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| | Grand Funk Railroad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Grand Funk (The Red Album) - (December 1969) | | | They were often cited as "the loudest rock and roll band in the world." Grand Funk Railroad currently uses the nickname "The American Band", from their hit song "We're An American Band". | | | Grand Funk Railroad reunited again in 1997 to play three sold out Bosnian benefit concerts, releasing a benefit album called Bosnia. |
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| | MSJ - Grand Funk Railroad-Live The 1971 Tour |
| | Grand Funk Railroad was a band on which I, and many others cut my teeth. | | | Listening to portions of this piece one has to wonder if Grand Funk had any influence on the punk movement, as sections of the track really sound that way. | | | This is one of the lesser-known GFR classics, but a strong rocker nonetheless. |
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| | Grand Funk Railroad - Live:The 1971 Tour - Capitol |
| | Grand Funk has released 3 prior Live discs. | | | If you love Grand Funk Railroad as many do, then this is another wonderful addtion to the GFR library; a toast and precursor to the remastering processes awaiting the band's other albums. | | | The "Live Album" is a much better, much tighter recording, easily representative of the live prowess of the band but this does not detract from the perfection of these live pieces however. |
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| | Grand Funk Railroad - Bosnia |
| | Grand Funk fell victim to the high gloss production of the mid 70's, and swiftly eluded their original following. | | | It's probably no secret that Grand Funk is a big favorite with Vintage rockers; however, it seems to be a big secret to the general public that Grand Funk is even back together. | | | Until they take the risks necessary to market their brand of fun, BOSNIA gives Funk listeners a chance to go back and wonder just what all the fuss was about. |
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| | Moondance Jam: Grand Funk Railroad |
| | Grand Funk laid the groundwork for such bands as Foreigner, Journey, Van Halen and Bon Jovi with its signature hard driving sound, soulful vocals, muscular instrumentation and forceful pop melodies. | | | Grand Funk Railroad includes original founding members Don Brewer (vocals and drums, writer and singer of the multi-million selling hit, We’re An American Band) and bassist Mel Schacher, "The God Of Thunder". | | | The most recent gold CD award was presented to the band May 10, 2002 for their greatest hits package Grand Funk Railroad The Collectors Series. |
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| | GRAND FUNK RAILROAD: 30 Years of Funk (Capitol) |
| | All of the band's albums are represented; from their debut, On Time, to 1981's Grand Funk Lives. | | | Naturally, all the hits are here, plus a good amount of album tracks to show the band's diversity and keep things interesting. | | | 30 Years of Funk covers the band's career from the pre-GFR days when they were known as The Pack, up through the present, with 3 newly recorded tracks. |
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| | Grand Funk Railroad |
| | Grand Funk Railroad were one of the biggest grossing US rock 'n' roll acts of the seventies - they sold millions of records and played to sold out arenas the world over and were often cited as the loudest rock and roll band in the world. | | | With hits like "We're An American Band" they took the US charts by storm and were adopted by America's youth as their favourite band. | | | An American Band charts Grand Funk's meteoric rise to fame. |
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| | Official Ticketmaster site. Grand Funk Railroad tickets, dates |
| | Grand Funk Railroad re-formed in 1981 with Dennis Bellinger on bass and released two albums; only Grand Funk Lives even managed to scrape the bottom of the charts. | | | Following that album, the band's name was officially shortened to Grand Funk, and the group finally scored a big hit single (number one, in fact) with the title track of the Todd Rundgren-produced We're an American Band. | | | While radio shied away from Grand Funk Railroad, the group's strong work ethic and commitment to touring produced a series of big-selling albums over the next few years; five of their eight releases from 1969 to 1972 went platinum, and the others all went gold. |
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| | Grand Funk Railroad |
| | Grand Funk is so hideously bland and devoid of personality that it could have been easily recorded by a couple million hard rock bands in the Seventies. | | | Yes, that's right: of all people Grand Funk had to turn to Frank Zappa to produce their next album, and the one that turned out to be their last one in about five years. | | | Since the funk is mainly gone again, Schacher's bass is reduced to just a basic outlining of the melodies, without that wonderful fuzzy throbbing of the last record; and (I think I said it already, didn't I? Well, repetition rules!) Farner's guitar solos are minimal, with none of the energy and finger-flashing of E Pluribus. |
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| | GRAND FUNK RAILROAD |
| | The Railroad will be chugging into Chicago this summer with a show chock full of GFR hits and a few brand new songs that are earmarked for the band’s first new studio album since the late 1980s. | | | They have 12 gold and 10 platinum albums hanging on their walls, which reflect that over 20 million GFR records have been sold. | | | Grand Funk Railroad, seem to have finally gotten a sense of respectability. |
