But it never quite recaptured the magic of its initial run. Grand Funk Railroad would re-form a few more times over the years. I had to have a gig and I had to play music.” So I immediately got on the phone and started calling people up. I asked him ‘Are you saying the band is over?’ He said ‘yep’. Finally, he walked in and said ‘I’ve got to find something more stable to do with my life.’ That was it. “It was Don Brewer who broke up the band,” Farner told Rock Cellar Magazine. Just five years later, Grand Funk Railroad broke up, a decision Farner blames on Brewer. But it didn’t take long for the band to face many of the same issues as their contemporaries. b8DP5kccTt- Super 70s Sports July 4, 2022Īt the height of its popularity in 1971, Grand Funk Railroad famously sold out New York’s famous 55,000-capacity Shea Stadium faster than even the Beatles. When someone tries to tell me America isn’t the greatest country in the world, I just politely remind them who built the world’s first Grand Funk Railroad. Over the next decade, Grand Funk Railroad released another nine albums, with 1970’s Closer to Home arguably its biggest album.īringing arena rock to the masses, Grand Funk Railroad scored hits like “Closer to Home,” “We’re An American Band,” “Walk Like a Man,” “Shinin’ On,” and “Bad Time.” The band also found success with covers of other artists’ popular songs, such as The Rolling Stones’ “Gimme Shelter,” Little Eva’s “The Loco-Motion,” and Soul Brothers Six’s “Some Kind of Wonderful.” Grand Funk Railroad has disbanded and re-formed several times That very year, the band released its first two studio albums, On Time and Grand Funk. Grand Funk Railroad first came together in 1969 with original members Don Brewer, Mark Farner, and Mel Schacher. Grand Funk Railroad formed in Flint, Michigan, in 1969 Classic rock band Grand Funk Railroad on their first Japan tour in 1971 | Koh Hasebe/Shinko Music/Getty Images) Given its accomplishments, Grand Funk Railroad might be among the most overlooked. But unfortunately, not all classic rock acts claim their rightful places within the genre.
Much of this music carries a certain timelessness that deserves to be remembered. As its name implies, classic rock isn’t so much defined by its sound as its place in music history.
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