Gramm met Jones while the Englishman was in the band Spooky Tooth and Gramm was in Black Sheep. Joining Gramm and Jones for the 1999 version of Foreigner are bassist Bruce Turgon, a pal of Gramm's from their days in the group Black Sheep, drummer Brian Tichy, keyboard player Jeff Jacobs and saxophone player/guitarist Thom Gimbel. The name of the band was chosen by a vote after each member submitted a list of potential names. ![]() Gramm's condition brought him closer to Foreigner founder Mick Jones, who with Gramm is the only other original member of the sextet that included three Englishmen (guitarist Jones, drummer Dennis Elliott and keyboard player Ian McDonald) and three Americans (Gramm, bassist Ed Gagliardi and synthesizer player Al Greenwood). ![]() He says he still has much to look forward to, with the expected birth of twins, a boy and a girl, in November. He is on a strict diet and works out with a former Australian boxer. Gramm says he moves more gingerly on stage, but is relieved he is able to continue singing. Gramm's pituitary gland was badly damaged and the body changes followed. "Ten years ago, they wouldn't have been able to do anything about it," a thankful Gramm says. His tumor was removed by a Boston doctor who Gramm and his then-fiancee, Maria, saw on ABC-TV's "20/20." ![]() But by 1997, the 5-foot-7-1/2-inch, 145-pound singer who loved to drag race and attend boxing matches in his hometown of Rochester, N.Y., was forgetting telephone numbers, names and song lyrics.
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