At its sweat-dripping best, the legendary rock band Grand Funk emits a surging, elemental blast of hard rock heat. Now rock fans everywhere will be thrilled to learn they can once again warm themselves in front of the fire.
     
      The top selling American rock group of the 70’s is back. Grand Funk is newly reformed, stoked by the reissue of the group’s catalog on CD and the new box set Thirty Years of Funk, The Anthology by EMI-Capitol records. The group is also featured regularly on VH-1’s Behind the Music. After playing to more than a million fans on the band s ‘96, ’97, and ’98 tours, Grand Funk has just announced plans for a 2000-2002 tour that begins December 2, 2000 in West Palm Beach, Florida.
     
      Generally acknowledged as one of the precursors to heavy metal, Grand Funk laid the groundwork for such bands as Foreigner, Journey, Van Halen and Bon Jovi with its signature hard driving sound; a combination of soulful vocals, muscular instrumentation and forceful pop melodies.
     
      The fact that Grand Funk’s legacy still looms large over the pop music landscape... (More GRAND FUNK RAILROAD Biography)