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Chula Vista · 11-13-2014, 09:37 AM

Snapshot: 1970

Something that's crucial to remember about back then was that there was only one way really to discover the new rock music that was coming out - word of mouth. There was no internet, no MTV, no advertising on television, nothing in mainstream newspapers or magazines, and underground FM radio was still very much in its infancy.

I found this album through a buddy at school. His older brother had bought it so we went over when he wasn't home and checked it out.

Grand Funk

I don't give a crap what anyone else says, the early stuff these guys were doing was the real precursor to a lot of the stripped down punk that came along in the late 70s. Bare bones, aggressive, and driving rock and roll with tons of attitude - this stuff simply kicked ass. And they put the bass guitar even more up front than The Who did.

I have vivid memories of me and my friend bouncing off of the walls to this album.

11-13-2014, 09:37 AM	#7 (permalink)
Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	Snapshot: 1970 Something that's crucial to remember about back then was that there was only one way really to discover the new rock music that was coming out - word of mouth. There was no internet, no MTV, no advertising on television, nothing in mainstream newspapers or magazines, and underground FM radio was still very much in its infancy. I found this album through a buddy at school. His older brother had bought it so we went over when he wasn't home and checked it out. Grand Funk I don't give a crap what anyone else says, the early stuff these guys were doing was the real precursor to a lot of the stripped down punk that came along in the late 70s. Bare bones, aggressive, and driving rock and roll with tons of attitude - this stuff simply kicked ass. And they put the bass guitar even more up front than The Who did. I have vivid memories of me and my friend bouncing off of the walls to this album. __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.” Last edited by Chula Vista; 11-13-2014 at 10:32 AM.