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The Rock Hall Was Cold As Ice to Foreigner
“Somehow, I couldn’t sing a rock song at the Rock Hall of Fame when I’m being inducted? It doesn’t make any sense to me, and it sticks in my craw.”
Lou Gramm, the golden-voiced lead vocalist and co-founder of Foreigner, claims the organization screwed the band over during its induction segment at this year’s ceremony. Days before the induction ceremony, drummer Dennis Elliott angrily declared he wouldn’t be in attendance owing to a “totally unacceptable” schedule from the Rock Hall. “We found out last minute that it was the ‘new Foreigner’ who was gonna be playing,” Gramm added, “and Rick and Al would be standing there singing background vocals.” Still, the singer remains unsure if he would’ve stayed home had he known the extent of the Rock Hall’s jukebox villainy in advance.
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