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Remember when Garth Brooks had an “alter ego” called Chris Gaines so he could release alternative music & he wore emo bangs & eyeliner?

"I want to do it simply for people who love the Gaines project,” said Brooks, who notched his highest-charting Hot 100 hit as Gaines with 1999's "Lost in You"

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 under the persona in 1999. Originally meant to be released alongside a film about the character's backstory that was never made, the record was structured as a greatest hits project comprised of songs from Gaines' five (nonexistent) previous albums. He also hosted Saturday Night Live as himself, but performed as the episode's musical guest dressed as Gaines.

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