foreign in what way? I'm from the U.S., but music from Ireland, U.K., and Austrailia isn't really "foreign" in my opinion; language and ethnicity are far more important than national boundaries.
With that said, I listen to a lot of "foreign" music. I think my record collection (foreign or English speaking) just hit 3,000, so I hope that says something. Since around 14 I've been trying to archive and catalog international punk that comes from countries outside of North America and the U.K. The list is endless, actually. I've also gotten really into worldwide Folk recently, and I've discovered French Pop from the 50's and 60's, which is awesome. Traditional Roma (Gypsy) music has also caught my attention recently, and a lot of (asinine sub-genre)-Metal from all over the world, primarily Europe, passed under my radar when I was younger.
If anyone wants the aformentioned punk, just hit me up. Little of it is under copyright and can be freely distributed (as all Punk should be). I actually came across a comprehensive Russian compilation with recordings circa 1976-1989 which is really interesting. Most of the bands never released EPs or LPs for obvious reasons, and for many of them the perception of what Punk is was skewed due to Soviet control of the media, so the music ends up being a mixture between Punk and a number of other genres, including traditional Russian Folk.
I can't really list favorites without careful and time consuming consideration, so I'm not going to. I've been listening to a lot of Francoise Hardy (France) recently though. She's certainly worth listening to, and the Bloodstains Across Spain compilation has a lot of awesome early 80's Spanish punk bands on it, and I've had that on heavy rotation recently. Boris, from Japan, are an awesome Zappa meets My Bloody Valentine meets Throbbing Gristle freak out that I didn't even know existed until a couple months ago. All of the original Industrial, Electronica, and "Kraut Rock" bands from Germany are essential; Kraftwerk and Einsturzende Neubauten being two of the most important. All of the Swedish and Finnish Hardcore bands from the 80's were exceptional; Mob 47, Larm, Anti-Cimex. Raw Power are an essential Italian Hardcore band. We haven't even gotten to the Classical and Neo-Classical composers yet....
....so my answer is yes, I listen to bands that do not speak English, and no, bands from the U.K. are not foreign in the same sense. We share an interwoven history of Rock 'N' Roll and an entire language, the two countries cannot be musically seperated. The same can be said for the music of former British colonies (Ska, Reggae, Dancehall, Rock Steady).
When I'm on off-topic music threads I can't help but hear Atom and His Package over and over again in my head. They look like cadavers if cadavers had long hair.
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