Idol Favorite Chris Daughtry May Front Rock Band Fuel
I haven't watched American Idol this year, but when I caught it, this guy looked like the frontrunner to me. Oh well. Maybe it's time for a grey haired idol.
Chris Daughtry is looking to launch his music career after getting booted from American Idol. Fuel is searching for a lead singer after Brett Scallions quit.
The band offered Daughtry a job Thursday, hours after viewers voted him off the Fox television talent show.
Bass player Jeff Abercrombie and guitarist Carl Bell made their pitch on the TV show Extra.
"Chris, if you are watching, we've talked about this before, and if you want to entertain it again we'll take it and go," Abercrombie said.
Daughtry, who dreamed of becoming a rock star while working in the service department at a Greensboro car dealership, told reporters earlier Thursday he was considering whether to pursue fronting an established rock band or launching a solo career.
"I'm a songwriter myself," the 26-year-old said. "To be able to launch my own career would be a dream" come true.
The buzz around Daughtry for weeks has been that he could end up Fuel's lead singer; Scallions left the band in February.
Chris Daughtry's CD really rocks. Great to see someone like him succeed on a show like AI.
Posted by: Mark Valderaz | December 21, 2006 at 10:18 PM