Gramm wasn’t the only one annoyed by the decision. The band’s original drummer, Dennis Elliott, did not attend the ceremony.
Mick Jones recalls the music trends as being stacked against Foreigner, when they released their self-titled, debut album in 1977. “Disco was at height, and punk and new wave were just hitting.
Lou Gramm, the original voice of Foreigner, reportedly told Sirius XM’s Classic Rewind in a new interview that he was frustrated while trying to work on new music with bandmate Mick Jones in 2003.
Sammy Hagar recalled the time his loudmouth ways landed him in trouble with Mick Jones. The incident took place when Hagar’s solo band opened for Foreigner in 1978, and led to their friendship ...
Ronson’s stepfather is Mick Jones, Foreigner’s founding member, songwriter and lead guitarist. Warwick will arrive at the ceremony only a few days after attending a memorial to her longtime ...
“I knew that influenced [bandleader] Mick [Jones] enough that you could find a soft, smushy ballad on every album after that.” Foreigner splintered apart in subsequent years, and the current ...