Chris Daughtry

美國偶像冠軍Chris Daughtry組的樂隊。
Chris Daughtry小檔案
美國偶像
出生：1981
家鄉(xiāng): McLeansville， 北卡羅萊納州
海選城市: 丹佛
最喜歡的女藝人:Kelly Clarkson
最喜歡的男藝人:Rob Thomas
什么時候開始唱歌？
真正開始是在16、7歲的時候
大事件
雖然在第五屆“美國偶像大賽”中并未入圍最終的三甲，但憑借其頗具爆發(fā)力的嗓音得到廣大觀眾喜愛的“光頭人氣王”克里斯·多特里（Chris Daughtry卻是那屆“美國偶像”給人留下印象最深的歌手之一。在凱麗·皮克勒（Kellie Pickler）之后，Chris Daughtry是同屆的美國偶像中第二位發(fā)行正式專輯的歌手。作為Chris Daughtry的個人樂隊Daughtry的首張正式專輯，這張《Daughtry》在全美發(fā)行首周的銷量達(dá)到30萬4千張，奪得了本周Billboard 200專輯榜的亞軍。
其實，美國偶像大賽的風(fēng)格并不適合缺少幽默感，缺乏青春活力的Chris Daughtry。和第四屆美國偶像大賽中的Bo Bice一樣，比起來“美國偶像大賽”冠軍這個頭銜，熱愛搖滾樂的Chris Daughtry更想成為的是一位搖滾明星。和Bo Bice相比，Chris Daughtry不僅僅是擁有更出色的嗓音，而且其他方面也更具玩搖滾的素質(zhì)。在第五屆美國偶像大賽還沒內(nèi)有完全結(jié)束的時候，Chris Daughtry已經(jīng)組建了Daughtry樂隊，就是為了證明他自己具有做音樂的實力。與此前Bo Bice的個人專輯《The Real Thing》相比，這張《Daughtry》中的絕大多數(shù)歌曲都由Chris Daughtry和他樂隊的成員共同創(chuàng)作。當(dāng)然，作為一名歌壇新人，很多時候還是需要老將幫助的。在這張專輯中，Daughtry不僅得到了曾與“我的化學(xué)浪漫”（My Chemical Romance）和All-American Rejects等當(dāng)紅樂隊合作過的制作人Howard Benson的幫助，就連我們十分熟悉的金屬吉他英雄Slash也跨刀助陣，與Daughtry合作了一首《What I Want》。從專輯中的歌曲來看，除了與Slash合作的《What I Want》以外，開場曲《It's Not Over》，《Home》，《Gone》和《What About Now》等多首單曲的旋律都還是非常不錯的。
對于Chris Daughtry這樣一位半路出家玩搖滾的歌手來說，這張《Daughtry》可以算作是一樣相當(dāng)出色的處女專輯。作為一位搖滾樂隊的主唱，Chris Daughtry的嗓音條件和駕馭不同音域歌曲的能力都比與他有幾分相似的Nickelback主唱Chad Kroeger要更出色，但如果以更高的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)來衡量Chris Daughtry和他樂隊的這張專輯的話，可以說，這張《Daughtry》只能說是他較好的完成了從“美國偶像”一位普通的參賽選手到原創(chuàng)音樂人之間的轉(zhuǎn)變。但要想在美國搖滾屆真正開創(chuàng)出屬于自己的一片天地的話，Chris Daughtry還有很長的路要走。
by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Bo Bice proved that American Idol could have a rocker as a finalist, but Chris Daughtry proved that the show could generate a successful rocker outside the context of the show. Of course, it helped that he was the polar opposite of Bice, a shaggy retro-rocker soaked in the South. Bold and bald, Daughtry was the picture of a modern rocker, living by the rulebook written by Live and Fuel. These were the qualities that helped make Chris Daughtry the most successful new rock & roll singer of 2006, as well as one of the most successful Idol graduates in the show's history.
Like many American Idol finalists, Daughtry had a long run as an amateur musician. The North Carolina native -- born in Roanoke Rapids, he lived in Charlottesville, VA, before establishing himself in the Greensboro area -- began singing in local rock bands when he was 16 years old. He continued to play local shows after his high-school graduation in 1998, marrying his girlfriend Deanna several months after the January 2000 birth of their son Griffin (he also adopted Deanna's daughter from a previous marriage). Family man he may have been, but Daughtry didn't let his rock & roll dream die, as he continued to play guitar and sing in a band called Absent Element. He also auditioned for Rock Star: INXS in 2005 but was rejected -- a rejection that turned out to be rather fortunate, as it freed him to audition for the far more popular televised singing competition American Idol.
Daughtry was featured heavily during the show's seemingly never-ending audition rounds for two reasons: he was telegenic, and he capitalized on the rocker promise of Bo Bice and Constantine Maroulis from the previous season. Moreover, he was bald and handsome, had a terrific smile, and his devotion to family made for great TV. Daughtry sailed through to Hollywood and made it into the final 12, where he was hailed as a standout and soon seemed to be a favorite to win. Daughtry mania began to peak in March when his rendition of Fuel's "Hemorrhage (In My Hands)" caused such a sensation that rumors began to fly that Fuel wanted to hire him as their lead singer -- something that proved to be no rumor, as the modern rock group, savoring the new press, practically pleaded for his presence after he was voted off the show. But this was still two long months away -- two months in which he continued to be one of the top draws in the season, even courting some controversy when he sang Live's arrangement for Johnny Cash's "I Walk the Line." This moody reinterpretation was misinterpreted as a Daughtry original, and on the results show he had to clarify where he had learned this version. Still, this controversy paled to his exit from the show in May: Daughtry was one of the final four and Katharine McPhee just narrowly beat him, a result that visibly shocked the rocker. Daughtry would soon have the last laugh.
After he was kicked off of Idol, he turned down Fuel's standing offer of replacing their lead singer and set off on his own career, signing with Idol's 19 Entertainment group and RCA Records in July 2006. By the time his album materialized in November, it had turned into a project by a band called DAUGHTRY (spelled all in capital letters), whose lineup featured guitarist Jeremy Brady, guitarist Josh Steely, bassist Josh Paul, and drummer Joey Barnes. They did not play as a band on the finished album, though, as Brady was replaced after the album's release by Brian Craddock -- a matter of semantics overlooked by most, especially in light of the album's blockbuster success. Like many hotly anticipated albums of the SoundScan era, it debuted high on the charts, but it surprisingly remaining in the Top Ten for months. Leadoff single "It's Not Over" proved to be equally popular. This meant that DAUGHTRY was not only a huge hit by Idol standards, it was one of the few hit rock albums -- period -- in 2006.
By February, it was evident that Chris Daughtry's popularity eclipsed his American Idol rivals Taylor Hicks and Katharine McPhee, as DAUGHTRY was certified the fastest-selling debut album in SoundScan history. Five hits charted in the Top 40 before the singer set to work on a sophomore album, Leave This Town.