"We're An American Band", "Some Kind Of Wonderful" and "I'm Your Captain (Closer to Home)" helped define 1970s rock and roll.įarner wrote more than 90 percent of the GRAND FUNK music catalog and was always known as an energetic driving force on stage, the engine that pulled the original GRAND FUNK RAILROAD to the top of the charts. Rock Hall rules state that artists become eligible a quarter century after their first records were released, but the Hall also claims that other "criteria include the influence and significance of the artists' contributions to the development and perpetuation of rock 'n' roll," which is, of course, open to interpretation.Įligible for induction since 1999, KISS didn't get its first nomination until 2009, and was finally inducted in 2014.ĭEEP PURPLE was eligible for the Rock Hall since 1993 but didn't get inducted until 2016.Įligible since 1994, GRAND FUNK RAILROAD released 11 albums between 19, all of which went gold or platinum. It's politicized, and, brother, it just ain't real." 1.Sins A Good Mans Brother 2.Aimless Lady 3.Nothing Is The Same 4.Mean Mistreater 5.Get It Together 6.I Dont Have To Sing The Blues 7.Hooked On Love 8. 'Cause without the people's opinion, it's fake.
"You know something? I feel great about receiving the Cherokee Medal Of Honor," he said, referring to the award he received from the Cherokee Honor Society during a 1999 concert he performed in Hankinson, North Dakota. I read some stuff that I just feel for him. And Steve Miller didn't have a good time there. That's what it is, and it is super political. Top 10 Greatest Grand Funk Railroad Songs Of All Time Vote Now Published on OctoBy uDiscover Team Photo: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Aerosmith’s ‘Live From The Capital. They need to be reminded, though, that the Rock Hall is not a representation of the will of the people it is a representation of the will of the owners of the Rock Hall. And the people are definitely smart enough to know this. He responded (see video below): "Well, it just shows the illegitimacy of that Rock Hall. In a brand new interview with Sofa King Cool, former GRAND FUNK RAILROAD singer Mark Farner was asked how it feels to see various rap and hip-hop artists inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame before the band he co-founded more than five decades ago.
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