Foreigner’s Lou Gramm Drops Grudge Against Mick Jones and Records New Vocals for Unreleased Tracks

Lauren Novak April 8, 3:14 pm

Mick Jones and Lou Gramm of the band Foreigner collage — Getty Images

Foreigner’s singer-songwriter Lou Gramm has been quite busy as of late. Not only is he hard at work recording new vocals for a number of archival Foreigner tracks, including one called “Fool If You Love Him,” but he confirmed in a new Billboard interview that he buried the hatchet with Foreigner guitarist Mick Jones.

Gramm and Jones feuded publicly for a number of years, but, as Gramm told Billboard, ever since the band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2024, “Personally, I had to find a way to let go of some of the things I’ve been holding onto for years — and, like the song says, let it be.” Jones was not in attendance of the band’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction due to his battle with Parkinson’s disease, and Gramm and Jones are not currently directly in touch.

Rock musicians Mick Jones, on electric guitar, and singer Lou Gramm (born Louis Grammatico), both of the group Foreigner, perform onstage at Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, New Jersey, July 9, 1982.

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Gramm continued, “It’s a hackneyed sentiment, but it’s true — life’s too short. And a lot of the things that are blown up and made big deals about are easy enough to get over and humble yourself and reach out a little bit, ’cause what you’ve been mad about for the past 20 years is not a monumental thing.” Gramm, who has also had issues with Foreigner singer Kelly Hansen, who has handled vocal duties for the band since 2005, said that everything is good with the two of them now, too.

As for why the band has so much archival material to release, Gramm explained, “For every Foreigner album we always recorded three or four songs more than we needed, and we usually chose 10 songs and the rest were either done or almost done but were excellent. They fall by the wayside on times like this. There doesn’t seem to ever be a lack of material.”

Lou Gramm performs at the Paradise Artists Party during day 3 of the IEBA 2016 Conference on October 11, 2016 in Nashville, Tennessee

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In addition to being back in the recording studio, Gramm is heading out on tour with Foreigner for some international dates as Hanson cannot go outside of the U.S. currently due to “residency issues.” Gramm will be a part of eight concert dates in Latin America this year, with Canadian actor Geordie Brown, who was part of the musical Juke Box Hero, taking over singing duty for the fall shows in Canada.

Gramm did note he’d be up for joining in on more of the North American dates. In 2026, the band has planned a special tour for their 50th anniversary plus a documentary is in the works.