GRAND FUNK LIVES! WELCOME TO THE GREAT WHITE NOISE, EH ?
If Blue Cheer built the heavy metal colosseum, and Iron Butterfly opened it to the public, then it was Grand Funk Railroad who filled it to capacity night after night after night. Called everything from the Great White Noise to the World’s Largest AM Car Radio, Grand Funk encompassed everything that’s good and bad about heavy metal—and won acclaim from hordes of screaming fans, no matter which way they leaned.
GRAND FUNK LIVES! WELCOME TO THE GREAT WHITE NOISE, EH ?
Jeffrey Morgan
If Blue Cheer built the heavy metal colosseum, and Iron Butterfly opened it to the public, then it was Grand Funk Railroad who filled it to capacity night after night after night.
Called everything from the Great White Noise to the World’s Largest AM Car Radio, Grand Funk encompassed everything that’s good and bad about heavy metal—and won acclaim from hordes of screaming fans, no matter which way they leaned.
In the early days, however, they were so bad they were good. Visually and aurally, Grand Funk was the mega-death power trio of the early 70s. With their wigged-out Afros, bassist Mel Schacher and drummer Don Brewer were the two guys responsible for maintaining one of the most minimalistic rhythm sections in the history of rock while Funkmeister Supreme Mark Farner, dressed in armbands, a jumpsuit disguised as a pair of overalls, and waist-length hair, splattered out kinetijerk guitar solos, while jumping around like an electro-shock victim.