Mike Ragogna: From Foreigner to Songwriters Hall of Fame: A Conversation with Mick Jones
So how do you feel about being inducted into the Songwriter's Hall of Fame, Mick?
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So how do you feel about being inducted into the Songwriter's Hall of Fame, Mick?
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Lou Gramm has once again pulled back from talk of a Foreigner reunion, telling Dave Bassner of the VH1 Radio Network that he may retire "sooner than you think."
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Lou Gramm and Mick Jones will be appearing at next month's (Thursday, June 13) Songwriters Hall of Fame 44th Annual Induction and Awards Dinner in New York City, but get one thing straight.
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In the 1970s and 80s, his was one of the most dominant voices on radio, MTV and in stadiums across the globe.
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Mick Jones and Lou Gramm have had a long tumultuous relationship with numerous problems but the two will bury the hatchet on June 13 when they are inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. The former songwriting and performing bandmates split for the final time in 2003 over what Jones called a failure to communicate.
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"My prior band Spooky Tooth had broken up. I moved to New York City and was pretty much floundering. I was thinking about moving back to England, but then I wrote 'Feels Like the First Time' and it changed everything. It may sound corny, but it did feel like the first time for me," founding Foreigner guitarist Mick Jones tells Noisecreep about the band's 1977 debut single.
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Foreigner's Mick Jones will reunite with the band's original frontman Lou Gramm for the first time since 2003.
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Aerosmith's Joe Perry and Steven Tyler will be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, alongside Mick Jones and Lou Gramm of Foreigner, Holly Knight, JD Souther and Tony Hatch, The Associated Press reports.
Read MoreOn January 15th and 16th, Foreigner shot promotional material for their upcoming world tour.
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Foreigner 's music has been used on Glee both last season and this season.
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Foreigner guitarist Mick Jones says he seriously considered retirement after undergoing a bypass procedure in February.
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Congrats to Foreigner 's Mick Jones , who has been nominated to the 2013 Songwriters Hall of Fame along with Lou Gramm , with whom Jones co-wrote many of the songs performed by Foreigner.
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The wheel in the sky has been turning faster for acts like Journey in recent years as acts like them and jukebox heroes Foreigner reunite and fill arenas like it was 1983 all over again.
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Michael Bluestein, the keyboardist for Foreigner , has been forced to take an indefinite leave from the group after being diagnosed with colorectal cancer.
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Mick Jones, founder and guitarist for Foreigner, undergone what has been called "urgent" heart surgery.
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Both Foreigner guitarist and Mick Jones and King's X drummer Jerry Gaskill are recovering from heart ailments.
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Back in 1979, while working at my first radio job, I was sifting through the stack of 45′s we'd gotten from the record company that week.
Read MoreLegendary former Plain Dealer rock music critic Jane Scott passed away early this morning at 92.
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Eddie Van Halen and David Lee Roth. Frank Black (or Black Francis) and Kim Deal.
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The merch stands are peddling half a dozen per band; here's a tour that really knows its aging-as-disgracefully-as-possible audience.
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When Foreigner 's "Feels Like the First Time" blasted out of my high-quality, AM clock radio for the first time in March of 1977, I was hooked from the very first note.
Read MoreThe song first appeared on Foreigner's self-titled debut album in 1977, where it appeared as the second track.
Read MoreWe may still be in the letter J this week but at least the flute solos are gone.
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Journey, Foreigner and Styx have announced details of their first ever UK tour together, which will take place next year.
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Band founder Mick Jones was the sole original member of the group in the line-up.
Read MoreWhere I grew up, the kids weren't into Cheap Trick all that much.
Read MoreApparently for Jones, the answer was an easy "no," as he made the decision in 2004 to cut ties with longtime Foreigner singer Lou Gramm and move ahead with a new lineup featuring veteran singer Kelly Hansen (Hurricane) at the helm.
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