Greta Van Fleet

I wish PFork had given them the 3.6 they deserve so we wouldn’t be having this conversation.

“Rock fans” are likely stanning for them simply to own the haters at this point.

I wish PFork had given them the 3.6 they deserve so we wouldn’t be having this conversation.

late to the party on this but that's some vintage pitchfork there, i love it

http://www.switchedonpop.com/97-greta-van-fleet/

this podcast episode has an interview with the Pitchfork writer, and then the hosts go through the GVF record and try to figure out which Zep songs are being aped.

haha this is awesome, I love how surgical they get with it

They're gonna be the musical guest on Saturday Night Live on January 19. Host is Rachel Brosnahan of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, which if you haven't watched it, sucks dog ass.

TV Guide should hire Unperson for an ongoing newsfeed of programming notes, written in that trademark style!^^

I made it through maybe 5 seconds of the band on SNL (well, on SNL on Youtube), and the singer reminded me of fat '80s jumpsuit Ozzy.

Ha, just read some commentary from Alex Lifeson, which can be read both as complementary but also kind of backhanded. He basically says, at first I thought they sounded like Led Zeppelin, but they are young and they are good musicians and maybe they will develop into something as they come into their own style. He conceded, justifiably, that Rush started out that way too, so who knows.

I mostly thought about how the drummer’s gonna get tendonitis in his right elbow real soon if he keeps that stiff all-forearm approach. He’s also going to need back surgery in a few years if he stays hunched over like that (like what happened to Larry Mullen).

they are young and they are good musicians and maybe they will develop into something as they come into their own style

I can't even tell you how many jazz albums I hear where I can close my eyes and picture, for example, the saxophonist's record collection.

I liked when the singers voice broke. I mean, he mostly seemed really nervous, but still.

I watched 25 seconds of the performance and I am convinced that this band does not exists and is a mass hallucination.

double edged sword for a young band to get too much hype early.

I see them getting more proggy, if they have the song writing.

I don't know if they have enough muscle for the cock rock.

I'm sure they have a "Sex Farm" in them

I haven't heard a note of this bands music, but there seems to be a lot of whinge about them being in thrall to Led Zeppelin. Without having to listen to a note of this bands music, all I want to know is do they do what they do badly (thus rendering them completely pointless) or do they do what they do well?

I mean it's decent tributism but the vocalist really overdoes it and is probably gonna

Wreck his voice.

No they don't sound like someone failing on Guitar Hero.

would Jam Master Jay or Rick Rubin sample this band?

Paul Barman might

their drummer is horrible

damn, i always thought boomers loved technical proficiency.

Boomers just love their own Boomer-ness reflected back at them in a positive light, they don't really care about quality or skill

I couldn't make it through either SNL song. Unoriginal is fine if it's not so damn boring, they could at least have a couple of sweet riffs.

What? Of course they do. Their only stated metric for the goodness of anything they like is:

"Now dat gai, he could really play! lemme tell ya"

and

"Those gais were legends ok? nuthin like the crap you hear on the radio today"

xp

that's just what they've been fed to say to justify their preference for 60s/70s shit vs "today's music"

Boomers secretly fear & despise the talent of youth that they know will eventually supplant them. I read about in the AARP magazine.

I was going to quibble that a bunch of early 20s dudes sounding like a less-proficient Boomer-era band would seem to demonstrate the opposite point if anything. But then I looked at the comments on one of their live videos on Youtube and there's a hell of a lot of

It always amazes me that people complain about this band. I am 57 and grew up with some awesome bands I could care less who the sound like. People gotta stop living in the past be grateful some young kids even had the courage to do music that most thought was dead. To see a Marshall Stack or an Ampeg bass amp on a stage is amazing.

Do It for "old guys" like me! Rock on guys!

Turning sixty today! Woohoo. But these kids are the best thing to hit hit rock and roll in a long time.

I'm 54, and this band have something......I can't describe it.....but they have it....long may they reign...

I'm 61 years old, and their music takes me back to my younger years listening and jamming with my acoustic guitar with the same influences these cats grew up listening too

so yeah

People gotta stop living in the past

Lol

Greta Van Fleet: The Soundtrack for Midlife Crises

I'm nearly 62, and I'd rather rip my ears off than listen to Greta van Fleet.

The reason Josh Kiszka looks a little stiff is that he's spent the last 45 years imprisoned in the logo of a Rams Head Muff.

The rest of the guys look like they're getting the biggest break of their lives by warming up the stage for Collective Soul in 1992.

Close your eyes and they sound like the Spin Doctors with more distortion and a singer aiming for Geddy Lee and missing.

How come he's not wearin' a toque

Take off, you hoser.

I think it would have been hilarious if, along with taking fashion and musical cues from the 70s, Greta Van Fleet actually became Canadian citizens.

I can imagine the scandal. "They're not even a Canadians!" It would be an international incident, Trump would be tweeting about them.

The SNL clips seem exceptionally weak tbh. I've seen live footage of them that's a lot better.

There used to be (maybe still are?) a bunch of bands like this. Anyone remember Rose Hill Drive? Or Vintage Trouble?

Or Castrati?

I saw Vintage Trouble when they were brand new, killer live band. Please don't sully my memories by comparing them to GVF. (I get that they're both retro/revivalist sorts of bands, but I guess VT mined a musical style I liked.)

Yeah, I haven't heard the bands Tarfumes mentions but I think I said earlier that they remind me of early 90s AOR radio more than anything (which I think the Spin Doctors and 92 Collective Soul references are also getting at).

I saw VT once (at MSG, opening for the Who), and they just seemed like a living ad for manufacturers of vintage-reissue instruments. Somewhat endearingly/hilariously, the singer tried to do a spin, but couldn't, so he just kind of ran in a really tight circle.

I had never heard about this band until now and tried to watch their snl performance out of curiosity...
Aw what a mistake : it's horrible/ridiculous and I couldn't stand it for more than a few seconds of each song!
I think all the terrible aspects about them have been discussed already but the singer is clearly the main issue for me, both his voice and stage act.
It's like watching a LZ tribute band at a high school party.
Unless your kid is in the band, it's simply torture !

also lol at a Rolling Stone intw where they mention their influences... and never mention LZ, only the blues legends (BB King, etc) !

It was a tribute to a Led Zep interview from 1972

https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/waynesworld/images/7/76/Bestbands-crucialtaunt-700x300.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20170312080645

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Crucial Van Taunt

looool CAAL

I like how in one of the snl songs they went as far as having the bassist play the keyboard/organ...
That and the guitarist moves : basically they're a role playing game gone wrong !

The GVF singer is even paying tribute to young Robert Plant's hair.

That hairdo (and the fashion choices) are debatable.