![]() film RADIO, and also in the swashbuckler SAHARA starring Matthew McConaughey. ![]() They had chart topping singles covering a span of 7 years. Their last appearance in the charts was 1975. We’re An American Band was featured in the Cuba Gooding Jr. Grand Funk Railroad first charted in 1969. We're an American Band by Grand Funk Railroad from We're an American Band 220 1 US artist 1 hit as Grand Funk produced by Todd Rundgren Capitol 3660 written by Don Brewer 13. ![]() The huge hit was featured in a General Motors national TV ad campaign and in Disney’s animated feature film The Country Bears. We’re An American Band has received notoriety in recent years being used in movie soundtracks and in television/radio advertising. This seething proto-grunge cut is proof that the band is a pioneer in its own right as well. Mega-hits We’re An American Band, I’m Your Captain/Closer To Home, Locomotion, and Some Kind Of Wonderful still receive continuous airplay on Classic Rock radio. Bad Time All the Girls in The World Beware (1974) From their tangy funk to a more polished pop, Grand Funk Railroad bewildered listeners anew with Bad Time. Their songs were little more than a slapdash collection of tepid riffs, trite lyrics, and simply atrocious singing. Let’s not pull our punches on this one: Grand Funk sucked. ![]() The fact that Grand Funk’s legacy still reigns over the Classic Rock landscape fifty years after its 1969 birth in Flint, Michigan is a testament to the group’s influence and staying power. One of a select few hard rock 1 hits, We’re An American Band is by far the best thing Grand Funk Railroad/Grand Funk ever did. Grand Funk laid the groundwork for such bands as Foreigner, Journey, Van Halen, and Bon Jovi with its signature hard-driving sound, soulful vocals, muscular instrumentation, and forceful pop melodies. In 1971, Grand Funk Railroad (GFR) was hard-rock group that filled stadiums, sold millions of albums but had only modest success with its singles. Grand Funk Railroad, sometimes shortened as Grand Funk, is an American hard rock band popular during the 1970s, which toured extensively and played to packed arenas worldwide. Known for their crowd-pleasing arena rock style, the band was well-regarded by audiences despite a relative lack of critical acclaim. The band’s name is a play on words of the Grand Trunk Western Railroad, a line that runs through the band’s home town of Flint, Michigan. ![]()
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