SURVIVAL - GRAND FUNK - CAPITOL ST 746

The message of Survival is simple: Grand Funk understand. At a time when it doesn�t seem like anyone else cares, Grand Funk seek out, and speak for, an audience of young kids, clearly and concisely.

Secondly, Grand Funk is one fuckin� good rock�n�roll band. They kick out a set of jams that are extremely diversified (given the genre) for two solid sides here, with only one really bad cut among them. Rather than perfectly honed, stylized-Los Angeles session man music, Grand Funk play rock�n�roll, stripped to the bone. Just getting on with it. This is Midwestern, AMERICAN rock�n�roll, all the antecedents assimilated, readily accessible if you�re looking to nit-pick, but totally viable on its own terms.