In 1981 Farner and Brewer returned as the only original members in Grand Funk Railroad and released the album “Grand Funk Lives”. Frank Zappa produced “Good Singin’, Good Playin’” and appeared on the tracks “Out To Get You” and “Rubberneck”.Īfter the band broke up in 1976 Mark Farner embarked on a solo career and Brewer, Schacher, and Frost formed another band called Flint. However the band stayed together for one more year and created two more albums: “Born to Die” and “Good Singin’, Good Playin’”. The album also contained the singles “We’re an American Band” and “Walk Like a Man”, which also did well on the charts.Īfter the band released their 1975 album “All the Girls in the World Beware!!!”, which contained the singles “Some Kind of Wonderful” and “Bad Time”, the members in the band were starting to experience internal problems within the band and were ready to call it quits. 2 position on the US Billboard 200 chart. “We’re An American Band” was one of the band’s most successful albums to date reaching the No. In order to refine their sound, the band hired Todd Rundgren to produce their next two albums “We’re An American Band” and “Shinin’ On”. The band’s 1972 album “Phoenix” was the first studio album with Craig Frost and it contained the single “Rock & Roll Soul”, which reached the No. Grand Funk Railroad expanded their sound by adding keyboardist Craig Frost to their lineup in 1972, which allowed the band to adopt a more R&B and pop style as opposed to their traditional hard rock sound. That same year they also released two albums: “Survival” and “E Pluribus Funk”. In 1971 the band broke the Beatles’ record of selling out Shea Stadium in 72 hours. The song is the band’s longest recorded song to date and contains elements of progressive rock.
The year 1970 also showed the band releasing their third album “Closer to Home”, which had the single “I’m Your Captain (Closer to Home)”. Singles from the album include a cover of The Animals’ “Inside Looking Out”, “Got This Thing On the Move”, and “In Need”. Although the album experienced a lack of airplay and critical acclaim, the album sold quite well. In 1970 the band released their second studio album “Grand Funk” – aka “The Red Album”. The album contained the single “Time Machine” and went on to reach gold status. The band released their debut album “On Time” in 1969. Due to the success of their performance at the festival they were asked to return in 1970. Grand Funk Railroad started to gain mainstream attention when they played the Atlanta Pop Festival in 1969. The band was strongly influenced by the hard rock trio Cream, and based much of their style on them. The band formed in 1969 as a trio consisting of guitarist/vocalist Mark Farner, drummer Don Brewer, and bassist Mel Schacher.
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