With 13 gold and 10 platinum records, the band brings classic rock to life by selling out shows in. NO FRILLS set the stage for Grand Funk’s 1981 return by having eventual new GFR bassist Dennis Bellinger playing on it. Grand Funk Railroad continues to tour throughout the world.
NO FRILLS could be described as something of a return to Grand Funk’s CLOSER TO HOME. Of Mark Farner’s pre-Frontline Records albums (which I really like and find inspiration from), his 1978 solo album NO FRILLS is just that. PHOENIX is something of a freewheeling grab bag in the way that GOOD SINGIN’, GOOD PLAYIN’ is for me. Grand Funk has released 13 studio album, 4 live albums, 8 albums and 25 singles. The band is most notable for their peak in popularity during the 1970s. It is not completely unlike the punchier “Black Licorice” that for me features on WE’RE AN AMERICAN BAND. Grand Funk Railroad (shortened to Grand Funk) is an American hard rock band formed in 1969. Frank Zappa adds another hot guitar solo, ala GFR’s “Out to Get You,” on the FLINT rocker “Better You Than Me.”) Musically, I like “She Got to Move Me,” which features drummer Don Brewer on lead vocal. (I really like the FLINT album that Frost recorded with Don & Mel, too. “Someone” is quite vulnerable in addition to showcasing Craig Frost (Organ, Clavinet, Harpsichord, Piano). “Flight of the Phoenix” and “Trying to Get Away” are a one-two punch in the way that “We’re an American Band” and “Stop Lookin’ Back” were for Grand Funk’s follow-up.
PHOENIX does have some foot-stompin’ music on it.
