Lou Gramm

Gramm was born on May 2, 1950, in Rochester, New York, the son of Nikki (born Masetta), a singer, and Bennie Grammatico, a band leader and trumpeter.{{cite web |url=http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20090128/ent/ent6.html |title=Jamaica Gleaner News – Family connections at Jazz and Blues – Entertainmen |publisher=Jamaica-gleaner.com |date=January 28, 2009 |access-date=November 3, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303021237/http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20090128/ent/ent6.html |archive-date=March 3, 2009 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.mpnnow.com/news/x574733728 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130129105348/http://www.mpnnow.com/news/x574733728 |title=A 'Foreigner' no more, Gramm loves the hometown crowd |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 29, 2013 |access-date=December 18, 2012 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.rochestermusiccoalition.org/halloffame/ |title=Hall of Fame |publisher=Rochester Music Coalition |date=January 29, 2009 |access-date=November 3, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105012537/http://www.rochestermusiccoalition.org/halloffame/ |archive-date=November 5, 2013 |url-status=dead }} He attended Gates-Chili High School in Rochester, graduating with the class of 1968, and majored in education and art at Monroe Community College.{{Cite web|url=https://wfgr.com/just-between-you-and-me-by-lou-gramm-classic-hit-or-miss/|title='Just Between You and Me' – by Lou Gramm – Classic Hit or Miss|first=Matt|last=Hendricks|website=Greatest Hits 98.7 WFGR|date=November 29, 2011 }}

Gramm became front man for the band Black Sheep. Black Sheep was the first American band signed to the Chrysalis label, which released their first single, "Stick Around" (1974). Soon after this initial bit of success, Black Sheep signed with Capitol Records, releasing two albums in succession: Black Sheep (1975) and Encouraging Words (late 1975). They were the opening act for Kiss when an accident with their equipment truck on the ice-covered New York State Thruway suddenly ended the band's tour on Christmas Eve, 1975. Unable to support its albums with live performances, Black Sheep disbanded.{{cite web |title=Lou Gramm Rock Block |url=https://www.houstonseagle.com/entertainment/music/lou-gramm-rock-block/4NiGTpAn8RvlfrVASut6RK/ |website=houstonseagle.com |date=May 2013 |publisher=Cox Media Group |access-date=February 1, 2021}}

A year earlier, Gramm met his future bandmate Mick Jones. Jones was in Rochester New York performing with the band Spooky Tooth, and Gramm had given Jones a copy of Black Sheep's first album (S/T). It was early in 1976, not long after Black Sheep's truck accident, when Jones, in search of a lead singer for a new band he was assembling, expressed his interest in Gramm and invited him to audition.{{cite web |last1=Wildsmith |first1=Steve |title=Now more than two decades sober, Foreigner's Lou Gramm reflects on the dark days of his addiction |url=https://www.thetiesthatbindus.org/now-more-than-two-decades-sober-foreigners-lou-gramm-reflects-on-the-dark-days-of-his-addiction/ |website=thetiesthatbindus.org |publisher=The Ties That Bind Us |access-date=March 4, 2021}}

Gramm traveled to New York to audition and got the job. Lou Grammatico then became Lou Gramm. The band, which was initially known as "Trigger," was later renamed "Foreigner". With Foreigner, Gramm became one of the most successful rock vocalists of the late 1970s and 1980s.{{Cite web|url=https://foxvalleymagazine.com/interview-with-juke-box-hero-lou-gramm-the-original-voice-of-foreigner/|title=Interview with Juke Box Hero Lou Gramm, The Original Voice of Foreigner|website=foxvalleymagazine.com|date=April 3, 2019 }}

