# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/max-carl
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:02:31.960Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/max-carl"
name: "Max Carl"
slug: "max-carl"
description: "Max Carl Gronenthal is an American rock singer, keyboardist, guitarist and songwriter. He is the co-lead singer of the classic rock band Grand Funk Railroad. In addition, he spent several years as the keyboardist and lead singer for the southern rock band 38 Special. Carl is known for having co-written and sung lead vocals on 38 Special's hit song, \"Second Chance\" (1989)."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Max_Carl_with_Grand_Funk_Railroad_%28Florida_2010%29.jpg/330px-Max_Carl_with_Grand_Funk_Railroad_%28Florida_2010%29.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1950-01-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.19
  momentum:             3.264248704663212
  historical:           7.563614666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0137282/"
    handle:    "nm0137282"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/454997"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%B3_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84"
    title: "ماكس كارل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%B3_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84"
    title: "ماکس کارل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Carl"
    title: "Max Carl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Carl"
    title: "Max Carl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Carl"
    title: "Max Carl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Carl"
    title: "Max Carl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3964a578-d128-4a48-b7b6-588fc4cec4e2"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1912366"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1024101"
    title: "Max Carlson"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump