Quello dei Grand Funk Railroad fu il primo grande mito dell'heavy metal. Le folle di "blue collar workers" che erano stati trascurati dal folk-rock,ĭal rock psichedelico e da tutta la rivoluzione musicale degli anni '60. Il piglio "proletario" del loro sound consenti` loro di raggiungere Intellettuali e le divagazioni artistiche, e concentrarsi sui "riff" e sui I Led Zeppelin in Gran Bretagna, il loro segreto era di eliminare le pose Senza fronzoli calzo` alla perfezione il nuovo stereotipo. Nel 1969 esplose il fenomeno dell'"hard-rock" e il loro stile I Grand Funk Railroad nacquero nel 1968 per proporre una fusione eccitante diīoogie e soul. Other band members joined Bob Seger’s band. The band sold over twenty millions of records in only six years in 1971 they broke the record of tickets in a tour (they sold more tickets in three days than the Beatles did) and generally they were a point of reference of all the future heavy metal bands.ģ0 Years of Funk (Capitol) is a very good anthology.įarner recorded two soloist albums, Mark Farner (Atlantic, 1977) e No Frills (Atlantic, 1978), then he tried to re-found the band until he retired from music after he converted to religion. Phoenix (1973), with Rock And Roll Soul, We're An American Band (1973), All The Girls In The World Beware (1974), Shinin' On (1974), Born To Die (1975) e Good Singin' Good Playin' (1976) still climbed the charts, even if GFR were continuously recycling their plain riffs and never going beyond the trivial refrain of We're An American Band, until they fell in he affected soul of Some Kind Of Wonderful (1974) and Bad Time (1975). Their success went on even when, in 1972, the band fired Knight and recruited a keyboardist, Craig Frost. Apart from their sound volume, Their intense boogie-soul never went beyond riff and elementary melodies. When they recorded Survival (Capitol, 1971) their automatisms were perfect.Į Pluribus Funk (Capitol, 1971) was probably their quintessential album of their career, full of impetuous anthems ( Footstomping Music) and political songs ( Stop The War, Save The Land). Limousine Driver from Grand Funk (Capitol, 1970), Closer To Home from Closer To Home (Capitol, 1970). Their most famous songs are Heartbreaker and Time Machine from On Time (Capitol, 1969), Mr. Like Led Zeppelin, their success was measured in albums, while few singles were proposed and none of them reached the top of the charts. Farner wrote quite all their music, but their manager, Terry Knight, was equally important. So GFR became the biggest attraction of rock ‘n’ roll, even if radios always refused to propose their millionaire hits (on the contrary they use this factor to publicize their "persecution"). But media had the "fault" of their success, since they heavily tried bring them down (because of their vulgar and rude music that was considered a reaction to the idealism of Woodstock), in a period were youngster fell in love with everything boycotted. Technically, this power-trio was by far less talented than Cream and Jimi Hendrix’ Experience. Its singer and guitar player Mark Farner and drummer Don Brewer formed Grand Funk Railroad with bass player Mel Schacher (formerly in Question And The Mysterias). The band was founded by members of Terry Knight & Pack, who realized two albums and one hit ( I Who Have Nothing, 1966). That of Grand Funk Railroad was the first great myth of heavy metal. Their "blue collar" attitude allowed them to reach out to a crowd that hadīeen traditionally neglected by rock music of the 1960s. Led Zeppelin in Bretain, the secret of GFR was to remove any intellectualĬontent and artistic digression from the blues-rock stew, and focus on the 1969 saw the advent of "hard-rock" and their no-nonsense Grand Funk Railroad were formed in 1968 to offer an exciting fusion ofīoogie and soul. ( Copyright © 1999 Piero Scaruffi | Legal restrictions - Termini d'uso ) Grand Funk Railroad: biography, discography, reviews, best albums, ratings
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