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Lou Gramm Calls Vivian Campbell "The True Spirit of Rock and Roll".

31/1/2023

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Lou Gramm has spoken of his time working with Vivian Campbell in the band Shadow King, praising the Irish guitarist and saying he has got “the true spirit of rock” in a new interview with eonmusic. The Foreigner founder was speaking ahead of his induction at the Metal Hall of Fame, which took place at The Canyon Club on Thursday night (26th January 2023).
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The 2023 Metal Hall of Fame saw Gramm on hand to accept his award, along with fellow inductees Raven, guitarists Chris Impellitteri and Doug Aldrich, and Twisted Sister who performed a highly-charged three song set which included staples ‘You Can’t Stop Rock and Roll’, and ‘Under the Blade’, and unstoppable anthem ‘We’re Not Gonna to Take it’.   

Formed by Gramm in 1990, Shadow King was an hard rock supergroup featuring future Def Leppard guitarist Vivian Campbell, drummer Kevin Valentine, and bass player Bruce Turgon. The band released one self-titled album in 1991.

Speaking about working with Campbell, Lou was full of praise for the player, and his time working with him. “It was fantastic. He was a great guy. I enjoyed working with him when we recorded the album and the one show we played", he said. "He was very creative. He’s got the true spirit of rock in him, and when Shadow King broke up, I’m glad he moved on to a great band like Def Leppard”.

In existence for just over a year, when asked what it was that broke Shadow King up, Lou responded; “I’m honestly not sure. I think there wasn’t a lot of record support, a lot of support from the label”.

Going on to talk about his legacy, and in particular ‘Foreigner 4’, which has sold over six million copies, the singer said; “It think the album is an awesome, awesome album, so I’m very proud of it”.  

Concluding, Gramm, who has suffered from health issues in the past said; “I feel good, you know? Looking back, those were great times”.

Meanwhile, in a story that has since went viral, eonmusic also caught up with Dee Snider at the bash, where the Twisted Sister singer confirmed there are "no plans" for the band to work together in there future following their appearance at the Metal Hall of Fame. 

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