

Luckily, the tumor was non-cancerous and was removed shortly thereafter. I was in loe with Lou Gramm and his voice. And, to boot, Foreigner was, my signature and most FAV band, as a teenager My first love and myselfs fav band was Foreigner.So many signuature songs that they sang.almost like a dialog to our lives,gowng up into young aduls.
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Watch the full conversation via the player above or listen to The Jeremy White Podcast via iHeartRadio. Foreigner remained a popular concert attraction, but the band's future was thrust into doubt in 1997 when Gramm was diagnosed with a brain tumor. You know, Foreigner was signature band of the nud-late70&80s. He was slated to join the band on tour in 2019, but withdrew due to a respiratory infection. Jones and Gramm reunited in 2013 for induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame and again in 2018 to celebrate the band's 40th anniversary. 'Ive got masters from my solo albums, and that.

He returned in '92 and continued with the band until he retired in 2002, amid numerous health issues. Former FOREIGNER singer Lou Gramm spoke to Kiki Classic Rock about his previously announced plan to release some new solo material later this year. Gramm eventually left Foreigner for a spell between in 19. "No input on lyrics or melody or anything - he came to me with complete songs that he had written and just wanted me to sing 'em." "Then he started writing songs completely and showing them to me he just wanted me to sing them," Gramm continued. By the time another hit ballad, "I Don't Want to Live Without You," arrived in 1987, the singer says he was loathe to contribute, and Jones wasn't looking for input. And then when 'I Want to Know What Love Is' came out, he offered me 95-5, and I said, 'I don't want five.' So he kept 100."Īfter that, Gramm started getting discouraged. When 'Waiting For a Girl Like You' came out, it was 75-25. "No matter who contributed what, between him and I, it was 50-50 or 60-40, but it was always 50-50 or close to 50-50. "Mick was very fair," Gramm says of the pair's early years. It was out of character for Jones to do business that way, until the '80s when he began to take more credit for the band's work.
