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Foreigner

FOREIGNER

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.

Dennis Elliott

Dennis Elliott

Ed Gagliardi

Ed Gagliardi

Lou Gramm

Lou Gramm

Al Greenwood

Al Greenwood

Mick Jones

Mick Jones

Ian MacDonald

Ian MacDonald

Rick Wills

Rick Wills

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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