Gramm said that it wasn't hard to get all the guys back together. It brought up a lot of stuff from the past, but it just felt natural and we fell right back into it." My two lead singers, Lou Gramm and Kelly Hansen, really hit it off like a house on fire, and the rest of the guys were happy to be a part of it. We did a couple of shows earlier in the year together and everybody hit it off so well. Singer Lou Gramm, drummer Dennis Elliott, keyboardist Al Greenwood, guitarist/saxophonist Ian McDonald and bassist Rick Wills joined Mick Jones and FOREIGNER to rock through some of the best-selling songs from the band's albums.Ĭurrent and classic members performing together:Īsked by USA Today why he chose to commemorate "Double Vision" with these reunion shows, Mick said: "Well, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the band's foundation, I wanted to do something special and a little unexpected. The show, which marked the 40th anniversary of FOREIGNER's second album, "Double Vision", featured all current bandmembers plus the original musicians who helped to put the iconic group on the map more than forty years ago. Lou Gramm performs on August 6th in Binghamton, New York at Otsiningo Park.Legendary rockers FOREIGNER played the third of four "Double Vision: Then And Now" concerts Friday night (November 30) in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Not to say we're the first people who have done that, but I'd say that this is a real enjoyable and satisfying experience to not only look back and remember but to actually stand onstage and do it again after all these years is - and be able to do it again - is also very enjoyable, y'know?”įoreigner performs tonight (August 3rd) in Clearfield, Pennsylvania at Clearfield County Fair & Park. Most of the time Foreigner has no original Foreigner members in it.”īack in 2007, Lou Gramm told us the chance to be part of Foreigner once again after all the bandmembers have been through meant the world to him: “The lifespan of most bands when Foreigner started was half-a-dozen years, or maybe a little more, and, y'know, there weren't that many reunion tours or things like that going on. And I heard that he comes out for one song now - when he comes on. He had some heart problems and his recovery time was very long and tedious. But then he was in the hospital again for weeks. (In the recent past) he would play the whole last half of the set. I think when the new Foreigner plays, I've heard that he comes on for one song and then waves and goes offstage. Two original members of the six are now gone. Well, (guitarist) Ian (McDonald) has passed away and (bassist) Ed Gagliardi passed away, even though he wasn't part of the reunions. Regarding him being done with any future special appearances with Foreigner, Lou Gramm admitted, “I think so, yeah. But let his own influences show - show the fans that he's the new singer now, not me.” He went on to say, “I don't think he should sing the songs verbatim like me. You're a singer with a big band like that - use your voice and your style. Some people say, 'Well, take it as a compliment, Lou.' I don't take it as a compliment. His voice doesn't sound like me, but he's singing the songs the way I would sing them. But I think Mick really told Kelly, when he first got in the band, that he had to study me, because he sings those songs with the same musical innuendos and vocal licks and ad-libs as I have. Over the past few years, Gramm and co-founder and leader Mick Jones have made peace, with Gramm and the original members of the band joining the current lineup for a string of special dates - but now Gramm isn't holding back on how he feels about the latest incarnation of the band.īlabbermouth transcribed some of Gramm's recent chat with, in which he spoke very candidly about the band's current frontman, Kelly Hansen: “Kelly is all right. It seems as though the love fest between ex- Foreigner frontman Lou Gramm and his former band is over and done with.
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