Behind the Life of Chris Gaines

To promote the release of his album Garth Brooks in... The Life of Chris Gaines, Garth Brooks appeared as Chris Gaines in a television "mockumentary," a version of VH1's seminal cable classic Behind the Music, featuring a totally made-up tale that just may be the greatest rock n' roll documentary ever made. This piece of art has everything that makes the story of being a rockstar fucking cool. It has childhood trauma, record label trauma, death, disfigurement, a plane crash, a car crash, sex addiction, redemption, a house fire, random unexplained commentary from Billy Joel, and more sex addiction.

Cast

Garth Brooks

as Chris Gaines

Brian Vaughn

as Young Chris Gaines

Linda Ljoka

as Roma Stihl

Anthony Meindl

as Ryan Duffy

Tom Ballatore

as Dan Lanier

Carolyn Seymour

as Carolyn Johnns-Gaines

Don Was

as Self

María Costa

as Self

Light Rand

as Tasha Simon

Melinda Newman

as Self

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