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When the band does get a few days off. the members "find themselves a little niche somewhere and hide away Gramm's hideaway is a house in Upper Westchester County near New York, which he bought last Christmas. His other big purchase has been a "To tell you the truth, we've been so busy we haven't even had any time to spend much money, or get crazy, or sit on our success, or think about too much of anything. It's been a lot of work." Before he was asked to Join Foreigner, Gramm sang for several years with Black Sheep, a band from Rochester, N.Y; "We lacked experience," he said. "We could have used some guidance." In 1976, he left the band (which since has broken up) after getting a call from guitarist Mick Jones.

Jones was looking for a lead vocalist for his new band Foreigner and had liked Gramm's voice on one of the Black Sheep albums. AMONG THE songs Gramm has written or co-written for the group was "Hot Blooded," the band's first hit single from "Double Vision." (The title track is now number 3.) The song is a provocative rocker about a guy in a band like Foreigner, say trying to get something going with a girl for after the show. According to Gramm: "It's a bit tongue-in-cheek, but really, it is a problem meeting ladies on the road. You see somebody in the audience you want to meet, but after the show, by the time you're through doing By LYNN VAN MATRE Chicago Tribuna When it comes to debuts, one of the biggest splashes in recent years belongs to a band called Foreigner. Shortly after the group released its first album last year, "Foreigner," it became apparent that the New York-based sextet (three British musicians, three Americans) was going to be anything but foreign to American rock audiences.

The album sold 3 million copies a fairly spectacular feat for any group, let alone a new band and contained three hit singles, "Cold as Ice," "Feels Like the First Time," and "Long, Long Way from Home." SINCE THEN, a long, long way from home is where the members of Foreigner have been most of the time. "Other than taking some time off to record our second album, we've really been touring steadily for a year and a half now," said lead vocalist Lou Gramm of Foreigner, who'll be with the band Tuesday night at Cobo. That new album, of course, Is "Double Vision," which after 19 weeks on the charts is still a healthy number four. new car. "But not a Mercedes or anything," he added.

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