How To Enter The Grand Funk Railroad Ticket Contest

You could win a pair of tickets to see Grand Funk Railroad on Saturday, June 20th at Warner Vineyards. Enter below for your chance to score a pair of GA tickets to the show.

WINNERS WILL BE DRAWN FRIDAY June 19th & TICKETS WILL BE EMAILED TO THE PROVIDED EMAIL. ENTER BELOW

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Grand Funk Railroad, who was originally called Grand Funk, are one of Michigan's most beloved bands. Founded by Don Brewer, Mark Farner, and Mel Schacher, the band band achieved peak popularity and success during the 1970s with hit songs like "We're an American Band", "Closer To Home (I'm Your Captain)", "Some Kind of Wonderful" (a cover of Soul Brothers Six), "Walk Like a Man", "The Loco-Motion" (a cover of Little Eva), "Bad Time" and "Inside Looking Out" (a cover of the Animals).

Grand Funk released six platinum and seven gold-certified albums between their recording debut in 1969 and the first time they broke up in 1976.

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Unfortunately, the hopes of seeing Mark Farner with the band are slim to none, after the band spent years suing him over the use of his band name, "Mark Farner's American band."

The lawsuits caused tours to be cancelled, and to say there's a rocky relationship would be putting it lightly. Although Farner is not with the band, both remaining founding members Don Brewer and Mel Schacher are active members.

Recently the vocalist who took over for Farner, Max Carl (formerly of Jack Mack & the Heart Attack and 38 Special) announced his departure from the band for health reasons.

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It's cool to see a band reunite with all of its original members, so we came up with 20 examples of that happening. Of course, that doesn't mean they necessarily stayed together with all original members after. So, here, we show how long they were together — both originally and on their comeback(s).

Gallery Credit: Philip Trapp