Jeff Giles and Matt Wardlaw

George Thorogood and the Destroyers seemed like unlikely candidates for a breakout hit in 1982.

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.

They stared down a crisis prior to the sessions for this sixth studio album, making a fateful personnel decision.

Ted Nugent, Tommy Shaw, Jack Blades, Michael Cartellone, Ron Nevison and John Kalodner discuss their short-lived supergroup.

After the Eagles dissolved in 1980, he quickly got to work on a new solo project.