YEAR
2024
INDUCTED BY
Sammy Hagar
CATEGORY
Performers
The hitmaking band’s timeless, unforgettable songs made it one of the biggest selling groups of all time.
HALL OF FAME
ESSAY
By Robert Burke Warren
Fronted by rock’s odd couple – songwriter/mastermind British guitar slinger Mick Jones, and Rochester, New York’s golden-voiced Lou Gramm– Foreigner burst onto U.S. radio in 1977 with their powerhouse self-titled debut. It quickly yielded two Top Ten hits: Jones’ “Feels Like the First Time” and the Gramm-Jones cowrite “Cold as Ice,” both now classic-rock radio evergreens. Foreigner’s infectious, hooky tunes, wrapped in meticulously crafted sound – crunching riffs, melodic leads, stratospheric vocals, sly synthesizers, and a driving groove – set the airwaves afire.
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