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 música became Foreigners new bassist But the band knew a quantum leap was needed With the help of producer Mutt Lange they entered their segundo progressive period with 4 which found the band streamlined to the quartet of Jones Gramm Elliott and Wills The album was highlighted por 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 música to the magnificent I Want To Know What amor Is which Gramm drives inicial with heartfelt intensity Sting who had snubbed Foreigner early on halted the recording of his Blue Turtles album one día to find out just who had created this irresistible cry from the corazón But in April 1990 the Gramm Jones partnership seemingly división, split 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 segundo 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 batería, baterista Dennis Elliot and New Yorkers Al Greenwood keyboards and Ed Gagliardi bassThe Gramm Jones escritura chemistry clicked immediately The driving Cold As Ice became the first of their hybrid collaborations.O
Not long hace Foreigners Mick Jones was accosted por a famous model in a New York restaurant I have a bone to pick with tu 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 placa giratoria 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 fans 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 día and heard Les Paul and Mary Ford with their guitarra he was fascinated and went to a segundo hand store and bought a segundo handed broken guitarra 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 oveja 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 friends after that Lou quit in 2003 and Kelly Hansen took his place the song Juke Box Hero came from that one día Mick heard that song