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| | Amazon.com: A Glance: Grand Funk Railroad |
| | Grand Funk [Original recording reissued] [Original recording remastered] | | | Sign up to be e-mailed when new music releases for "Grand Funk Railroad" arrive. | | | E Pluribus Funk [Original recording reissued] [Original recording remastered] |
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| | Grand Funk Railroad: The People's Choice |
| | In January ’70, Grand Funk (the red album) was released, followed in June by Closer to Home, the band’s first top ten LP, featuring “I’m Your Captain.” From there, the band was off on a five-year ride at the top of the rock world. | | | Brewer and Farner reformed Grand Funk briefly in the early ‘80s with a different bassist, but Farner decided to go solo, performing contemporary Christian music for a while. | | | By November, it was on the charts, discovered by the “underground” FM radio stations of the day. |
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| | Grand Funk Railroad - E Pluribus Funk |
| | Any concert or album release from Grand Funk Railroad means excitement. | | | The lyrics, as with every song on this LP, reflect the political platform represented by the coinage of the Grand Funk Nation. | | | With this new album, Grand Funk shows that they have got both lessons down. |
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| | "The Loco-Motion" |
| | Capitol estimated that they were selling one Grand Funk album every four seconds, yet there were few radio hits. | | | And so it went for Grand Funk Railroad -- air play and acclaim eluding them, even as concert halls around the world were crammed (the Beatles took three weeks to sell out Shea Stadium; Grand Funk did it in three days). | | | By that time, Grand Funk had sold over thirty million dollars worth of albums. |
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| | Grand Funk Railroad Disco |
| | Grand Funk Railroad: Live Album - The 1971 Tour | | | Grand Funk Railroad: The Red Album - 1970 | | | Grand Funk Railroad - All the Girls in the World Beware!!! |
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| | Grand Funk Railroad |
| | Their first singles reached the charts but Grand Funk soon proved its real strength in the album market. | | | The next few years were spent in litigation over the rights to the name "Grand Funk Railroad" and song royalties. | | | By the time 1975 rolled around, and the disco craze in full swing, the band found that their style of "garage band music", had lost much of its appeal. |
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| | North Jersey Media Group providing local news, sports & classifieds for Northern New Jersey! |
| | Grand Funk's pedal-to-the-metal approach also influenced artists as different as Van Halen, Prince, Bon Jovi and the entire spectrum of metal bands. | | | Back in 1969, Grand Funk Railroad raised the bar for live music by gaining the reputation as not necessarily the best, not necessarily the most innovative, but the loudest band in the annals of rockdom. | | | These days, all you need to know about Grand Funk's status as the archetypal boomer band is the fact that it is Homer Simpson's favorite group. |
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| | Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Bosnia - Grand Funk Railroad at Epinions.com |
| | It is better then the groups' 2nd live album, "Caught in the Act" which lopped off songs and shortened them (produced during the hey day of 8 tracks which tended to have faded songs as it switched tracks.) Still, if you're looking for the GFR hits live, this is the one you want. | | | This two disk CD was released with very little advertising from Capital, but still sold well mostly due to Grand Funk's promotion of it when they did a short tour after "Bosnia" was released. | | | This CD also has guest appearances by Dave Letterman's band leader, Paul Schaffer as leader of the orchestra and the already mentioned Peter Frampton, who toured with the band in the 'old days' with his old band Humble Pie. |
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| | Still Funky - Grand Funk Railroad |
| | There was such a camaraderie amongst the people in Vietnam, and they used Grand Funk albums, I don't know, I guess to feel a little closer to home, I hate to use that as a pun, you know, but that's kinda what it was. | | | It's a reunion, between the audience and the band, between the fans and Grand Funk. | | | Slant - Is the band working on a new album or new songs? |
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| | Grand Funk Railroad |
| | rand Funk Railroad, the self-professed "people's band," is ready for another go at it. | | | Lead singer-guitarist Mark Farner, now touring with Ringo Starr's All-Star Band, says he and Grand Funk originals Don Brewer (drums-vocals) and Mel Schacher (bass) have rehearsed new material for the first time in 14 years. | | | The reunited Grand Funk Railroad released a double-live CD, "Bosnia," on Nov. 4, 1997, on EMI-Capitol Entertainment Properties. |
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| | GRAND FUNK RAILROAD Rockdetector |
