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Is Foreigner the worst well known band of all time?

Posted on 2/4/17 at 5:12 pm
Posted by Jtigers99
Holly Beach, USA
Member since Dec 2014
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Posted on 2/4/17 at 5:12 pm
Gotta be close.
Posted by RockAndRollDetective
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2014
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Posted on 2/4/17 at 5:19 pm to
Nickelback says hold my beer.
Posted by genuineLSUtiger
Nashville
Member since Sep 2005
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Posted on 2/4/17 at 5:21 pm to
That honor goes to Bon Jovi.
Posted by MorbidTheClown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2015
67824 posts
Posted on 2/4/17 at 5:31 pm to
GTFO !
Posted by BigOrangeBri
Nashville- 4th & 19
Member since Jul 2012
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Posted on 2/4/17 at 6:20 pm to
There are many bands that are much worse.

Foreigner is a decent band
Posted by kingbob
Sorrento, LA
Member since Nov 2010
67580 posts
Posted on 2/4/17 at 7:01 pm to
Definitely up there
Posted by TheWalrus
Member since Dec 2012
42109 posts
Posted on 2/4/17 at 8:42 pm to
I had a six month period not too long ago where I really started liking some of their stuff. Then I realized how vapid it was and meh...
Posted by LSU Jax
Gator Country Hell
Member since Sep 2006
9202 posts
Posted on 2/4/17 at 8:46 pm to
Since this thread is about Foreigner I will go ahead and post my (probable) favorite song of theirs.

Dirty White Boy

Just like the guitars right out of the gate on this one.
Posted by tilco
Spanish Fort, AL
Member since Nov 2013
13689 posts
Posted on 2/4/17 at 9:01 pm to
No.......

Kiss
Posted by weptiger
Georgia
Member since Feb 2007
10682 posts
Posted on 2/4/17 at 9:11 pm to
If you are leaning on "I Wanna Know What Love Is" and "Waiting For A Girl Like You", I get it.

However, if you rollout "Dirty White Boy", "Feels Like The First Time" and "Long, Long Way From Home" I gotta say no as those songs have some solid guitar work.
Posted by 14&Counting
Dallas, TX
Member since Jul 2012
38559 posts
Posted on 2/5/17 at 10:39 am to
quote:

Gotta be close.


I'm not sure.....but they will do
Posted by Overbrook
Member since May 2013
6143 posts
Posted on 2/5/17 at 11:23 am to
I love 79s music and my favorite rock bands had their peak in the 70s, but it also had a lot of pop bands like Foreigner:
Kansas
Styx
Boston
Steve Miller


And then they had the easy listening pop bands:
Orleans
Air Supply
Little River

Posted by EA6B
TX
Member since Dec 2012
14754 posts
Posted on 2/5/17 at 12:05 pm to
Foreigner has existed almost in name only, they have had a revolving door of members that rival the average fitness club.

Current members

Mick Jones – lead guitar, keyboards, bass guitar, vocals (1976–)

Thom Gimbel – rhythm guitar, saxophone, flute, keyboards, vocals (1992–93; 1995–)

Jeff Pilson – bass guitar, vocals (2004–)

Kelly Hansen – lead vocals, percussion (2005–)

Michael Bluestein – keyboards, vocals (2008–)

Chris Frazier – drums, percussion (2012–)

Bruce Watson – lead guitar (filling in for Jones; 2011–)[24]

Former members
Dennis Elliott – drums, percussion, backing vocals (1976–92)

Lou Gramm – lead vocals, percussion (1976–90, 1992–2003)

Al Greenwood – keyboards, synthesizer (1976–80)

Ian McDonald – rhythm guitar, keyboards, saxophone, flute, backing vocals (1976–80)

Ed Gagliardi – bass guitar, backing vocals, (1976–79; died 2014)

Rick Wills – bass guitar, backing vocals (1979–92)

Jack Allen Smith – drums, percussion, backing vocals (1986)

