Remember last month when Chris Daughtry, the American Idol cast-off, was asked to join the band Fuel?

Everyone thought he’d heartily accept the offer to be the band’s frontman, but Daughtry said he’d have think about it. (Which is the rock equivalent of responding to an ‘I Love You’ with a ‘Thanks’).

Well, after a month of deliberating the pros and cons of joining a one hit wonder 90’s band, Daughtry has an answer for Fuel: hell no. “I’m going to be doing my own thing,” Chris explained sympathetically to Fuel via the press.

He “expects to announce his next career move in a few months, probably after the ‘American Idol concert tour ends this summer,” and hopefully after the band’s broken heart has mended.

Meanwhile, Fuel is back to looking for a new lead singer.