continue your sob story, please.

Also from Daughtryofficial.com:
Let's not forget I was a struggling artist for 11 years that never got any respect or notoriety so know that I'm eternally grateful for the opportunity that Idol gave me. And that's where my comments came from.

Uh, no, the comments came from left friggin’ field, which is why every media outlet from here to the moon picked up your comments and ran with them as though they were The Juice in a white Ford Bronco. Go, Chris, Go!
Then he backpedaled, claiming the interview (who was a nice guy by the way) didn’t use the other comments he made about the goodness of the show. It’s REALLY long, so here are some highlights from his official Web site:

- “Not enough artists try out for the show because of the people they focus on for comedic and entertainment value”
- “And it's also hard as a potential contestant to think it's a good way to get seen because you're afraid of being made a joke of”

OK so it’s obvious that the guy doesn’t know much about grammar. In other news he did say he thought instruments were good for the show and he just wanted to say what he thought would “spice up the show a bit.”
Well, Daughtry, with your comments, it’s all but a cinch that you’ve spiced up the show a bit.

Daughtry Says Idol Is Getting Lame

Finally someone comes out and opens their big mouth about Idol! I woulda thought it would be Blake Lewis, but one of Idol’s other chief exports decided it was time to stir things up. The chief bald one (not Phil Stacey; he’s the deputy sheriff baldie) started blabbing about things he probably shouldn’t blab about.

From Rolling Stone: On the eve of the premiere of the seventh season of American Idol, one of the show’s most famous losers, Chris Daughtry, says that the Idol franchise is starting to lose its luster. “I feel like it’s definitely lacking some credibility at this point,” says Daughtry…“It’s in a state of decline and if they don’t do something about it, it’s probably not gonna last too much longer. I’m sure that’ll be used against me, but that’s the truth, you know?”

What, ya mean Sanjaya can’t sing? How in the world?!? But…what…do…ya…mean…Antonella has no talent? Daughtry then offered a threat. It would be a good idea for him to enter the witness protection program like, right now. 10,000,000 teenagers are not gonna like this news. In fact, they’re clutching their Hannah Montana dolls and sobbing. Way to go, Daughtry dumbass! And then (sniff) he had the audacity to go after the worst Idol singers! Jerk!!

More from Rolling Stone:
Daughtry blames the show’s woes partially on its emphasis on untalented singers. “People get tired of seeing people that suck,” he says. “It’s funny at first, but come on. They spend three weeks on people that can’t sing, and that’s what they’re banking it on. [They should] find some people that you can really invest in.”

Well, that‘s a career killer right there. Soooooo…don’t look for Daughtry to be invited to Idol 7. Or Idol 8, Idol 9…And watch as his record sales mysteriously plummet and he disappears into the swamp, never to be heard from again. That’s how Idol rolls, dawg. Welcome to Hollywood!

Daughtry Spoke Too Soon

Some people think they’re really famous before they’re REALLY FAMOUS. Take the dude with one name, for example (No, not Prince) who opened his big mouth to the press. The press then devoured him and ate his step-children, to coin a phrase made famous by Iron Mike Tyson. (you know, the one who devoured Holyfield’s ear)

And by Daughtry opening his big mouth, I mean HIS PEOPLE, since none of this stuff goes down without a herd of publicists and agents barking orders through Blackberrys and conference calls. So congrats to them; they can pick up their box of things at the end of the day. Don’t let the door hit you in the ass on your way out now, ya hear?

From TVGrapevine.com via New York Post:
Note to Chris Daughtry. If you have a song a that is supposed to be in a movie but doesn’t make it, don’t leak it to the press. The New York Post had a story about this mid-week. Seems Daughtry was suppose to have a song in National Treasure that was cut because it wasn’t necessary. Chris, congratulations on the opportunity and maybe you’ll make it next time!

In other words, don’t be a dumbass and wake the fark up. This would’ve never happened to Michael Jackson. It may have happened to Britney, however, the people at National Treasure would have a team of security lined up at the gates toting machine guns. If they had a frappucino from Starbucks all of their problems would go away though. Daughtry would need at least $1 million and possibly a better song. But that’s just a guess.

Daughtry Sounds Like Creed

The long staying power of American Idols was again evident at a concert this past week in Orlando. Daughtry, as he likes to be called, played in front of a sold-out audience at the Hard Rock Café. He’s enjoying unprecedented success for an Idol as his album is at the top of the music charts. Which is okay; he only has one name; it's easy to remember. One music critic, however, thought his show stunk and his name sucks.

From Orlando Sentinel: Can someone please explain the appeal of Chris Daughtry? Oh. That's right. The guy was on some TV show. Daughtry's sold-out concert for a wildly enthusiastic crowd on Tuesday at Hard Rock Live was more of a testament to the power of American Idol than a glimpse at a distinctive talent likely to build a long career.Without Idol, it's impossible believe that the trite emotions and utterly predictable musical formulas behind these songs could draw such an enviably broad demographic: Children. Soccer moms. Long-haired, old-school rock 'n' rollers. Older folks. Young professionals.

Yeah, it’s called the magic of Ricky Minor. Idol followers are all too aware of it. Notes that sound off-key and in Daughtry’s case, stupid rockstar turns that make Keith Richards’ reptilian skin crawl. In Daughtry’s defense, the music reviewer probably was in his 40’s, fat and wearing some obscure black death metal T-shirt only he’d heard of. He probably hangs out at a coffeehouse, inhales frappucinos and plays in a band only he's heard of. And has to feed a family. Or, he’s just an ass who’s paid to share his opinion, though I doubt the local alt-weekly cares to hear about it.

More from the Sentinel:
On stage, his singing was a revelation, but not necessarily a good one. His voice was unleashed with considerably less control than on studio versions of songs such as "Used To." On stage, Daughtry attacked that one with a force that bordered on bellowing. At other points, he sounded "pitchy," as Paula Abdul might say. On the other end of the spectrum, his forays into the lower register were closer to mumbling than the moodiness he might have been seeking. When it comes to stage presence, Daughtry makes use of nearly as many cliches as the lyrics in his songs. "How y'all doin'?" he asked in the early going. "Y'all ready for a party?" Put all that together and it's almost enough to make one appreciate Scott Stapp. How scary is that?

Scary enough to know Daughtry just got compared to Creed. At least I know the words to "My Own Prison." Let's just hope things go better for Daughtry than they did for Stapp.