Foreigner

Formed in New York in 1976 by British expatriates Mick Jones (ex-Spooky Tooth and session musician), Ian MacDonald (ex-King Crimson) and American singer Lou Gramm, Foreigner recorded three hard rock albums, Foreigner (1977), Double Vision (1978) and Head Games (1979), before achieving worldwide success with 4 (1981), driven by the hits "Urgent" and "Waiting for a Girl Like You". At the time, the band's music was described as FM rock, due to its frequent airplay on American FM radio stations, which was a major factor in record sales in the United States. In 1984, the album Agent Provocateur, with its lead single "I Want to Know What Love Is", consolidated Foreigner's status, as the band expanded its audience and toured stadiums. Despite numerous changes of musicians and the departure of Lou Gramm (1990), the band endures and recomposes itself until the last studio album Can't Slow Down (2009), with drummer Jason Bonham, son of John Bonham (Led Zeppelin). In 2018, still active on stage, Mick Jones's band - the only original member - attempts a return to the record in the form of a new stage project, Foreigner with the 21st Century Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, which plays the hits in symphonic version.