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Foreigner

British/American rock band

Formed in 1976

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Foreigner is a British-American rock band formed in New York City in 1976. The band's original lineup consisted of vocalist Lou Gramm, guitarist Mick Jones, drummer Dennis Elliott, keyboardist Al Greenwood, multi-instrumentalist Ian McDonald (formerly of King Crimson) and bassist Ed Gagliardi. Gagliardi was replaced by Rick Wills in 1979. Foreigner is one of the best-selling bands of all time, with worldwide sales exceeding 80 million records, including 38 million in the US.

Jones came up with the band name because he, Elliott, and McDonald were British, while Gramm, Greenwood and Gagliardi were American, meaning at least half the members would be considered foreigners regardless of the country they were in. In 1977, Foreigner released its self-titled debut album, the first of six consecutive albums to be certified multi-platinum and reach the Top 10 in the US. The album produced two US Top 10 singles, "Feels Like the First Time" and "Cold as Ice". Their 1978 follow-up, Double Vision, was successful and included two more US hits: "Hot Blooded" and the title track.

Foreigner's third album, Head Games (1979), featured US Top 20 singles "Dirty White Boy" and the title track. The band's fourth album, 4 (1981), hit No. 1 for 10 weeks in the US and became their breakthrough album in the UK, where it reached the Top 5. The album produced three hit singles: "Urgent", "Waiting for a Girl Like You", and "Juke Box Hero". Following a 1982 greatest hits album Records, which went 7× platinum in the US, Foreigner released their fifth studio album Agent Provocateur in 1984, which reached No. 1 in the UK and included their biggest hit single, "I Want to Know What Love Is". The song topped the charts in the US, UK, Canada, and Australia, No. 3 in Germany, and the Top 10 in other countries.

After a break, Foreigner released Inside Information in 1987. Despite two more US Top 10 hits with "Say You Will" and "I Don't Want to Live Without You", it became their first album not to achieve multi-platinum certification or reach the Top 10 in the US. A 1992 greatest hits album, The Very Best ... and Beyond achieved 2× platinum certification in the US and gold certification in the UK. Foreigner was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2024.

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Foreigner est un groupe américano-britannique de hard rock, originaire de New York. Il est formé en 1976 par deux musiciens britanniques reconnus, Mick Jones anciennement guitariste pour Spooky Tooth et Ian McDonald, multi-instrumentiste ayant joué avec King Crimson et McDonald and Giles, ainsi qu'un chanteur américain jusqu'alors inconnu, Lou Gramm. En 2014, le groupe compte plus de 80 millions d'albums vendus à travers le monde (dont 37,5 millions aux États-Unis). Ce qui fait de ce groupe l'un des meilleurs vendeurs de tous les temps. Leurs plus grands tubes restent Waiting for a Girl Like You, Hot Blooded, Juke Box Hero, Urgent, Break It Up et également I Want to Know What Love Is, paru fin 1984 ou encore I Don't Want to Live Without You. Le nom du groupe (Étranger en français) vient du fait que trois de ses membres sont britanniques, Mick Jones, Ian McDonald et le batteur Dennis Elliott, alors que les trois autres, le claviériste Al Greenwood, le bassiste Ed Gagliardi et le chanteur Lou Gramm, sont américains.

En 2008, après 14 ans d'inactivité en studio, le groupe Foreigner revient avec une compilation (No End in Sight: The Very Best of Foreigner) et un nouveau titre (Too Late). Comme le titre de la compilation pouvait le laisser entendre (No End in Sight signifie « Pas de fin en vue »), un nouvel album paraît le 29 septembre 2009 : Can't Slow Down.

Selon le site officiel du groupe, Foreigner fut rejoint sur scène par les membres originaux Lou Gramm, Dennis Elliott, Al Greenwood, Ian McDonald ainsi que par le bassiste Rick Wills pour leur tournée célébrant les 40e anniversaire d'existence de la formation. Cette réunion a eu lieu les 6 et 7 octobre 2017 au Soaring Eagle Casino Resort de Michigan aux États-Unis, ainsi que durant d'autres concerts de la tournée.

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