| | GRAND FUNK RAILROAD’s success was such that they were the second only band ever, after THE BEATLES, to sell out New York's Shea Stadium. | | | Quite incredibly GRAND FUNK RAILROAD boasted no less than 8 top ten albums in America between 1970 and 1975 despite an almost total media censorship of the band. | | | Formed in Flint, Michigan during 1964 the group initially went under the title of THE PACK with a line-up of former Disc Jockey Terry Knight (real name Richard Knapp) on vocals, guitarist/bassist Mark Farner and ex-JAZZMASTERS drummer Don Brewer. |
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| | Amazon.com: Closer to Home: Music: Grand Funk Railroad |
| | Grand Funk Railroad has gotten a bad rap for being too simple and predictable. | | | Holds its own when compared to GFR's invincible "Red Album." "Closer to Home" is superior in variety of sound and composition, however. | | | It's great that Capitol is re-releasing the Grand Funk catalogue (E Pluribus funk and three more albums are due in November, with four more to follow in February 2003). |
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| | GRAND FUNK RAILROAD: Bosnia (Capitol) |
| | Disc Two starts with a short orchestral medley of a few of the band's signature songs, then segues into "Mean Mistreater." One of the biggest surprises on Bosnia is "To Get Back In." Originally on the Shinin' On album, this was one of those songs that was never really bad, but nothing spectacular either. | | | To these ears, their 1974 live album, Caught in the Act remains one of the best live albums ever recorded. | | | Bosnia is required listening for any Grand Funk fan. |
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| | Former Grand Funk Railroad manager murdered |
| | During those years Grand Funk sold millions of records and toured the world as one of the biggest rock bands of all time even selling out Shea Stadium in NYC faster than The Beatles". | | | "Grand Funk moved on and continued to have great success with million selling hits 'We're An American Band,' 'Locomotion,' 'Some Kind Of Wonderful' and 'Bad Time.' | | | Buy CD: Grand Funk Caught In The Act |
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| | Interview With Mark Farner |
| | The value of that trademark in due to the songs, the music and the three guys, I believe in my mind, that made that trademark popular and that was Don, Mel and myself. | | | They sold over 25 million records, netting them 12 Platinum and 15 Gold albums in the process. | | | Anybody that's in a corporation...It doesn't matter that you wrote ninety some percent of the songs that made this corporation that holds the trademark Grand Funk Railroad. |
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| | JR.com: Grand Funk Railroad - Grand Funk [Remaster] in Music: Hard Rock: |
| | Grand Funk Railroad: Mark Farner (vocals, guitar, harmonica, piano); Don Bewer (vocals, drums); Mel Schacher (bass). | | | Their early albums were filled with amped-up blues-rock, but towards the end of their initial tether, they scored hits with covers of soul tunes such as "Some Kind of Wonderful" and "The Locomotion." IRS troubles contributed to their breakup in the late-'70s, but Grand Funk reunited with a vengeance in the '90s. | | | Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas [Box] [PA] Instant Party: More '70s Rockadelic Great Men Of Rock & Roll: The 70's Legends Of Guitar: Rock The 70's Frat Rock: The '70s Harley Davidson Road Songs Vol. |
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| | Grand Funk Live at Del Mar |
| | They had just returned from Japan and were glad to be "back on this soil." They supposedly have a live album coming out as well as several new songs recorded. | | | From their first live album through "We're an American Band," I was a Funkhead. | | | Thinking that this was a perfect ending, the band bounced back out on stage to play a rousing "Gimme Shelter." Not one for covers of songs already firmly established by their originators, I was still impressed with how Grand Funk managed to make the Stones classic their own. |
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| | MusicDish Industry e-Journal |
| | On "E Pluribus Funk" Grand Funk embellished their music with keyboards more than ever before, keeping Mark Farner busy along with his other duties as the primary vocalist and lead guitar player. | | | The political theme of their music stood in the forefront of their lyrics with "People, Let's Stop The War" and "Save The Land." It was for the band to bring attention to current events and a plea to protect our planet's environment. | | | Wavelength and their new release, Masarap (delicious) creates smooth jazz that incorporates pop, Latin music, funk and soul |
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| | Grand Funk Railroad |
| | CHORUS HALF-CHORUS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Top Of Page I'm Your Captain by Grand Funk Railroad Lyrics and Music by Mike Farner Album: Closer To Home / Capitol Records TABBED BY: DAVID M. E-MAIL Adress: dscott@uky.campus.mci.net This is one of those songs that is impossible to sing while you are playing. | | | CHORUS But they just don't listen, no. CHORUS But they just don't listen, no. Oooo-oooo-oooo-oooo Oooo-oooo-oooo-oooo Oooo-oooo-oooo-oooo Oooo-oooo-oooo-oooo Oooo-oooo-oooo-oooo Oooo-oooo-oooo-oooo Oooo-oooo-oooo-oooo ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Top Of Page The Locomotion by Grand Funk Railroad this is my transcript of The Locomotion by Grand Funk Railroad. | | | I took it off the Capitol Collectors Series CD - Track 12. |
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| | Grand Funk Railroad, Bosnia |