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Foreigner's first eight singles cracked the Billboard Top 20, making them the first band since The Beatles to achieve this milestone.{{cite web |title=Lyrical Genius |url=https://apnews.com/article/8533c7aae81e4f6dbd96564b31732ed0 |work=Associated Press|date=September 5, 2018 |access-date=February 1, 2021}} Gramm performed vocals on all of Foreigner's hits including "Urgent", "Juke Box Hero", "Break It Up", "Say You Will", and "I Don't Want to Live Without You".{{cite news |last1=Peake |first1=Steve |title=Top Foreigner and Lou Gramm Solo Songs of the '80s |url=https://www.thoughtco.com/foreigner-and-lou-gramm-solo-songs-of-the-80s-10672 |newspaper=Thoughtco |publisher=dotDash |access-date=February 5, 2021}} He co-wrote most of the band's songs, including the hit ballads "Waiting for a Girl Like You", which spent ten weeks at #2 on the 1981/82 American Hot 100, and "I Want to Know What Love Is", which was a number one hit in eight countries.

Gramm and Jones had a volatile chemistry. Gramm wanted the band to remain true to its purer rock origins, favoring music with a solid drum and guitar structure, whereas Jones embraced the 1980s style of synthesizer ballads.{{cite web |title=The Foreigner Strut: Mick Jones and Lou Gramm's Sweet Science of Swagger |url=https://www.the-dowsers.com/the-dowser-posts/foreigner-strut-mick-jones-lou-gramms-sweet-science-swagger|date=October 16, 2024 |access-date=October 16, 2024}} Gramm has called the 4 album (1981) the high point of his work with Foreigner.{{cite web |title=Lou Gramm recalls Foreigner's hits and forging 'arena rock' |date=April 17, 2024 |url=https://woub.org/2024/04/17/lou-gramm-on-foreigners-rock-hall-nomination-forging-arena-rock-ahead-of-saturday-show-in-akron/|publisher=woub.org |access-date=October 16, 2024}} Foreigner's next album, Agent Provocateur (1984), took three years to release due to the ongoing creative differences between Jones and Gramm.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/agent-provocateur-mw0000650158|title=Allmusic: Review of Agent Provocateur by Bret Adams|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=June 27, 2015}} The band released Inside Information in 1987.{{cite web |title=Inside Information |url=https://www.rhino.com/aod/inside-information-foreigner |website=rhino.com |date=December 27, 2018 |access-date=January 31, 2021}}

Gramm released his first solo album, Ready or Not, in January 1987 to critical acclaim.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/r8480|title=Allmusic: Review of Ready Or Not by Bret Adams|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=September 27, 2011}} The single "Midnight Blue" reached the top five.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/Lou-Gramm|title=Lou Gramm Chart History|magazine=Billboard}}

Also in 1987, Gramm contributed the song "Lost in the Shadows" to the soundtrack for the comedy horror film The Lost Boys.

A second solo effort, Long Hard Look (October 1989), included the top ten hit "Just Between You and Me" as well as "True Blue Love", reached the Top 40. The album also included "Hangin' on My Hip", which was featured in the 1990 film Navy SEALs.{{cite web |title=Lyrical Genius |url=https://apnews.com/article/8533c7aae81e4f6dbd96564b31732ed0 |work=Associated Press|date=September 5, 2018 |access-date=January 31, 2021}}

Gramm announced his departure from Foreigner in May 1990 due to differences with Jones, and to focus on his solo career.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_XWzU9h88asC&pg=PT119 |title=Juke Box Hero: My Five Decades in Rock 'n' Roll |last1=Gramm |first1=Lou |author-link1=Lou Gramm |last2=Pitoniak |first2=Scott |date=May 1, 2013 |page=119 |location=Chicago, Illinois |publisher=Triumph Books |isbn=978-1623682057 |access-date=August 23, 2019 }}

Gramm also formed Shadow King with close friend and former Black Sheep bassist Bruce Turgon; their 1991 self-titled album was released by Atlantic Records. Despite positive reviews, the group did not enjoy the level of marketing and promotional support necessary to sustain a new project and soon disbanded. Also in 1991, Gramm contributed the song "One Dream" to the movie Highlander II: The Quickening.{{cite web |last1=Rosenthal |first1=Nicole |title=The Real Reason Singer Lou Gramm Quit Foreigner |url=https://www.grunge.com/235631/the-real-reason-singer-lou-gramm-quit-foreigner/ |website=grunge.com |date=August 11, 2020 |access-date=February 1, 2021}}

