I saw them a couple of times in the mid to late 90's during their reunion. The first show was fantastic! (Orpheum Theater, Boston, MA) The energy and enthusiasm from the band was off the charts. The second show, (Club Casino, Hampton Beach, NH) a year or so later, was good and still worth seeing but not quite as good. I got the impression that they were probably starting to tire of each other by that point.

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I saw them at a small theatre in Staten Island N.Y in the early 70's. Used to love them in the early days before they broke big and bought their first album which I loved.

Saw them in at a Montreal festival with JohnnyWinter and Van Morrison, I want to say 1969 or 70.
They were the best act!!!

I saw them. Sat at the top of arena, and my ears rang for two days. They were good but really loud.

Was "Shinin On" original lineup? If so I saw it. Sucked bigtime. Locomotion was actual torture.

Bruce Kulick, who used to be with KISS plays with the current incarnation. I’ve always respected him.

Saw the Shinin' On tour at Illinois State University back in the 70's. Wet Willie was the backup - it was a great show.........

I saw the original Grand Funk trio in 1971 at The Forum in L.A. I was 16 and it was my very first show. I'm 63 now and that Funk show at that tender age lit a live music fire inside of me that still hasn't burned out.

By 1974 I had seen them three times...........I believe it was the '73 show when they had added Craig Frost on keyboards. Mark Farner of course played a little keys in the original trio.

They were always good, but that night in '71 was nothing short of MAGICAL. To this day, after 47 years, that is still the LOUDEST rock and roll show I've ever seen, the most EXCITING rock and roll show I have ever seen, and the most SEXUAL rock and roll show I have ever seen.

I saw the version of GFR that tours now at a free summer show a couple years ago, It was pretty weak but Don Brewer is still a good drummer to this day.

It baffles me that Grand Funk is not in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame and ABBA is...

It baffles me that Grand Funk is not in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame and ABBA is...

Because it is the "Pop Music Hall of Fame" not the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Tons of acts in there that aren't rock and roll.

I saw them in Korakuen Stadium, Tokyo, July 1970, their first visit of Japan.
Then I was 12 and it was my first experience of the rock concert.
When they started playing rain started falling and I can remind all the audience singing "Heart Breaker" with them in the hard rain.

Awesome! one of the most highenergy bands ever seen,still remember "Inside Looking Out"-seemed to go on forever...best time was when Bloodrock opened. My ears rang for 3 days

I saw them on Friday, October 2, 1998 at the State Fair of Texas in Dallas. This was when they did the reunion tour and it was a kickass show!!!!! Wish they'd do it one more time, but I don't think it's gonna happen.

Fillmore East December 1969
Opening act for Jethro Tull (rare lineup of Anderson, Barre, Cornick, Bunker...no keys).
Middle act 'Fat Matress' ('Experience' bass player Noel Redding)

Before my folks moved us to Texas... saw them at some ball field as a 13 year old...……..
SHEA STADIUM

Saw them in '95 or '96 I think. Being from Michigan I lived close to where they are from. No idea if it was the original lineup though.

Saw them in the 70's, not sure what year. I was trippin' my ass off and the concert, amid blue and red hazes, felt like it was all just for me. It was a wonderful night and they played everything I wanted to hear. Loved that band!

Fillmore East December 1969
Opening act for Jethro Tull (rare lineup of Anderson, Barre, Cornick, Bunker...no keys).
Middle act 'Fat Matress' ('Experience' bass player Noel Redding)

Add in GFR and that is one for the history books!! '69, that must have been GFR's very first tour. I bet they were really raw sounding...........not that that's a bad thing. That was part of their appeal.......

Fillmore East December 1969
Opening act for Jethro Tull (rare lineup of Anderson, Barre, Cornick, Bunker...no keys).
Middle act 'Fat Matress' ('Experience' bass player Noel Redding)

Haha... I was at that show. GFR was not well received by the audience. The power went out during their set and everyone cheered.

I saw them in NY I think it was 1971 or 1972. I loved their music. It was simple, it was real, Mark Farner, Mel Schachter and Don Brewer.

I would love a reunion of this band,but it looks very bleak of ever happening. Who on this site saw the original lineup and where? How was the show?

My second concert, I think they had just added Craig Frost on keyboards but I could be wrong, I was probably 14 at the time.

Loved every minute of it.

