Watch rock and roll history with one of music s most anticipated reunions.
Both incarnations of the band share the same stage for an epic performance. "So, 'Live At The Rainbow '78' is kind of a late apology to our fans.Foreigner, Double Vision Then And Now takes viewers behind the scenes as original band members join Mick Jones and FOREIGNER s current lineup for the very first time in the band s 40-year history.
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Of course there are some live recordings of us from this or a somewhat later phase, but nothing like 'Free Live', 'The Song Remains The Same', 'Made In Japan', 'Live And Dangerous' or even 'Captured' from our AOR rivals Journey", Louis Andrew Grammatico, as the singer is called by his full name, pushes the same horn. "The double live album, as all the other top rock bands released it, we couldn't manage back then. And even if some songs and hits of the albums "Head Games" (1979) and "4" (1981) released afterwards are missing, the technically excellently prepared CD makes the whole thing something like the "classical" live album of the group. I don't know whether we were better as a band before or after," Jones adds another superlative. "I remember the London audience really drove us crazy. The restored live recording has now been released as Blu-ray or DVD/CD 41 years after the event. And for me as a New Yorker it was an experience to be taken seriously in the homeland of great role models like Paul Rodgers and Robert Plant." "After all, it was the first time they felt that they had become a big name in their home country after Foreigner's formation in New York City. "The concert already meant a lot to Mick, Ian and Dennis," said the US-American Gramm about the show in April '78. In the line-up of the first two albums with Jones, Gramm, the English multi-instrumentalist Ian McDonald (ex-King Crimson), the London drummer Dennis Elliott (ex-If, Ian Hunter, Ashton & Lord) and the US musicians Ed Gagliardi (bass) and Al Greenwood (keyboards), the homecoming concert of the English band faction took place a few weeks before the release of the second album "Double Vision". But even without a lot of new material we have so many songs and hits in the setlist that we can always leave out potential live hits, because otherwise we would have to play for three hours"Īfter the concert at London's Rainbow I had the feeling: "Damn it, I did everything right," Jones remembers.
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I would at least release one or the other new song as stream or download if Mick doesn't want to record a complete album. But today's music business doesn't give away such sales figures - at least for rock bands like us. "But I can understand him well, he's used to writing a song, recording it and selling it a million times over. "Yes, Mick is very special", Kelly Hansen, successor of Lou Gramm at Foreigner for 14 years, tries to explain diplomatically why there is only one single longplayer with new songs - released ten years ago - of the current line-up with "Can't Slow Down". But instead there are appearances with the original line-up, a live recording from 1978 and a European tour with orchestra and the current line-up without Gramm & Co. Lou Gramm is more realistic and would record something with Jones just for fun - whether under the name Foreigner or not. He mourns the gold and platinum years after the release of a Foreigner album, when he became considerably richer. Mick Jones is still having a hard time recording new material with Foreigner.
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