Foreigner frontman Kelly Hansen has opened up about his decision to leave the band after 20 years, saying he will spend his time “cooking and tinkering with cars” but refused to call it “retirement.” “I really am not troubled by living a smaller life. I really am not. I mean, I’ve lived, my whole life has been loud music and bright lights and a lot of s--t,” the musician told People magazine. Hansen, who joined the band in 2005 as a replacement for the original frontman Lou Gramm, announced in May during NBC’s The Voice that he would be leaving the band. It was revealed during the same episode that guitarist Luis Maldonado would be stepping in as his replacement. Hansen had been mulling the decision to quit ever since the COVID-19 lockdowns, when he enjoyed all four seasons from his L.A. h

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