Grand Funk Railroad

You cannot talk about rock in the 1970s without talking about Grand Funk Railroad. And
you cannot talk about Grand Funk without talking about the hate: how critics pissed on
them from an arrogant height. I saw Grand Funk very early on, playing for flies in
Philadelphia in December 1969, and I heard in their panzer-trio brio what the snobs did not.
Born in Flint, Michigan, of the same local, white-R&B lineage as Bob Seger and Mitc... More >

This group is creating a stir, apparently because they play faster than Iron Butterfly. Which I grant is a step in the right direction. I saw them live in Detroit before I knew any of this. I enjoyed them for 15 minutes, tolerated them for five, and hated them for 40. This lp, their second, isn't as good as that performance. (Grade: C)