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Grand Funk Railroad is an American rock band that was very popular throughout the 1970s.
Formed in 1969 by Mark Farner (vocals, guitar), Don Brewer (drums) and Mel Schacher (bass).
Craig Frost (keyboards) was later recruited around 1972. Grand Funk Railroad has sold in excess of 25 million records to this date, 10 million of which were in 1970 alone. They were a top concert draw and often cited as “the loudest rock and roll band in the world.”
Early in their career they headlined a much hyped free concert in Hyde Park - whilst virtually unknown in the UK. They also opened for Led Zeppelin in Michigan, their home state.
The name Grand Funk Railroad, is a play on Michigan’s “Grand Trunk Western Railroad” line.
In 1968, suburban Michigan teens Don Brewer and Mark Farner quit Terry Knight & The Pack and recruited ? and the Mysterians bass player Mel Schacher to form a “power trio” type band.
Originally produced and managed by former band leader Terry Knight who brought the group to Capitol records in 1969, they split from Knight in 1972 after money issues left the group nearly bankrupt despite massive commercial success which began after an successful appearance at the Atlanta Pop Festival.
After releasing 12 albums on Capitol (10 platinum), they intend for their final release to be Born To Die in 1975. They actually reunited & recorded one last effort in 1976 with Frank Zappa called “Good Singin’ Good Playin’ ” and then call it quits.
Farner releases two solo albums, Mel & Don record as Flint with Craig before Craig joins Bob Seger’s band. In 1981 Mark Franer & Don reform the band without Mel and release a song on the animated Heavy Metal soundtrack and new album Grand Funk Lives. They toured until 1983.
Formed in 1969 by Mark Farner (vocals, guitar), Don Brewer (drums) and Mel Schacher (bass).
Craig Frost (keyboards) was later recruited around 1972. Grand Funk Railroad has sold in excess of 25 million records to this date, 10 million of which were in 1970 alone. They were a top concert draw and often cited as “the loudest rock and roll band in the world.”
Early in their career they headlined a much hyped free concert in Hyde Park - whilst virtually unknown in the UK. They also opened for Led Zeppelin in Michigan, their home state.
The name Grand Funk Railroad, is a play on Michigan’s “Grand Trunk Western Railroad” line.
In 1968, suburban Michigan teens Don Brewer and Mark Farner quit Terry Knight & The Pack and recruited ? and the Mysterians bass player Mel Schacher to form a “power trio” type band.
Originally produced and managed by former band leader Terry Knight who brought the group to Capitol records in 1969, they split from Knight in 1972 after money issues left the group nearly bankrupt despite massive commercial success which began after an successful appearance at the Atlanta Pop Festival.
After releasing 12 albums on Capitol (10 platinum), they intend for their final release to be Born To Die in 1975. They actually reunited & recorded one last effort in 1976 with Frank Zappa called “Good Singin’ Good Playin’ ” and then call it quits.
Farner releases two solo albums, Mel & Don record as Flint with Craig before Craig joins Bob Seger’s band. In 1981 Mark Franer & Don reform the band without Mel and release a song on the animated Heavy Metal soundtrack and new album Grand Funk Lives. They toured until 1983.
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diana2amazing wrote:
Homer's fave band :D
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purplefan647 wrote:
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OLdSKuul62 wrote:
Winter and my soul #44 ,Into the Sun#41,People Let`s stop the War#35,I`m Your Captain#30,Lonliness#27,Paranoid#26,Sins A Good Man`s Brother#25Creepin#12,Inside Looking Out#11 !!! Tsk Tsk ! Such A Shame that people Only seem to remember The Later Songs,that got the most air play On Commercial Radio... Commercial radio ,Disco,And Mark Farners Obsession with making Political statements in the songs was what killed th band !...They Opened for Zep,and Kicked the Zep`s ass! They got the crowd so riled up that the Zeps manager kicked them off the stage by pulling the plug on thier instruments! and kicked them off the tour also ! But the Damage was already done. Grand funk Railroad was Alive!!!
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OLdSKuul62 wrote:
They Opened For Zepplin and kicked the Zeps ass ,so to speak...The crowd was so hyped that Zeps Manager Kicked them Off the stage and tour .But It didn`t matter by then ..`Cause Grand Funk Lived !!!
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dbertuzzi wrote:
Good one!
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dyegodk wrote:
Awesome!
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mynameisjoehann wrote:
i need more of thir records i have on time on revord but its old used and kinda scratched.
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mynameisjoehann wrote:
so good
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NvBlowout wrote:
"I'm getting closer to my home" for 5 minutes can get a little old though, but still definitely their best song. Might not be in their top because people don't want to listen to the whole second half.
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steveo1989 wrote:
I'm Your Captain not even in the top 15? That's their best song
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walterbrgo wrote:
Are you ready ? :D Excelente
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sladev wrote:
i love this band..
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Martinchus89 wrote:
The American Band
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-Zelgadis- wrote:
If Homer Simpson loves them, me too
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razzu wrote:
they're big, they're funky and they like trains! gotta love em
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Heavypsychmanbl wrote:
Too heavy for the usal 70's hard rock crowd Love em
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MadSok wrote:
Live Album is the best.
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Bjurs wrote:
Grand Funk is the best band ever!
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Lionheartattack wrote:
Or whatever's the name of the song anyway. I'm Your Captain / Closer to Home?
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Lionheartattack wrote:
I'm Your Captain ^____________^ Originally heard the outstanding Roland Grapow cover (Helloween) and fell in love with the bluesy feel of the song. Should listen to Grand Funk much more! I basically only know that song and Some Kind of Wonderful. Not even sure about their number one hit, it seems, We're an American Band though...
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