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D-2Weekend North Jersey Herald-News, Friday, September 1985 at home on American charts very By Sean Daly For North Jersey Herald-New JL he name of their band may be Foreigner, but through eight years and six platinum albums, the musical combinations of vo- calist Lou "Gramm, guitarist Mick Jones, bassist Rick Wills and drummer Dennis Elliot has fpundja home at the top of the Amenrcan pop music charts. Singles like Cold as Ice, Double Vision, and Head Games each helped establish Foreigner as a leading voice during the pop-, rockera of the late 1970s. Today, after nearly two years, of silence, Foreigner finds itself back on top and on tour with the platinum LP, Agent Provacateur. We had to get to know our families again, Gramm said in a recent interview.SiJireigner 4 took us ayear in the studio, and from there we were on the road for almost another year. That tends to put quite a strain on your emotional and physical levels and your family can only take so much of that stuff.

With the release of the album in March came the first single, I Want to Know What Love Is, a song that Gramm finds appealing on different levels. "It doesnt pigeon-hole the theme to a man-woman relationship, he said. Anyone can feel the emotion thats in the lyrics and apply it to any Its just something that transcends the boundaries of a normal love song. Mick Jones wrote the song. It was something he had written at a very emotional moment in his life, and it was nothing he cared to play for us.

It was just by chance that we ended up hearing it isi Jones once insisted in an in-jf That scene comes right out of Rochester, N.Y., he recalled, laughing. That whole thing: standing in the rain, lis-, tening to hear whats going on, couldnt get a ticket I liveit regularly. I remember (Led) Zeppelin came to Rochester; I never heard him. (Jimi) Hendrix came; never heard him. I was always at the backstage door just trying to get a listen.

For each of their half dozen recordings, Foreigner has maintained a practice of selecting a different co-producer to work alongside Jones. This is a procedure that Gramm says tends to add a different chemistry to each album and help void getting the producers Know What Love Is was that of a full gospel choir, including soul mysic star Jennifer Holli-. day. On the road, the group is joined each night by a different local choir, or chorus of this number to end their, show. With the Success of the Love single, Gramm has become especially concerned about the mellow approach On many of Foreigners biggest hits, including their No.

1 hit from 1983, Waiting For A Girl Like, Yoy. Following its release, he suggested that Foreigner may elect not to; record any more ballads since they are not too keen on being tabled as a mellow The one pop ballad on Agent Provacateur shares the spotlight with several other more forceful recordings, including stamp time and time again. Although Agent Provocateur PligjMLlxJwasIlQihavebeenthe-singlesThat-was-Yester ItAnanlf i nt. a produced i by Trevor terview that he was not the leader of Foreigner, but instead, the groups spokesman. I things to peoples at- tention, he said.

Yet' despite his it was' Jones who started the' group (with co-founder Gramm). In addition, Jones coproduces all of the albums and writes ihost of the bands original material. Much of Foreigners musical influence comes from the experience of everday life. The single Juke Box Hero from Foreigner 4 was a tune that Gramm wrote in reflection of his childhood. was Alex Sadkin who was for the seat behind: the boards.

Sadkiri, who recently completed projects with Duran Duran and The Thompson Twins, was chosen, Gramm said, because Direction-wise, I was very concerned about the sound on this album, and Id noticed the fidelity of sound that Alex got on his records. One of the sounds which was incorporated on I Want to day and Reaction to Action. Gramm did not specify which styles he would emphasize when he enters the Atlantic studios to record his first 50I0 album in January 1986. However, he said Foreigner is just beginning to write songs for their next album, which he hopes to have in stores by Christmas 1986. Foreigner will be performing Sept 11 in the Meadowlands Arena, East Rutherford.

Foreigner four: from left, Lou Gramm, Midc Jones, Rick Wills and Dennis Elliott. light-hearted performance by the NJSO under its new director, Hugh Wolff. Call 762-2804. DONNY AND MARIE OSMOND: Will appear Sept. 22 at Club Bene Dinner Theatre, Route 35, Sayreville.

