Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame Proclaims Foreigner the "Lamest Single-Word Band Name of the 80's"

Cleveland, OH - The votes are in and "Foreigner" is the worst single-word band name of the 1980's according to a recent survey of 10,000 randomly selected members of the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame's email list.

"We're pretty pleased with the selection," said Mick Jones of Foreigner, "we're looking for all the press we can get to promote the tour we're currently on." Say what? "Yeah, we never really left the 80's behind. When our music stopped selling, we never stopped playing, we're reaching out to a whole new generation," replied Jones.

The list of candidates for the title of "worst single word name" was a long one: Journey; Jackyl; Whitesnake; Boston; Chicago; Eagles, The; Exodus; Poision; Queen; Slayer; Rush; Styx; Warrant; Genesis; Kansas; and Kiss. Duran Duran, although being the same word twice, was not elgible, nor was INXS because, although it was a single word, it is a homophone for 3 separate words and is not an actual English word.