Daughtry
Members
Bio
Daughtry is an award-winning band from North Carolina, formed by former American Idol contestant Chris Daughtry in 2006.
Their self-titled debut was released on November 21, 2006. The disc reached #1 for two non-consecutive weeks on the Billboard 200, outselling American Idol winner Taylor Hicks' debut effort, and sold more than 3 million copies. Their album is also the fastest-selling debut rock album in Soundscan history.
Chris Daughtry is a singer-songwriter himself who has collaborated with several other songwriters, such as Live's Ed Kowalczyk, Fuel's Carl Bell, Brad Arnold of 3 Doors Down, Rob Thomas of Matchbox Twenty, SR-71 singer Mitch Allan, Brent Smith of Shinedown and Chad Kroeger of Nickelback.
Still, Daughtry didn't have too much of a say in who was in his new band. Chris' label chose band mates for Daughtry: Jeremy Brady, 21, a guitarist no longer in the band; Josh Steely, 36, as lead guitarist; Josh Paul, 29, as bassist who also played for Suicidal Tendencies; Joey Barnes, 30, as drummer.
Two of the band members hail from Chris' home state of North Carolina - Joey, whom Chris had known for some time, and Jeremy, who was introduced to him a month before the audition. Steely and Paul are both from California.
They Have been nominated for 4 Grammy Awards in 2008, in this categories: Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, Best Rock Album, Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.