Gramm rejoined Foreigner in May 1992 after working out his differences with Jones during the Los Angeles riots.{{cite news |url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/1999/jun/25/with-foreigner-relations-repaired-and-the-double-v/ |title=With Foreigner relations repaired and the double vision working again |last=Renzi |first=David |work=Las Vegas Sun |date=June 25, 1999 |access-date=August 23, 2019 }} In 1994, Foreigner released the album Mr. Moonlight on the Rhythm Safari label which, although relatively successful in Europe, was not as widely marketed or distributed in the U.S. Still, "Until the End of Time" made inroads at adult contemporary radio, peaking at number 8.{{cite magazine |title=Foreigner |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/foreigner/chart-history/asi/ |magazine=Billboard|access-date=February 2, 2021}}

In 1996, Jones invited Gramm to perform backing vocals on a cover version of "I Want to Know What Love Is" he was producing for the Australian singer Tina Arena. The song went on to become a major hit again throughout Europe.{{citation needed|date=August 2019}}

In 1997, Gramm provided vocals for Christian rock band Petra's album entitled Petra Praise 2: We Need Jesus.{{cite web |title=Petra Praise 2: We Need Jesus |url=https://christianmusicarchive.com/album/petra-praise-2-we-need-jesus |website=christianmusicarchive.com |access-date=February 1, 2021}}

In April 1997, on the eve of a Japan tour, Gramm was diagnosed with a benign brain tumor and underwent surgery.{{cite news |url=http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/news/lou-gramm-why-my-foreigner-affair-turned-sour/ |last=Barton |first=Geoff |title=Gramm: Why My Foreigner Affair Turned Sour |work=Classic Rock |date=May 13, 2009 |access-date=June 18, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090517041325/http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/news/lou-gramm-why-my-foreigner-affair-turned-sour/ |archive-date=May 17, 2009 }} He continued to work with Jones throughout his illness. By 1998, Gramm was back touring with Foreigner.{{cite news |last1=Sculley |first1=Alan |title=Grandstand concert preview: Foreigner celebrates 40 years |url=https://www.sj-r.com/special/20180811/grandstand-concert-preview-foreigner-celebrates-40-years |newspaper=The State Journal-Register |publisher=Gannett Co. |access-date=February 2, 2021}}

In early 2003, Gramm departed from Foreigner for good.{{Cite web|url=https://wmgk.com/2019/01/17/lou-gramm-details-why-he-retired-from-the-road/|title=Lou Gramm Details Why He Retired from the Road|date=January 17, 2019|website=102.9 WMGK}}

The Lou Gramm Band released a Christian rock album in 2009.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thefix.com/content/foreigners-lou-gramm-drug-addiction91654|title=Foreigner Frontman Is Born Again Sober|first=McCarton|last=Ackerman|date=May 16, 2013|website=The Fix}}

In May 2013, Lou released his autobiography Juke Box Hero - My Five Decades in Rock 'n' Roll.{{Cite book|last=Gramm|first=Lou|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/1090198368|title=Juke box hero : my five decades in rock 'n' roll|date=September 24, 2019|publisher=Triumph Books |isbn=978-1-62937-758-2|oclc=1090198368}}

