Lou Gramm
American singer-songwriterWikipedia
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Sep 9, 2026
Tamara Woodruff: 3 Bands, 4-Part Harmony & a Day Job in HR | Hogpod Chicagoland Music Scene Podcast
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61:01Mike OrfanosHOST
I mean, they sound good.
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61:03Mike OrfanosHOST
The guy sounds like Lou Gramm.
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61:05Mike OrfanosHOST
They're playing us, uh, you know, how many hits did Foreigner have? You know, 15 big hits at least, you know, and they've got a huge repertoire.
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61:13Mike OrfanosHOST
People are still coming out to see them.
1990’s 10 Greatest Hits That Never Reached #1: Depeche Mode, Tom Petty & More
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10:13Adam ReaderHOST
He wanted to rock, and he had several big solo hits.
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10:15Adam ReaderHOST
I'm talking about Foreigner's original lead singer Lou Gramm with Just Between You and Me.
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10:23Adam ReaderHOST
As a front man of Foreigner through the 1970s and the 80s, Lou Gramm powered some of the era's most enduring anthems.
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10:29Adam ReaderHOST
I mean, it feels like the first time, Cold as Ice, Jukebox Hero.
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10:34Adam ReaderHOST
Of course, he delivered one of the 80s biggest ballads with I Wanna Know What Love Is.
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10:45Adam ReaderHOST
It's one that would eventually split them apart.
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10:47Adam ReaderHOST
By the mid-'80s, Jones had fallen hard for synthesizers and pop arrangements, and Foreigner Sound was drifting away from the gritty guitar-powered hard rock that they were known for when they came out.
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10:57Adam ReaderHOST
Lou Gramm, a self-described guitar purist, he watched his rock-oriented songwriting getting pushed aside in favor of mid-tempo ballads.
TAKE A BREAK WITH GEN X JACE AND BOOMER TOO - 08/29/2026 - DOLLY DEATH
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8:32JaceGUEST
Uh, there's one guy, Mick Jones, who's pretty much, like, the guitar player.
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8:37JaceGUEST
To me, Foreigner was over when Lou Gramm left, because that's the voice of Foreigner.
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8:42JaceGUEST
But you look at Journey.
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8:43JaceGUEST
Look at Journey.
TAKE A BREAK WITH GEN X JACE AND BOOMER TOO - 08/29/2026 - DOLLY DEATH
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8:32JaceGUEST
Uh, there's one guy, Mick Jones, who's pretty much like the guitar player.
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8:37JaceGUEST
To me, Foreigner was over when Lou Gramm left, because that's the voice of Foreigner.
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8:42JaceGUEST
But you look at Journey.
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8:43JaceGUEST
Look at Journey.
Metal Mayhem ROC: BRAD GILLIS / NIGHT RANGER + BRIAN TICHY / LED BY VULTURES
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51:26Brian TichyGUEST
Gives Jersey credit for their metal.
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51:29John VernoHOST
So, you know, I mentioned that I'm up here in Rochester, New York, and we have some rock royalty in the form of Lou Gramm and Foreigner.
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51:37John VernoHOST
Now-
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51:38Brian TichyGUEST
Lou Gramm, of course.
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51:39Brian TichyGUEST
What's your big club in Rochester?
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51:41John VernoHOST
Penny Arcade.
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52:13John VernoHOST
You know, these, these clubs come and go.
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52:16Brian TichyGUEST
Right, right, right.
Kevin Bacon + Monica Mehta (Carolla Classics)
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26:20Adam CarollaSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Blue Sky, you got Blue Morning, Blue Day, you got, uh, Blue...
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26:25Adam CarollaSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
What's the other Lou Gramm blue, Midnight Blue?
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26:28Bryan BishopSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Midnight Blue.
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26:29Adam CarollaSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
You got, uh, Blue by The Jayhawks and, um-
Bruce McCulloch (Kids In The Hall) - Dark Purple Slice
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29:06Ralph SuttonHOST
It is funny how sometimes that first take of it, anything, like, we, I, I talked about this recently.
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29:12Ralph SuttonHOST
We had, um, the guy who, uh, from Styx, the singer of Styx, uh, Lou Gramm-
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29:16Bruce McCullochGUEST
Yeah
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29:16Ralph SuttonHOST
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THE KQ MORNING SHOW FRIDAY 8/28/26
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61:44Scott SavageHOST
8.32, Pearl Jam and KQ.
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61:46Scott SavageHOST
8.40, it is foreigner Lou Grant and the boys, huh? Cold as ice.
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61:52Scott SavageHOST
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61:56Scott SavageHOST
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Bill Kelliher: MASTODON, Losing Brent Hinds & The “Rebirth” of The Band
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24:09Bill KelliherGUEST
Mm-hmm.
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24:09Bill KelliherGUEST
Lou Gramm's from there, so a lot of Foreigner.
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24:12Bill KelliherGUEST
You know, the shit they play on, um, that they s- they still play a million years later- Yes ... classic rock, whatever.
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24:18Bill KelliherGUEST
Yes.
EPISODE 525 | Lanterns | Star Wars | Obsession & More
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4:37IrajHOST
For all you young, um, for all you youngins, that's a Foreigner song.
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4:42IrajHOST
Lou Gramm.
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4:43IrajHOST
Look him up.
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4:45BooHOST
That's good.
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