Grand Funk Railroad
Grand Funk Railroad hailed from Flint, Michigan, and started life
in 1965 as a trio - originally called Terry Knight & The Pack.
After one self-titled album (1966) and a number of low-key
singles, Terry Knight subsequently became the band's manager and
virtually hustled Farner, Brewer and Mel Schacher on to the road
to fame and fortune. They were joined in 1972 by keyboard player
Craig Frost.
 Until Capitol signed them, record companies had shied away from
the band. Critics hated them - but the young record buyers loved
them.
They appreciated the volume and saw the value in a band who
could produce an album track entitled T.N.U.C (read it
backwards) on their debut album, On Time. And 'loud,
white noise' as it was called at the time, enjoyed a terrific
following particularly in the US.
By 1970, Grand Funk Railroad had established themselves as
America's top-rated heavy metal band.
Their concerts were a
sell-out - the strength of their appeal was the aggression of
their music, stemming from their origins in the
highly-industrialised Michigan.
In 1976, the group made Born To Die, which they
planned as a farewell album, although they did stay together to do
sessions with Frank Zappa on Good Singin', Good Playin'
later that year.
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