Greta Van Fleet

They're like a band that has actually never heard Led Zeppelin, or any amplified music, but then heard and saw Wolfmother, and were like, this band is crazy, you can do that!? This is the greatest music of all time!

he reminds them
^flip that and reverse it

They are sub-Wolfmother.

― MarkoP, Saturday, April 17, 2021 7:20 PM bookmarkflaglink

TAKEDOWN!!!

Wolfdaughter?

At least Kingdom Come were competent at Zeppelin imitation. GVF are EASILY one of the most incompetent rock bands I have ever heard. And they seem to be getting worse with each release.

One for the sticker

Showing some real range by also doing sub-sub-Rush
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5PiROGaPXg

oh man, the opening instrumental shit in that red rocks video is infuriating.

Yeah when he does that wheedly lick that every 14 year old stumbles onto in their first six months of guitar, but for like a few minutes straight!

was waiting for them to cover this

I'm watching this Red Rocks thing and went from "are they going to play a song" to "when does the facility management rush the stage and beat them"

haha watching the red rocks clip now, amazing

what's with these fuckin hobbit wizard nudie suits

"Intro (Guitar Center Suite)"

They're a thought experiment: If Rush hadn't met Neil.

I mean they seem like nice enough guys and they are reasonably talented and I can't really hate them, but I kind of hate the musical zeitgeist that enables them to be a phenomenon rather than just a good bar band.

"Intro (Guitar Center Suite)"

― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Monday, April 19, 2021 12:45 PM (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink

hahaha nailed it

i'm not sold on 'reasonably talented'. feel like they too will be embarrassed of this in 10 years. but they'll also have a real estate portfolio and no real job, so they definitely still win.

yeah i mostly just kind of feel bad for the crowd going crazy eating it up, thinking they are seeing amazing face-melting rock, not realizing that they could be seeing a hundred versions of this band at their local bar or summertime beerfest in the park or whatever

they cannot break into the foo fighters fan scene. need to buy early on greta van fleet.

they feel less like a bar or beerfest band and more like a band that plays one song in a "Rock Through the Ages" type show that is free with park admission when you need to take a break from the roller coasters at Cedar Point.

or maybe a similar show in an off strip vegas casino/hotel. someone comps you tickets at check-in because your room wasn't ready yet. you see them selling for $8 later that afternoon.

yeah i mostly just kind of feel bad for the crowd going crazy eating it up, thinking they are seeing amazing face-melting rock

When the camera cuts to a guy in the crowd gleefully singing/rockin' along, it's a real eye-opener in terms of "even THIS is someone's favorite band"

I just think it's kind of funny that these kids playing classic rock cosplay get people so absolutely, frothing at the mouth furious in certain corners of the internet.

still watching this red rocks vid and gotta say i take major issue with them busting out the 4+ minute drum solo feature only 10 minutes into the set! a true asshole move

it's more being frustrated that there's a non-quiet sect of people hearing them and going YES, REAL MUSIC IS BACK, as if rock in the 70s was the zenith and we must never move beyond that template ever again.

Yeah, I mean the people praising them are just as hard to understand. I just find them too boring and, really, ultimately harmless, to get that angry about.

is the "it's rockist to hate this band for being derivative" take going spare or has it been done already

I guess this is classic rock's Renaissance Fair stage

they feel less like a bar or beerfest band and more like a band that plays one song in a "Rock Through the Ages" type show that is free with park admission when you need to take a break from the roller coasters at Cedar Point.

― microsloth fig stimulator (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, April 19, 2021 1:03 PM (thirty-one minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

Yeah this is right, and also better captures the rated-PG feel of their classic rock pastiche

it's more being frustrated that there's a non-quiet sect of people hearing them and going YES, REAL MUSIC IS BACK, as if rock in the 70s was the zenith and we must never move beyond that template ever again.

― P-Zunit (Neanderthal), Monday, April 19, 2021 1:10 PM (twenty-seven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

I don't even mind this as much as I mind that you could probably just take four random nashville studio guys and make a more convincing "classic rock is back" band than this with a week of rehearsal. It's like celebrating Bob Ross for reviving the technique of the old masters.

I heard these guys on the radio this weekend and was prepared to give them a shot. But when the singing started it was actually offensive.

They're a thought experiment: If Rush hadn't met Neil.

We already have an album of this!

I mean, lmk when GvF bassist plays something even on the level of "Working Man".

first Rush album is sweet

Totally! If they can give us anything as awesome as "Before and After"...
Also, thanks for the Starcastle rec earlier in the thread!

Wait for it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPQO6J-EU08

This is like classic rock written by an AI.

yeah, Al Roker

that is literally a c.2006 sketch show skit that is now a legitimate band in 2021. what a world.

That is one of the funniest combinations of music and performance I have ever seen.

I literally lolled when he started singing

Who Wore It Better: GVF Singer Dude, or Your Niece Madison at Homecoming.

Man the guitar player's acoustic fingerpicking sucks so bad, he can barely play in time.

I will say it's nice that they can also rip off '70s Elton John in a way that reminds you just how good he was and they aren't.

omg, the drummer

https://decider.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/seinfeld-jerry-puffy.jpg?quality=80&strip=all

Fuckin Edith Bunker on vocals

drummer def looks mad to be wearing that bird suit

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Di-tvG5UUAA3fxt.jpg

She wore it better.

This is like November Rain if it had been commissioned by the Liberace estate, but on a tight budget

Btw that singer is going to sound like Tom Waits in 3 years