The shocker here isn't that Chris Daughtry, the bal assassin of all things rock and roll, is being sued by former bandmates for songs they wrote with him, the shocker is it took four people instead of a computer to write this crap.
According to contactmusic.com: "Ryan Andrews, Scott Crawford and Mark Perr have taken the matter to Guildford County Superior Court. The former members of Absent Element – who recorded one album together, entitled Uprooted, have claimed that they played a part in writing the songs and are seeking compensation. Chris is currently on tour with his new band, Daughtry."
It is hard to know whether to laugh or cry but if music is a microcosm of the real it is possible they three are lieing and it is equally possible the three are telling the truth.
Although, really, who would lie about it. It is like lying about being a bit player in an episode of "How I Met Your Mother". Chris Daughtry is the talentless wretch off American Idol, who has parlayed a fluke hit album into a career.
Appearances notwithstanding, I don't wish him to much ill, though I wouldn't mind if he quit the biz and searched out a career he had a talent for. Still from Morrissey and Marr to that jerk from Wilco to the Shins. The way you treat your fellow band members is a mark of character or lack therof.