Gramm was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame on June 13, 2013.{{cite news|url=https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2017/07/21/lou-gramm-sang-again-foreigner-happen-friday-darien/498773001/|title=Lou Gramm finally sang again with Foreigner Thursday, but not expected to at Darien|work=Democrat and Chronicle|date=July 21, 2017|access-date=August 23, 2019}} On July 20, 2017, Gramm joined Foreigner for three songs during an encore at Jones Beach Theatre in Long Island, New York. On December 29, 2018, Gramm announced on stage in Schenectady, New York that he was retiring from touring.[https://www.musicnewsnet.com/2018/12/low-gramm-announces-his-last-solo-show.htm] {{dead link|date=February 2020}} However, he stated that he would continue to release studio music and perform occasional live shows including The Lopen,{{Cite web|url=https://coolcleveland.com/2015/05/lopencharity-announces-star-studded-lineup-for-akronchildrens-benefit/|title=2015 LOPen Charity Event Weekend|date=May 19, 2015|website=CoolCleveland|language=en-US|access-date=January 23, 2020}} a celebrity concert{{Cite news|url=https://inside.akronchildrens.org/2015/06/30/lopen-delivers-smiles-rocks-the-night-away/|title=LOPen delivers smiles, rocks the night away|date=June 30, 2015|website=Inside Children's Blog|language=en-US|access-date=January 23, 2020}} produced by Howard Perl Entertainment{{Cite web|url=https://allevents.in/northfield/howard-perl-lopen-presents-the-voice-of-foreigner-lou-gramm-and-starship-with-original-frontman-mick/698225160289474|title=Howard Perl/LOPen Presents.... (the voice of Foreigner) LOU GRAMM & STARSHIP (with original frontman Mickey Thomas) - DONATIONS ONLY!!!|website=allevents.in|language=en|access-date=January 23, 2020}} to benefit children at Akron Children's Hospital.

In 2019, Gramm toured on a bill with Asia Featuring John Payne, where they also acted as his backup group.{{cite news |title=LOU GRAMM Performs FOREIGNER Classics With ASIA FEATURING JOHN PAYNE in Collingswood, New Jersey (Video) |url=https://search.blabbermouth.net/news/lou-gramm-performs-foreigner-classics-with-asia-featuring-john-payne-in-collingswood-new-jersey/ |website=blabbermouth.net |date=January 29, 2019 |access-date=February 2, 2021}} Gramm performed lead vocals on the track "Sometimes" on the 2019 album The Secret by Alan Parsons.{{Cite web|url=https://www.loudersound.com/news/alan-parsons-teams-up-with-lou-gramm-for-new-track-sometimes.|title=Alan Parsons teams up with Lou Gramm for new track Sometimes|date=April 12, 2019|website=loudersound.com}}File:Lou Gramm (Foreigner).jpg

Gramm told RockBandReviews.com in 2019 that he was planning to release some new solo material later that year. "I'm working on some things now that were extra songs on my solo albums," he said. "If there's 10 songs on the album, you usually record 13 and pick the best 10, or the 10 that are finished. So the other three have been sitting around for 25, 30 years, and I went back recently and listened to them, and they sounded so good that I finished them. Starting in about two months, maybe three months, I will release three songs on downloads and see how that works out. So those songs will be heard for the first time. And then in another three or four months, there's going to be three more new songs released. So that could be going on for six or eight months, and we'll see what happens."

Gramm also said he is "thinking about" releasing a greatest-hits package of his non-Foreigner works.{{Cite web|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/lou-gramm-is-planning-to-release-six-new-songs-this-year/|title=LOU GRAMM Is Planning To Release Six New Songs This Year|date=March 7, 2019|website=Blabbermouth.net}}

In 2024, Gramm was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Foreigner alongside Mick Jones, Ian McDonald, Al Greenwood, Dennis Elliott, Ed Gagliardi, and Rick Wills. Coinciding with their upcoming induction, Foreigner released their new song "Turning Back the Time" with Gramm on the vocals which was recorded from the early 2000s. Gramm told Billboard earlier this year. “There were about eight or nine of them. We didn’t have a record company then, so we were waiting to see what happened. Then Mick and I had a huge falling out, and I left the band…. So now Mick’s got the copy and I don’t have one and I don’t know if he’s ever gonna do anything with them. I kind of doubt it, but I would like to at least listen to those roughs that we did. Those were great ideas.”{{cite web |title=Foreigner shares unreleased Turning Back the Time' Song|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/foreigner-turning-back-the-time-song-1235756355/|website=billboard.com |access-date= October 16, 2024}}

