We put out press releases to tell people what had happened to me and that I had a large weight gain but a lot of people still didn't know. The ones that didn't know were floored. That was a real humbling experience for me.

Shadow King soon disbanded. Lou Gramm with brother Ben Gramm (Drums) with friends Don Mancuso (Guitar) and Andy Knoll (Keyboards) and A. Lou Grammatico then became Lou Gramm and with the band initially known as "Trigger" and later renamed Foreigner became one of the most successful rock vocalists of the late 1970s and 1980s.

Lou Gramm (born Louis Andrew Grammatico; May 2 1950) is an American rock vocalist and songwriter best known for his role as the lead vocalist and co-writer of many of the songs for the rock band Foreigner. He also had a successful solo career.