Greta Van Fleet: Yea or Nay?

[The Duck]

I had never heard of them until this. Just watched the videos. Talented but they strike me as being awfully focused on trying to he someone else. Great for a tribute band but very awkward if they are trying to be their own band.

If they can get away from the "sounds like Led Zep" death trap, they might be alight. Otherwise, they'll suffer the same fate as these guys.

[Diggle]

Absolute no for me. Total posers. Cant jam. Phony as hell. Frauds

[Drama Queen]

Black Smoke Rising doesn’t sound like a rip off.

No doubt a total Zeppelin ripoff. Hopefully they find their own style.

I'm just glad to see some young musicians playing hard rock. It's been dying off for a while.

It’s more Getty Lee with the vocals if anything. I think that’s the issue facing rock bands- being compared to others.

British Wave
Heavy Metal
Big Hair Bands
Grunge

They only way to separate yourself is by forging a new derivative of rock.

[IronEagle]

Absolute no for me. Total posers. Cant jam. Phony as hell. Frauds

Aren't their concert tickets run through AXS?

It's funny. A couple of years I posted about a Robert Plant concert at Brooklyn Academy of Music I really enjoyed. Zoli dismissed me, saying Plant doesn't have the vocal range he used to.. Which is true, but I still enjoyed the show.

This kid has the vocal range. They are young, we will see where they go.

[IronEagle]

If they can get away from the "sounds like Led Zep" death trap, they might be alight. Otherwise, they'll suffer the same fate as these guys.

Agreed that they need to stop sounding like Zep but I think the vocalist is miles above the one in the video you posted.

[slag]

I like a guy who can belt a scream

but I've been lamenting the absence of rock bands doing songs with a great guitar solo for awhile now ... still waiting.

[IronEagle]

but I've been lamenting the absence of rock bands doing songs with a great guitar solo for awhile now ... still waiting.

Yeah, no great new rock guitarrists on the level of a Page, Clapton or Hendrix recently

[Diggle]

Not necessarily axs - thats venue dependant. I think they fizzle hard

[The Duck]

Agreed that they need to stop sounding like Zep but I think the vocalist is miles above the one in the video you posted.

Oh, I know... Kingdom Come was an (unintentional) 80s joke band. These guys are better musicians all around. They just need to find their own thing and do it well. Nothing they've done has really grabbed me yet, but there's time.

(really, I just posted the Kingdom Come video for the outrageous "Kashmir" delivery of that opening line. Always cracks me up)

[DEERSPINE GUY]

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CALLED DEAF RHINO, THEY WERE AT MUSIKFEST BETHLEHEM. LIKED EM A LOT.BAR BAND RIGHT NOW ,WAITING FOR BREAK.

[IronEagle]

but I've been lamenting the absence of rock bands doing songs with a great guitar solo for awhile now ... still waiting.

I'm wearing this hoodie today... ever been there?

Rock Capitol of Brooklyn! Surely connected!

[Maniac]

I'm gonna say yea. Kid has a hell of a set of pipes.

But they are going to need to branch out from the Led Zeppelin style stuff if they want to be truly successful.

Then also, Zeppelin was kind of derivative. So now we have the second derivative.

Bored with the Zep imitation but didn't mind their Rush tribute on SNL.

[BirdBrawn]

Like the little bit I've heard from them

Don't know enough to have a real opinion.

Another Day Dawns - good band local to here, might have a contract by now. Good old fashioned hard rock sound.

[SOS Crunchy]

Pitchfork absolutely RIPPED into them on their last album that dropped in October.

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums...peaceful-army/

I've been aware of these guys for awhile, never was a huge fan but apparently they put on a sick live performance. For sure have some catchy songs and I appreciate what they're trying to do, but as many have alluded to before, they're no Zeppelin.