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Foreigner ended the '80s as one of rock's most successful acts — and then they lost singer Lou Gramm to a solo career, forcing founder Mick Jones to start over for the band's seventh studio album.
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They stared down a crisis prior to the sessions for this sixth studio album, making a fateful personnel decision.
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After the Eagles dissolved in 1980, he quickly got to work on a new solo project.
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They'd ground to a bumpy halt after 1983's 'Kilroy Is Here.'
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How James Gang Brought ‘Rides Again’ Out of Chaos
"That was it," producer Bill Szymczyk tells UCR. "That was the great James Gang album. Period."
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They changed things up on this fourth studio project, but it wasn't easy – and tough times loomed ahead.