| | Well here it is 1997 and the red hot locomotive music machine is back on track with their new album BOSNIA. | | | A double live CD on Capitol records, BOSNIA is a collection of classic Funk tunes including guest artists Peter Frampton, Alto Reed (sax player from the Silver Bullet Band), and Paul Shaffer conducting a 40 piece orchestra. | | | The Rolling Stone Album Guide offers the following description of the legendary rock band Grand Funk Railroad: "At its sweat-dripping best, the band emits a surging, elemental blast of hard-rock heat". |
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| | Grand Funk reunions have been attempted before, he adds. | | | Since then, Farner kept the songs alive through his solo tours after he spent a stint in contemporary Christian music. | | | oevuwThe reunion idea was pushed along by concert promoter David Fishof, who had witnessed the reaction Farner got during the last tours with Ringo Starr and the All-Starr Band, when he played classic Grand Funk. |
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| | The group melded aggressive guitar riffs and flashy organ lines with party lyrics and, of course, quite a bit of funk in the rhythm section. | | | While a version of the band is touring this summer, it does not feature the most important ingredient of the original group, lead guitarist and lead singer MARK FARNER. | | | There are many bands that hard rock and heavy metal can look to as musical pioneers. |
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| | MusicMoz - Bands and Artists: G: Grand Funk Railroad |
| | Grand Funk Railroad has sold over 25 million albums as The American Band with 19 charted singles, eight Top 40 hits and two Number One singles. | | | The group has 12 gold and 10 platinum records. | | | Top » Bands and Artists » G » Grand Funk Railroad |
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| | Grand Funk Railroad Tabs: 367 Tabs Total @ 911Tabs |
| | Grand Funk Railroad news, reviews, forums and wallpapers at GetSomeNoise | | | get Grand Funk Railroad lyrics from Mp3 Lyrics Organized | | | Grand Funk Railroad Tabs: 367 Tabs Total @ 911Tabs |
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| | Grand Funk- On Time |
| | Click Picture Above To Enter Grand Funk Site, See Navigation Left For More Bands |
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| | Phoenix by Grand Funk Railroad |
| | Having scored four consecutive Top Ten albums in the previous two years, Grand Funk Railroad may not have seemed to casual observers like a band who needed to rise phoenix-like from the ashes, but the title of the band's seventh album referred to its re-emergence after a litigious split from manager/producer Terry Knight | | | Tag all your own MP3 files with album covers easily with MUSICMATCH Jukebox Plus! | | | Create Grand Funk Railroad MP3s faster with MUSICMATCH Jukebox Plus! |
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| | GRAND FUNK RAILROAD |
| | Grand Funk Live at the Scandinavium arena Gothenburg | | | DEEP PURPLE, LED ZEPPELIN, BLACK SABBATH AND URIAH HEEP? | | | HOW COULD GRAND FUNK RAILROAD COMPETE WITH GROUPS LIKE |
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| | Grand Funk Railroad Band Info |
| | "Grand Funk Lives" (Full Moon/Warner Brothers) July, 1981 | | | "Walk Like A Man" / "The Railroad" (Capitol) November, 1973 | | | "Capitol Collector Series: Grand Funk Railroad" (EMI/Capitol) February 26, 1991 |
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| | Rolling Stone : Grand Funk Railroad |
| | In spite of seething critical hatred -- Robert Christgau, for one, equated Mark Farner's guitar solo in... | | | Subscribe to Rolling Stone Grand Funk Railroad feed | | | Who knows more about Grand Funk Railroad than you? |
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| | Lyricsheaven - Grand Funk Railroad lyrics |
| | Help one another, oh, please listen to what I say. | | | I don’t care who you are, I love the human race. | | | I don’t have to sing the blues Grand Funk Railroad |
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| | FUNKENGRUVEN |
| | Meatloaf), and Tim Cashion, who has toured and recorded | | | GFR would like to announce that a 2006 tour is | | | The band will feature Don and Mel, along |
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| | Grand Funk Railroad Tickets Concert Tickets for Grand Funk Railroad at TicketCity.com |
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| | Omnivoid's Grand Funk Railroad Page |
| | this is the very first CD of GFR I ever came across | | | TRUNK OF FUNK - Remastered (Limited Edition #3249) - | | | from the movie - Get Down Grand Funk |
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| | Mark Farner's Official Home Page |
| | Mark Farner has not performed with the original Grand Funk group since 1998. | | | This is a situation over which Mark has no control, and we feel for any loyal fans who purchase tickets, expect to see the ORIGINAL band and discover the truth the hard way. | | | "Mark Farner does not appear with and has no association whatsoever with the current version of the group "Grand Funk Railroad." Billing and promotion for appearances by that group does not indicate that it is not the ORIGINAL line up. |
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| | The Smoking Gun: Backstage Pass |
| | But much like several of the American band's original members, those days are long gone. | | | There was a time when Grand Funk Railroad could ask for (and receive) some coffee, towels, and a modest fruit and cheese tray in its dressing room. |
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