Foreigner- Jeff Pilson Interview


Foreigner is at The Thomas Wolfe in Asheville on Tuesday (8/16). Though best known for his work as an original member of seminal 80’s rock band Dokken, Jeff has played bass and sung with a host of groups including rockers Dio and MSG, and his own bands War and Peace and Lynch/Pilson. Jeff also had a principal role in the 2001 Warner Brothers film Rock Star, alongside actors Mark Wahlberg and Jennifer Aniston. The Mountain’s Steve Richards caught up with Jeff to talk about his career and how he ended up with Foreigner.

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