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  • 6/6/2025
They topped charts and packed stadiums—but behind the music, Foreigner was fighting a different kind of war. Breaking the Band: Foreigner reveals the creative clashes, power struggles, and personal tensions that led to dramatic exits and years of upheaval in one of rock’s biggest acts.

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00:00One critic called 4 a grand slam of nearly flawless rockers.
00:054 quickly becomes one of the biggest albums of the 80s.
00:10It came out and just took off.
00:12And it went to number one in the Billboard charts
00:15and stayed there for over 10 weeks.
00:17Taking the band's fame and fortune to a whole new level.
00:22We did very well out of it. You know, everybody did.
00:25Nothing was stopping them now.
00:26Foreigner may be on top, but for Mick, that's not enough.
00:32As he takes control of the band's new sound,
00:35pushing his and Lou's partnership to the breaking point.
00:39Mick Jones' mind was made up.
00:40This was a new direction for Foreigner that worked,
00:42and he was going to keep heading there.