Desert Island Discs: Guilty Pleasures
Here’s what we’ll be packing way in the back of our luggage – way, way in the back – before our fateful seafaring journey.
Here’s what we’ll be packing way in the back of our luggage – way, way in the back – before our fateful seafaring journey.
A deeper dive actually finds more similarities than you might expect between Bad Company and Foreigner.
Long before he co-founded Foreigner, Mick Jones palled around with the Fab Four during the heady days of Beatlemania in 1964. Fast forward a decade, and he could be found working as a sideman on George Harrison’s Dark Horse album. Hopes to collaborate with Paul McCartney, however, have yet toRead More
Styx, Foreigner and the Eagles’ Don Felder didn’t just announce a blockbuster summer tour this week. They’ve also recorded a new collaborative version of “Hotel California,” and they’re thrilled with the results. You May Also Like: I Don’t Understand Styx’s ‘Mr. Roboto,’ But I Can’t Get Enough of It TotoRead More
“It’s Not the Same As Love,” the new Starship album’s lead track, bursts out with a lean, tough attitude — and Mickey Thomas rarely takes his foot off the gas again. Forget MTV-era hits like “We Built this City” and “Sara.” You May Also Like: Mickey Stephens and the PoorRead More
At just 19 years old, guitarist Mick Jones found himself opening for Beatles at the Paris Olympia as a sideman with Silvie Vartan. Before you knew it, they were drinking buddies. You May Also Like: The Beatles, “Leave My Kitten Alone” (1964/1995, ‘Anthology 1’): Deep Beatles ‘The Beatles and India’Read More
Foreigner’s Mick Jones will reunite with the band’s original frontman Lou Gramm for the first time since 2003. The occasion: Their induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame on June 13, 2013. You May Also Like: Rickie Lee Jones – ‘Kicks’ (2019) Norah Jones – ‘Pick Me Up Off theRead More
Foreigner guitarist Mick Jones says he seriously considered retirement after undergoing a bypass procedure in February. You May Also Like: Michael McDonald, Sept. 3, 1987: Shows I’ll Never Forget Heart – ‘Alive in Seattle’ (2003; 2017 reissue) How Norah Jones Examined a Deep Hurt on ‘… Little Broken Hearts’