Biography
Foreigner merged London songcraft with New York session muscle, dominating 70s and 80s rock formats.
Lou Gramm’s blue-collar tenor sold sci-fi metaphors and love songs with equal conviction.
Power ballads featuring choir stacks became template material for every band chasing transitive night drives.
High-bitrate audio exposes Hammond swells, twin-guitar harmony, and gated reverb tails defining the era.
New Clear Radio streams curated rock-focused programming with quality up to 320kbps—ideal for hearing guitar-driven records with depth and punch.
At a glance
- British-American rock band formed in New York City in 1976 by guitarist Mick Jones and multi-instrumentalist Ian McDonald.
- 4 (1981) and Agent Provocateur (1984) housed global hits including Urgent and I Want to Know What Love Is.
- Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2024.