Grand Funk Railroad

From Flint, Michigan...Dave, this is for you!

Terry Knight and the Pack (1966 - 1968)
  • Terry Knight - 
  • Mark Farner - guitar/vocals - b. September 29, 1948, Flint, Michigan.
  • Don Brewer - drums - b. September 3, 1948, Flint Michigan.
Grand Funk Railroad I (1968 - 1972)
  • Mark Farner - guitar/vocals
  • Mel Schacher - bass - April 3, 1951, Owosso, Michigan - formerly with ? and the Mysterians.
  • Don Brewer - drums
Albums:
  1. "On Time" (1969)
  2. "Grand Funk" (aka, "The Red Album") (1970) - In the very early days of the 1970's, I thought this was the "heaviest" thing I'd ever heard, and wore this album out on my turntable...contains the classics "In Need", "Inside Looking Out" and "Paranoid".  Grand Funk Railroad was the first band that I ever paid to see "live" (in Memphis, Tennessee)...the opening act was another Terry Knight production, Bloodrock.
  3. "Closer to Home" (1970) - Single: "I'm Your Captain (Closer to Home)"
  4. "Live Album" (1970)
  5. "Survival" (1971)
  6. "E Pluribus Funk" (1971) - Single: "Footstompin' Music"
Grand Funk Railroad II (1972 - 1976)
  • Mark Farner - guitar/vocals
  • Mel Schacher - bass
  • Don Brewer - drums
  • Craig Frost - keyboards - b. April 20, 1948, Flint Michigan.
Albums:
  1. "Phoenix" (1972)
  2. "We're An American Band" (1973) - Single: "We're An American Band"
  3. "Shinin' On" (1974) - Single: "The Loco-Motion"
  4. "All the Girls in the World - Beware!" (1974) - Single: "Some Kind of Wonderful"
  5. "Caught in the Act" (live) (1975)
  6. "Born to Die" (1975)
  7. "Good Singin', Good Playin'" (1976)
Group disbands.  Mark Farner goes solo.  Mel Schacher and Don Brewer form Flint.  Craig Frost later joins Bob Seger's Silver Bullet Band.
Grand Funk Railroad III (1981 - 1983) (reformed)
  • Mark Farner - guitar/vocals
  • Don Brewer - drums
  • Dennis Bellinger - bass - b. Flint, Michigan.
Albums:
  1. "Grand Funk Lives" (1981)
  2. "What's Funk" (1983)
Group disbands.  Mark Farner performs as Christian artist.  Don Brewer joins Bob Seger's Silver Bullet Band.
Grand Funk Railroad IV ( ? - ? ) (reformed with original lineup)
  • Mark Farner - guitar/vocals
  • Mel Schacher - bass
  • Don Brewer - drums
Albums:
  1. "Bosnia" (live) (2-CDs) (1997)
Compilations:
  1. "Mark, Don and Mel, 1966-1971" (1972)
  2. "Grand Funk Hits" (1976)
  3. "Capitol Collectors Series: Grand Funk Railroad" (1991)
  4. "More of the Best" (1991)
Mark Farner solo:
  1. "Mark Farner" (1977)
  2. "No Frills" (1978)
  3. "Classic Archives" (1998)
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