You'll get a Led Zeppelin reunion before this band ever gets back together.

I saw them on July 4, 1969 when they opened the first Atlanta Pop Festival. On day two they played second after Ten Wheel Drive.

Then at the second Atlanta Pop in 1970 and again in November of that year in Columbia, SC.

I was at Grand Funk Railroad's concert at Shea Stadium on July 9, 1971. It was my first concert and it was incredible! I still have my $5.00 upper reserved ticket stub. As my friends and I got to our seats, which were in the upper deck behind home plate looking right out to the stage at the second base area, we heard pre-show music playing through the PA system. It was very low and I remember saying to my friends that we were hardly going to be able to hear the music from up here, well, because listen to how low that music playing right now is, (as I mentioned previously this was my first show so what did I know). Well the opening act strolls onto the stage, it was Humble Pie, with Steve Marriot and Peter Frampton on guitars, and they basically knocked us out of our seats with Four Day Creep! I could not believe how loud it was and it was a monumental moment in my life. I never experienced anything like that before and I was hooked. They played an amazing raw, rocking set, similar to their Humble Pie Rockin' The Fillmore double live album release. I could not imagine how Grand Funk could top that but they proved me wrong as they played with as much energy and excitement as any band I have ever seen to this day. Of course the sound was not as perfect and clean as a show today, (it was 1971), but their performance powered over us like a freight train. I literally thought the decks at Shea were going to collapse because of how they bounced like rubber from 60,000 people jumping in unison to the incredibly powerful sound coming from Grand Funk. They played for about 2 hours and closed this amazing show with Gimme Shelter. Maybe these guys weren't the world's greatest band, but to this day I believe that no band could match the energy and passion of that July night at Shea in 1971. I still get goosebumps thinking about it and probably always will.

I was at Grand Funk Railroad's concert at Shea Stadium on July 9, 1971. It was my first concert and it was incredible! I still have my $5.00 upper reserved ticket stub. As my friends and I got to our seats, which were in the upper deck behind home plate looking right out to the stage at the second base area, we heard pre-show music playing through the PA system. It was very low and I remember saying to my friends that we were hardly going to be able to hear the music from up here, well, because listen to how low that music playing right now is, (as I mentioned previously this was my first show so what did I know). Well the opening act strolls onto the stage, it was Humble Pie, with Steve Marriot and Peter Frampton on guitars, and they basically knocked us out of our seats with Four Day Creep! I could not believe how loud it was and it was a monumental moment in my life. I never experienced anything like that before and I was hooked. They played an amazing raw, rocking set, similar to their Humble Pie Rockin' The Fillmore double live album release. I could not imagine how Grand Funk could top that but they proved me wrong as they played with as much energy and excitement as any band I have ever seen to this day. Of course the sound was not as perfect and clean as a show today, (it was 1971), but their performance powered over us like a freight train. I literally thought the decks at Shea were going to collapse because of how they bounced like rubber from 60,000 people jumping in unison to the incredibly powerful sound coming from Grand Funk. They played for about 2 hours and closed this amazing show with Gimme Shelter. Maybe these guys weren't the world's greatest band, but to this day I believe that no band could match the energy and passion of that July night at Shea in 1971. I still get goosebumps thinking about it and probably always will.

Thanks for expressing just what I felt seeing them that same year. NO ONE could excite a crowd like they did........they whipped us teenage kids into a FRENZY. And your feeling that Shea was going to collapse? You weren't the only one. Whoever ran the place called a structural engineer he was so scared.............

Rob,
Thanks for your comment. Glad we shared that same feeling and excitement!
Ernie

I saw them in NY I think it was 1971 or 1972. I loved their music. It was simple, it was real, Mark Farner, Mel Schachter and Don Brewer.

Didn't Don Brewer play forever with Bob Seger or am I thinking of someone else? I should know this.

Thanks for expressing just what I felt seeing them that same year. NO ONE could excite a crowd like they did........they whipped us teenage kids into a FRENZY. And your feeling that Shea was going to collapse? You weren't the only one. Whoever ran the place called a structural engineer he was so scared.............

I got the same feeling in The Cotton Bowl in Dallas when we saw Bruce Springsteen on the Born in the USA tour.

Saw them a couple of times, including a free show when they were really just starting out. Great times, but I don't think I want to see a reunion. Some things are best left as good memories.