Gramm is considered one of the greatest and most successful rock vocalists of all-time. Circus magazine in 1978 upon the release of Hot Blooded commented that Lou Gramm had a voice that Robert Plant might envy.{{cite web |title=LOU GRAMM The Original Voice of Foreigner|url=https://www.wfmj.com/calendar#!/details/lou-gramm-the-original-voice-of-foreigner/14006380/2024-11-30T20|website=wfmj.com |access-date= October 16, 2024}} Variety noted that Gramm is one of rock and roll's premier vocalists.{{cite web |title=Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Highlights: Cher, Peter Frampton and More |url=https://variety.com/2024/music/news/rock-roll-hall-fame-cher-foreigner-cleveland-induction-ceremony-1236183988/ |website=variety |date=October 20, 2024 |access-date= October 22, 2024}} Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull was a big fan of Gramm, he stated "Head and shoulders above all rock singers for me is Lou Gramm—incredible precision and diction. You can hear every word he sings, unlike the majority of singers before and since. He had decorative elements in his delivery that weren’t overdone." Gramm is ranked the second greatest Album-oriented Rock vocalists of all-time in a Louder article published on January 14, 2024.{{cite web |title=The 40 best AOR vocalists of all time|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/best-aor-singers|website=loudersound.com |date=January 31, 2024 |access-date= October 16, 2024}}

In 1992, Gramm, after having completed a stint in drug rehabilitation, became a born again Christian.

In April 1997, Gramm was diagnosed with a type of brain tumor called a craniopharyngioma. Although the tumor was benign, the resulting surgery damaged his pituitary gland. In addition, the recovery program had caused Gramm to gain weight and likewise affected his stamina and voice.

Since 2023, Gramm has been back on tour with his band the Lou Gramm Allstars. He has new music in the works to be released soon. He enjoys spending time with his five children during his downtime. He is also touring under "Lou Gramm, The Original Voice of Foreigner" with John Payne's Asia as his backing band playing solo and classic Foreigner hits.

• 1974: Stick Around / Cruisin' (For Your Love) – 45 single
• 1975: Broken Promises – 45 single
• 1975: Black Sheep
• 1975: Encouraging Words

{{Main|Foreigner discography}}

• 1988: Foreigner in a Strange Land
• 1993: The Best of the Early Years

(note: These are releases of much older recordings)

• 1991: Shadow King

• 2004: Welcome to the Revolution

(note: one track only)

• Lou Gramm – lead vocals, percussion (2003–present)
• Ben Gramm – drums (2003–2016, 2018, 2023–present)
• Michael Staertow – lead guitar, backing vocals (2012–2018, 2024–present){{Cite web |date=December 6, 2024 |title=Live Review: Lou Gramm All Stars • Arcada Theatre • St. Charles : Illinois Entertainer |url=https://illinoisentertainer.com/2024/12/live-review-lou-gramm-all-stars-arcada-theatre-st-charles/ |access-date=2025-05-24 |website=illinoisentertainer.com}}
• Scott Gilman – saxophone, rhythm guitar, backing vocals (2016–2018, 2023–present)
• Jeff Jacobs – keyboards, backing vocals (2017–2018, 2023–present)
• Tony Franklin – bass (2023–present){{Cite web |last= |date=2023-05-16 |title=Original FOREIGNER Singer LOU GRAMM Announces 'Lou Gramm All Stars' 2023 Tour |url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/original-foreigner-singer-lou-gramm-announces-lou-gramm-all-stars-2023-tour#google_vignette |access-date=2025-05-24 |website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET |language=en}}
• Carol-Lyn Liddle – backing vocals (2023–present)

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{{2024 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame}}

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