Greta Van Fleet

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I hadn't heard of these guys. My Wife just had me check them out. Three young brothers and their best friend on the drums. Your thoughts?


 
I hear them at the gym constantly... I'm happy to hear rock on the radio- I'll take them over foo fighters, snap dragons, or whatever the hell they are calling "rock" these days
 
I think its great. Maybe will bring rock back to the younger crowd.
 
They've been playing them on my local station for the last 8-9 months. Pretty cool. A little Zeppelin vibe going on for sure.
 
Really ripping off Zepplin. That said, it’s much better than most of the modern rock stuff. And it’s good to hear this kind of old school rock being played by young people. Gives me a little hope that rock’s not completely dead just yet.
 
I like them. You should watch their rig rundown video.

 
vmbarrera":3h8ucbut said:
I like them. You should watch their rig rundown video.

Keanu Reeves is flat out horrible. The band is cool though
 
I find them refreshingly classic and very true rock and roll.

Great 70's style riffing and singing.

Love them.
 
Guys literally live 10 minutes from me. My daughters used to work with their sister and guess the guys always came by the store.
I’m mixed on em. Like trying little too hard to do zep.
But hey. Their rocking it. :rock:
 
One of my favorite new bands. I love their song "Black Smoke Rising". I think they definitely do a "nod" to Zeppelin but are different in a lot of ways. They do have moments where they are dead on Zeppelin though. LOL!

I forget what song (maybe Flower Power?) where they do an organ breakdown like "What Is and What Should Never Be" and there is a guitar riff/solo in one of their songs that is from a Zeppelin song but can't remember which one.

With all of the crap stuff out there, the polished recordings, pop-over done music out there, it is refreshing to hear people that actually play their instruments, use vintage and basic gear, and love old blues, etc.
 
Dig it for sure. As others have said, not a lot out there now to like as far as new music, so this is welcome to my ears.

And yes, the singer has a spot in the next Zep tribute band in his area, that's for sure. The Plant vibe is very close. Riff wise though, every damn tune we all like can probably be traced to Zep in some way right?

Nothing comes close to Kingdom Clone from my experience. And yes, I have that tape(lol) somewhere........
 
I haven't really heard them on the radio or maybe I have and didn't know it was them. I like the fact they are young rockers.
 
Robert plants gives them a nod in one interview I seen.
But ya. Kingdom Come. Love that band.
Cd is in my car. :yes:
 
LPMojoGL":wi6ul6wh said:
Purpleibby":wi6ul6wh said:


Ha! Never heard that before. Reminds me of Kingdom Come.

Lol! Ya, Gary and Ozzy were bustin' Kingdom Come's balls with that track...but yeah, the Zep influence(putting it mildly lol) is very obvious in the OP band....that's why I posted that.

Mailman1971":wi6ul6wh said:
Kingdom Come. Love that band.
Cd is in my car. :yes:


Same here, like the band very much.....they broke away from the Zep stuff(which I really liked) and made some very good albums later too:

 
mooncobra":3poqe4m2 said:
its cool they are young and trying to bring rock back, but I am not into them.

this is pretty funny, Robert Plant on Greta Van Fleet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePIAaQwYMaM

Feel the same way...There’s other bands out there doing the old school rock thing with more balls. Greta doesn’t rock hard enough for me and it’s too on the nose for me to appreciate them as their own thing.
 
God bless em. I really want them to put out a killer album. I hope they do.
Me personally, I’ve moved into the current century and don’t have much use for bands that copy bands from 50 years ago.
I want them to be themselves. Make their own album.
 
When I first heard them I thought its like Led Zep but with decent music!
 
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