Issues between Lou Gramm and Foreigner - especially with band founder Mick Jones - have been well-documented over the years, especially after Gramm's final departure in early 2003. But in the wake ...

The American-British band formed in 1976 with six musicians. By the 80’s, Foreigner was made up of Lou Gramm on lead vocals, Mick Jones on guitar, Rick Wills on bass, and Dennis Elliott on drums.

Lou Gramm was there when the Rolling Stones' Rochester show was shut down Louis Grammatico, then 15, witnessed police shutting down a Rolling Stones concert at the Rochester War Memorial on Nov. 1 ...

Lou Gramm, who grew up in Gates and became a founding member of Foreigner and its lead singer, sits for an interview about his life and his music.© Tina MacIntyre-Yee/Rochester Democrat and Chronicle ...

After many years of acrimony, Lou Gramm — headliner of the inaugural Yacht Rock Detroit festival taking place this weekend — says it's smooth sailing between him and the Foreigner camp these days.

It was Lou Gramm, of course, who got to live out the family’s musical dreams. In 1976, he showed up to a New York City audition run by experienced musicians, including British guitarist Mick Jones.

Lou and I started out probably, we were so similar in our taste in music, music that had come through Island Records, Free, and a mixture of hat and R&B. Gramm: Marvin Gaye, Aretha [Franklin].

Lou Gramm fronted Foreigner during the peak of their career. Night after night Lou would deliver vocals that were equal parts raw power and pure emotion. Despite only being on 10 years worth of ...

Issues between Lou Gramm and Foreigner — especially with band founder Mick Jones — have been well-documented over the years, especially after Gramm’s final departure in early 2003.