Originally Posted by Neapolitan

Emerson, Lake and Palmer came out of the gate as a "super group" with high praises from the press ... or at least that is how it is depicted in their documentary. John Peel had this to say about ELP *quote* "A complete waste of time, talent and electricity."

Grand Funk Railroad was the first band to match (or break) The Beatles record for concert attendance. David Fricke of Rolling Stone magazine had this to say about GFR *quote* "You cannot talk about Rock in the 1970s without talking about Grand Funk Railroad!"

Badfinger had four world-wide hits, from '70 to '72. They were hailed as the next Beatles, before their untimely demise.

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