Major successes like “Cold as Ice” and “I Want to Know What Love Is” have propelled the English-American rock group to stardom since their 1976 debut.
In an interview with News, Foreigner frontman Kelly Hansen and founding member Al Greenwood discussed the highs and lows of touring, the effects of health issues on their band, and what it’s like to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, one of “music’s highest honors.”
In 1976, Mick Jones, Lou Gramm, Dennis Elliott, Al Greenwood, bassist Ed Gagliardi, drummer Dennis Elliott, and multi-instrumentalist Mick Jones created Foreigner in New York City.
Despite the band’s success in the 1970s and 1980s thanks to hits like “Hot Blooded” and “Waiting for a Girl Like You,” founding member Greenwood talked about the difficulties they encountered in their early days and the highs and lows of traveling all the time.
There is a lot of pressure on you when you first start out in a band and are attempting to get popularity. The musicians are under a lot of pressure. Greenwood clarified.