Johnny Edwards – lead vocals, rhythm guitar (1990–92)

Jeff Jacobs – keyboards, synthesizer, backing vocals (1991–2007)

Mark Schulman – drums, percussion, backing vocals (1992–95, 2000–02, 2011–12)

Bruce Turgon – bass guitar, backing vocals (1992–2003)

Scott Gilman – rhythm guitar, saxophone, backing vocals (1993–1995)

Ron Wikso – drums, percussion (1995–98)

Brian Tichy – drums, percussion, backing vocals (1998–2000, 2007, 2008–10, 2011, 2012)

Denny Carmassi – drums, percussion (2002–03)

Jason Bonham – drums, percussion, backing vocals (2004–07, 2007–08)

Chas West – lead vocals, guitar (2004–05)

Paul Mirkovich – keyboards, synthesizer (2007–08)

Bryan Head – drums, percussion (2008)

Jason Sutter – drums, percussion (2010–11)

Ian Wallace – drums, percussion (played alongside Elliott in 1977; died 2007)

Bob Mayo – keyboards, synthesizer, rhythm guitar, backing vocals (1981–88; died 2004)

Mark Rivera – saxophone, flute, keyboards, rhythm guitar, backing vocals (1981–88, 1991–92)

Peter Reilich – keyboards, synthesizer (1981–82)

Lou Cortelezzi – saxophone (1988)

Larry Oakes – rhythm guitar, keyboards, synthesizer, backing vocals (1988)

Larry Aberman – drums, percussion (1991–92)

Scott Gilman – rhythm guitar, saxophone, flute, keyboards, backing vocals (1992, 1993–1995)

John Purdell – keyboards, synthesizer, backing vocals ( temporary substitute for Jacobs; 2000; died 2003)

Doug Aldrich – lead guitar (substitute for Jones; 2010)

Deen Castronovo – drums, percussion, backing vocals (temporary substitute for Schulman; 2011)

Joel Hoekstra – lead guitar (substitute for Jones; 2011)

Ollie Marland – keyboards, synthesizer (substitute for Bluestein; 2012)

Derek Hilland – keyboards, synthesizer (substitute for Bluestein; 2012–13)



This post was edited on 2/5/17 at 12:30 pm
Posted by nc14
La Jolla
Member since Jan 2012
28193 posts
Posted on 2/5/17 at 1:19 pm to
Chicago
America
Bread
Posted by Socrates Johnson
Madisonville
Member since Apr 2012
2210 posts
Posted on 2/5/17 at 10:33 pm to
quote:

Foreigner the worst well known band of all time


You misspelled Journey.
Posted by Marco Esquandolas
Member since Jul 2013
11503 posts
Posted on 2/6/17 at 1:50 am to
When in high school in the late '80's, I liked the early stuff from the '70's, but hated "4".

As an adult, I really don't care for their early stuff anymore, BUT, the adult in me really has grown to like "Foreigner 4".

Waiting For a Girl Like You & Urgent are good tunes, IMO.
Posted by Wtodd
Tampa, FL
Member since Oct 2013
67708 posts
Posted on 2/6/17 at 8:00 am to
No......Bruce Springsteen & his shite Street Band says hello
Posted by tarzana
TX Hwy 6--Brazos River Backwater
Member since Sep 2015
27136 posts
Posted on 2/6/17 at 8:13 am to
I think by the 1980s Chicago locked up the "worst band" category. That group started out good but devolved into rottenness after about 1976.
Posted by Thurber
NWLA
Member since Aug 2013
15402 posts
Posted on 2/6/17 at 2:10 pm to
yeah probably. they are truly awful.
Posted by geauxbrown
Louisiana
Member since Oct 2006
20570 posts
Posted on 2/7/17 at 1:55 am to
It's always so amusing when folks with zero musical education show this to the rest of us. To begin with, about 2% of the singers in rock bands could pull off the vocals to those Foreigner songs. Guy had an amazing arse vocal range. Don't believe me....try singing along to some of it.
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