Or Castrati?
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 22 January 2019 15:52 (five years ago) link
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.)
― composed of atoms just as all posters have been (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 22 January 2019 16:03 (five years ago) link
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).
― Locked in silent monologue, in silent scream (Sund4r), Tuesday, 22 January 2019 16:09 (five years ago) link
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.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 22 January 2019 16:28 (five years ago) link
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) !
― AlXTC from Paris, Monday, 28 January 2019 11:55 (five years ago) link
It was a tribute to a Led Zep interview from 1972
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 28 January 2019 12:06 (five years ago) link
https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/waynesworld/images/7/76/Bestbands-crucialtaunt-700x300.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20170312080645
https://relix.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/great.jpg
Crucial Van Taunt
― peace, man, Monday, 28 January 2019 13:08 (five years ago) link
looool CAAL
― imago, Monday, 28 January 2019 13:09 (five years ago) link
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 !
― AlXTC from Paris, Monday, 28 January 2019 13:31 (five years ago) link
The GVF singer is even paying tribute to young Robert Plant's hair.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 28 January 2019 13:34 (five years ago) link
That hairdo (and the fashion choices) are debatable.
― AlXTC from Paris, Monday, 28 January 2019 13:40 (five years ago) link
they are trolls who even look like trolls. their mission is to sow dissension between millennials and boomers by cleverly transmuting hate for the band into hate for an entire generation.
― Thus Sang Freud, Monday, 28 January 2019 14:25 (five years ago) link
Mission accomplished!
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 28 January 2019 14:31 (five years ago) link
lead singer of this group should go solo and have the dude from semisonic write him some hits
― why date Ryan Adams in the first place? (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 28 January 2019 18:15 (five years ago) link
or make a record with Alison Krauss
― We were never Breeting Borting (President Keyes), Monday, 28 January 2019 18:37 (five years ago) link
I get more of a Dio vibe from the singer than anything else tbh
― Οὖτις, Monday, 28 January 2019 18:38 (five years ago) link
that's extremely rude to Dio, his voice is weak as fuck
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 28 January 2019 18:39 (five years ago) link
Lol yea he's like Dio if he was in the car with The D.O.C.
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Monday, 28 January 2019 18:42 (five years ago) link
The problem is his voice is so bad that the only way to save it would be to add reverb or double it or whatever, but that would make it worse. Kind of like the dude from the Darkness, whose voice fell just short of the kind of hair metal/glam histrionics he was aiming for, except they were silly on purpose, and falling short felt like part of the fun. This dude is like a weekend carny working the Ren Faire whose sole job is clean up the half eaten giant turkey legs left on the picnic tables.
And by "clean up" I mean eat.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 28 January 2019 19:03 (five years ago) link
Or put another way, all the people who have such a big problem with Geddy Lee should be forced to listen to this for some perspective.
dude's voice is not terrible. he could easily be the lead singer of a band with actual songs. then again, he at some point agreed to a bridge of woah ho hooooo-ooooHooooo yeah...yeyahs and likes to yodel. so maybe not.
― why date Ryan Adams in the first place? (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 28 January 2019 19:27 (five years ago) link
he could be the lead singer of The Beets in Doug
― why date Ryan Adams in the first place? (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 28 January 2019 19:28 (five years ago) link
All I know is from what little I've heard from these dudes, it's the singer that makes me turn it off. Just like, yeah, what people say about Rush, except Rush is awesome.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 28 January 2019 19:31 (five years ago) link
GVF's singer's voice is a karaoke parlor trick. He does mimicry which can be fun in that kind of setting, jarring when used on recorded albums and tours.
Like I can do a mean "Thunderstruck" but I wouldn't dare use that voice to like...record music
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Monday, 28 January 2019 19:46 (five years ago) link
Lol @Darkness guy. I hated his fucking voice
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Monday, 28 January 2019 19:48 (five years ago) link
Obviously he’s not fit to carry Dio’s cape, didnt mean to imply quality thereXps
― Οὖτις, Monday, 28 January 2019 19:50 (five years ago) link
I still don't hear Dio as he had a light, pure tone to his voice that he added dirty tones too. Where GVF guy starts shrill and just gets shrilla
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Monday, 28 January 2019 19:54 (five years ago) link
I'm guessing the Dio comparison was mostly based on height
― We were never Breeting Borting (President Keyes), Monday, 28 January 2019 20:08 (five years ago) link
yeah it's more of a general resemblance thing - Dio is obviously p unique as a vocalist
― Οὖτις, Monday, 28 January 2019 20:09 (five years ago) link
Wow, seriously? I was talking to a friend of mine who did a tribute band night of AC/DC and they had to bring in a ringer for some songs. Brian Johnson's voice hangs at this freakish scary full-throated shriek level that seems achievable until you try to sustain it for a whole song, let alone maintain the assault for a second one or more. It'll shred you!
