Born to Die is a 1976 album by Grand Funk Railroad

Grand Funk Railroad

Grand Funk Railroad is an American rock band that was highly popular during the 1970s. Grand Funk Railroad toured constantly to packed arenas worldwide. A popular take on the band during its heyday was that, although the critics hated them, audiences loved them...

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The album is considered to be the group's most somber work, straying away from the upbeat and cocky attitude that was so prevalent on their previous albums, and focusing on bleak musical and lyrical content concerning death, social ignorance, and dying relationships.

Track listing

Personnel

• Mark Farner
  Mark Farner
  Mark Fredrick Farner is an American singer, guitarist and songwriter, best known as the lead singer and lead guitarist for Grand Funk Railroad, and later as a Contemporary Christian Musician.-Early life and career:...
  
   - Guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  , Vocals
• Don Brewer
  Don Brewer
  Don Brewer is the drummer and co-lead singer for American rock band Grand Funk Railroad.- Early life :Brewer was born in Flint, Michigan on September 3, 1948 and is a graduate of Swartz Creek High School....
  
   - drums
  Drum kit
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  , Percussion, Vocals
• Craig Frost
  Craig Frost
  Craig Frost is the keyboardist for Bob Seger's Silver Bullet Band. However, he is best known as keyboardist for 1970s hard rock band Grand Funk Railroad....
  
   - Keyboards, Vocals
• Alan Boguslavsky - Rhythm Guitar (on 2, 4, 5, 8)
• Donna Hall - Background Vocals
• Jimmy Hall
  Jimmy Hall
  Jimmy Hall was the lead singer and harmonica player for the Southern rock group, Wet Willie. He cofounded the band in 1970, which had significant success in the 1970s; in 1980 he scored a hit of his own with the single "I'm Happy that Love Has Found You"...
  
   - Saxophone, Harmonica
• Mel Schacher
  Mel Schacher
  Mel Schacher is best known as the bassist for rock band Grand Funk Railroad.- Early career :Schacher was born in Flint, Michigan. He became interested in music at the age of seven playing with his father's banjo. By age twelve he had moved to playing guitar and then bass...
  
  - Bass