Foreigner went back to basics with Head Games which Gramm refers to as their grainiest effort It also marked the bands first personnel change when Rick Wills ex Peter Frampton and Roxy 音楽 became Foreigners new bassist But the band knew a quantum leap was needed With the help of producer Mutt Lange they entered their 秒 progressive period with 4 which found the band streamlined to the quartet of Jones Gramm Elliott and Wills The album was highlighted によって the pulsating roar of Jukebox Hero and the churning hyper funk of Urgent which included sax solo of junior Walker their biggest success was yet to come Mick Jones went through a period about his life and relationships that resulted in the words and 音楽 to the magnificent I Want To Know What 愛 Is which Gramm drives ホーム with heartfelt intensity Sting who had snubbed Foreigner early on halted the recording of his Blue Turtles album one 日 to find out just who had created this irresistible cry from the ハート, 心 But in April 1990 the Gramm Jones partnership seemingly スプリット, 分割 two years later that ineffable chemistry drew them back together as Mick wryly put it This is a taste of things to come it feels like The 秒 Time.
Mick Jones had dreamed of his own unique synthesis of rock progressive and R&R elements since his days touring as a support act for the Beatles whose luminous energy moved the young Englishmen to tears In 1977 he joined forces with ex King Crimson hornsman Ian McDonald and a soulful vocalist from RochesterNY named Lou Gramm ace British ドラマー Dennis Elliot and New Yorkers Al Greenwood keyboards and Ed Gagliardi bassThe Gramm Jones 書く chemistry clicked immediately The driving Cold As Ice became the first of their hybrid collaborations.O
Not long 前 Foreigners Mick Jones was accosted によって a famous model in a New York restaurant I have a bone to pick with あなた seems she was the ex girl friend of Johnny Rotten now Lydon of the Sex Pistols back in 78 She claimed Lydon kept her up 2 nightsdancing to a red vinyl promo disk called Hot Blooded that the former Pistol just couldn't get off his ターンテーブル, ターン テーブル Even Jones admits it was unfashionable in many circles to admire Foreigners mainstream rock in those days but Lydon was only one of many closet ファン who noticed Foreigner stood out from the crowd of corporate rockers for 2 simple but profound reasons 1 they had the guts to take risks 2 they could rock their butts off.
Mick Jones was listening to Juke Box one 日 and heard Les Paul and Mary Ford with their ギター he was fascinated and went to a 秒 hand store and bought a 秒 handed broken ギター never played one taught himself and became one of the best ones ever he needed a band needed a name for it and players he heard an Album called Black 羊 and liked the singer Lou Gramm who became lead singer they both had health problems and a falling out didn't speak for 10 years Lou called him to tell him he was happy that he won an award for best song writer so did Lou they became best フレンズ after that Lou quit in 2003 and Kelly Hansen took his place the song Juke Box Hero came from that one 日 Mick heard that song