Show; will be at 5 and 9 pm. Call 727-3000. spvno GVBA Festivals JEWISH RENAISSANCE FAIR: Featuring Adventures on Torah Island, a Jewish Disney experience of famous characters, for adults and children, Sept 8 on the grounds of the Rabbinical Col-lege of America, 226 Sussex Morristown, beginning at-11 a.m. Ticket donations of $7.50 for adults, $5 for children, are tax deductibles Call 267-9404. Music CHEAP TRICK, HEARTRock groups will perform at the Garden State Arts-.

Center; Exit 116 on the Garden State Parkway at Holmdel, tonight at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 and $10. For information, call I 442-9200; tickets, 34342000. SAMMY DAVIS is appearing through Sept. 8 and Sept; 10-15 at Trump Casino in Atlantic City.

Shows are 8 and 11:30 p.m. this week and 7 and 10:30 p.m.' through the 15th. Tickets are available through the Trump Casino box office (800) 523-2803, or Ticketron, 343-4200. MUSIC OF THE BIG BAND: First concert of an free eight-part series beginning Sept 8 at 4 p.m. in the Theatre, 199 Scoles Clifton; sponsored by Mid- lantic BankNorth and the Passaic-Clifton YM-YWCA.

Call 779-2980. SPYRO GYRA: Perform at Modern Times, Jernee Mil Road in Sayreville, at 7:30 and 11 p.m. Sept 7. Show tickets are $15 or $27.50, including dinner. Call Ticket World or the Modern Times box office, 254-6700.

WATERLOO ARTS FESTIVAL: Music from the 50s will be featured Sept. 7 at 8:30 p.m. under the festival tent in. Stanhope. Performers include the Diamonds, the Teenagers, and Raparata and The Deirons.

Tickets are $18.50, $15 and $10. Call Ticketron, 343-4200. This and That ANTIQUE DOLL SHOW: From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept 8 at the Aspen Hotel, 808 Route 46 West and 1-80 in Parsippany.

Call 887-3092. ART EXHIBITION: The Jersey City Museum will present works by 11 comtempo-rary New Jersey photographers Sept 11 to Nov. 9. Hours at the museum, located on the fourth floor of the main library at the corner of Jersey Avenue and Montgomery Street, are 11:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Wednesday and 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday. There will be an opening reception for the artists and the public from 6 to 9 p.m. Sept 11.

Call 547-4514 or 451-0802. COMIC BOOK CONVENTION and PAPERBACK MINI-CON: From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept 8 at the Skyline Motor Inn, 10 Avenue and 49th Street, New York City. Admission $2.

Call 335-1849. Coming up ARMENIAN DAY: Armenians throughout the northeast will celebrate their culture and heritage in a day-long festival Sept 14; sponsored by Armenian Schools in New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania. The festival will.be held at the Garden State Arts Center, Holmdel. Call 967-0249. CAIMANO BAND: The fusion quintet will play all original compositions at The First Step Lounge, 21st Avenue and 24th Street, Paterson, at 10:30 p.m., midnight and 1:30 a.m.

Sept 12 and 19. FOREIGNER, JOE WALSH: At the Meadowlands Arena at 7:30 p.m. Sept 11 For tickets, contact Ticket World, Ticket World Charge or the Capitol Theater. Passaic. GLENN MILLER ORCHESTRA: Playing Sept 10 at Jimmy Byrnes Sea Girt Inn, Route 71, Sea Girt The benefit-dance will be a fund-raising event for Lavallettes 7474 ur cean Committee.

Call 793-, NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY ORCHES- a mair fund-raising gala at Liberty State Parks restored Victorian Train Terminal for Sept 11. The. black-tie event, Legehd in the Park, will include cocktails, dinner and a short, Back row, from left: Dave Samuels, Gerardo Velez; middle row: Kim Stone, Richie Morales, Tom Schuman and Jililo Fernandez; frdnt: Jay Beckenein..