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 28 January 2019 22:56 (five years ago) link
my trick is that I'm a classically trained singer with a loud powerful falsetto so whereas Johnson's is throaty, I start with a clean tone and dirty it enough just enough to where it sounds shrill but doesn't actually hurt. now, dunno if I could do it for 90 minutes, but...yeah!
of course I don't think anybody would confuse me for him - he's much rawer sounding
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Monday, 28 January 2019 23:41 (five years ago) link
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal)
i mean i think if greta van fleet's singer was classically trained he probably wouldn't sing like he does
― The Elvis of Nationalism and Amoral Patriotism (rushomancy), Tuesday, 29 January 2019 00:33 (five years ago) link
i heard a great greta van fleet parody recently, it was like 'ooh mama let's go to the misty mountain top, i gotta ramble'. long shot but does anyone remember this and know where it is
― global tetrahedron, Thursday, 13 June 2019 20:35 (four years ago) link
WATCH OUT GRETA VAN FLEET, JOYOUS WOLF IS GUNNIN' 4 THAT NUMBER ONE SPOT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=23&v=A5pDm0cdna8
have to say the singer is...limber
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 24 July 2019 17:32 (four years ago) link
lol this is terrible
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 24 July 2019 17:51 (four years ago) link
Poppen Report20 hours agoGreat vid,great vocals, the total package. Congrats on opening for Slash .
Cassandra CantlonCassandra Cantlon4 months agoI saw these guys open for buckcherry and they put on an amazing show!!
lol
― global tetrahedron, Wednesday, 24 July 2019 17:54 (four years ago) link
OMG the guitar player is the kid from this father/son Verizon commercialhttps://www.ispot.tv/ad/oZ7N/verizon-blake-and-chris-iphone-xr
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 24 July 2019 17:55 (four years ago) link
Haha I just assumed those were actors and that the kid wasn’t a real rock star with his Billy Corgan in 1991 hairstyle looking ass
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Wednesday, 24 July 2019 17:56 (four years ago) link
this is near the top of my all-time fave 70s buttrock songs but seeing those guys do it is just embarassing
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 24 July 2019 18:05 (four years ago) link
the original is an all time classic
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 24 July 2019 18:09 (four years ago) link
Dude looks more like Danzig than Gish Billy
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 24 July 2019 18:15 (four years ago) link
verizon ad harder to watch than music vid imo
― budo jeru, Wednesday, 24 July 2019 18:37 (four years ago) link
he means the guitar player not the singer xp
― budo jeru, Wednesday, 24 July 2019 18:38 (four years ago) link
Boomers just love their own Boomer-ness reflected back at them in a positive light, they don't really care about quality or skill― chr1sb3singer, Monday, 21 January 2019 20:41 (six months ago) link
― chr1sb3singer, Monday, 21 January 2019 20:41 (six months ago) link
― chr1sb3singer, Wednesday, 24 July 2019 18:40 (four years ago) link
These guys look like a Jet cover band.
― Mazzy Tsar (PBKR), Wednesday, 24 July 2019 20:47 (four years ago) link
singer looks like the singer from an '80s hair metal band, the rest of the dudes look like a lite-grunge band from '98, they've got a "wolf" band name from 2006, very confusing
― na (NA), Wednesday, 24 July 2019 20:58 (four years ago) link
Anybody remember these guys?
― master of nuggets (Neanderthal), Monday, 9 December 2019 18:26 (four years ago) link
Great revive.
― pomenitul, Monday, 9 December 2019 18:27 (four years ago) link
FIN
― totally unnecessary bewbz of exploitation (DJP), Monday, 9 December 2019 18:28 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNupKBdPXlY
― pomenitul, Monday, 9 December 2019 18:31 (four years ago) link