Tuesday, September 29: Rock n Roll Birthdays

Happy Birthday today (Sept. 29) to Mark Farner. The former singer, guitarist, and songwriter of Grand Funk Railroad is 67. Also celebrating today is singer Taime Downe of the band Faster Pussycat (51).

Mark Farner formed Grand Funk Railroad in 1968 with Don Brewer and Mel Schacher. Farner's best known composition is 1970's "Closer to Home (I'm Your Captain)" and the 1975 hit "Bad Time." For more on Mark Farner, check out his official website here.

Taime Downe is singer for '80s glam metal band Faster Pussycat. Faster Pussycat were on Elektra Records and sold over 500,000 copies of their second album Wake Me When It's over which featured the hits "Poison Ivy" and the ballad "House of Pain." The band had several videos in rotation on MTV and toured with Y&T, Alice Cooper, Motley Crue, Kiss, David Lee Roth, and many others.