Because I can't believe it.
― Randall Jarrell (dandydonweiner), Monday, 9 October 2017 23:38 (seven years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJg4OJxp-co
― Randall Jarrell (dandydonweiner), Monday, 9 October 2017 23:39 (seven years ago)
As far as Zep rehash goes, it's really not bad.
― henry s, Monday, 9 October 2017 23:45 (seven years ago)
the songs are strong
― Randall Jarrell (dandydonweiner), Monday, 9 October 2017 23:48 (seven years ago)
I'm curious.
Hopefully they will make Frankenmuth, MI known for something other than Christmas stores and beer gardens.
― henry s, Monday, 9 October 2017 23:56 (seven years ago)
new album seems like a cash in on the EP
― Randall Jarrell (dandydonweiner), Friday, 10 November 2017 20:55 (seven years ago)
Never heard if them before saw them in the new release section. It's a pretty fun album although not necessarily my thing I'd listen to it again though.
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Friday, 10 November 2017 23:06 (seven years ago)
Damn tickets to thier show at bowery ballroom on Dec 5th are going for almost $200 a piece
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Friday, 10 November 2017 23:15 (seven years ago)
This is about as dull as music gets but the singer's expressions and hand movements are hilarioushttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2NrXSXVS1k
― louise ck (milo z), Sunday, 24 June 2018 07:36 (six years ago)
kingdom come 2.0
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 24 June 2018 13:35 (six years ago)
lol this is a band and not a person?
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 24 June 2018 15:29 (six years ago)
He sounds like Jack White getting fisted.
― Making Plans For Sturgill (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 24 June 2018 15:44 (six years ago)
A few months back, one of my college friends tried to recommend them to me so I went and streamed a couple tracks. Told him I thought they were pretty lame, and then he countered with "Well, Matt Drudge likes them."
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 24 June 2018 16:01 (six years ago)
Matt Drudge, the nation's preeminent musical gatekeeper.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 24 June 2018 16:02 (six years ago)
This band is lol
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 24 October 2018 02:48 (six years ago)
World’s best Zeppelin tribute without having to pay for the rights is a good business model. Singer looks like the dude from American Pie.
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Wednesday, 24 October 2018 02:55 (six years ago)
And sounds like he's got the worst case of hemorrhoids
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 24 October 2018 03:04 (six years ago)
Haha, there was a thread for this band the whole time?
― a neon light ablaze in this green smoky haze (morrisp), Wednesday, 24 October 2018 03:10 (six years ago)
lolllll
― Trϵϵship, Wednesday, 24 October 2018 03:24 (six years ago)
I was genuinely hoping that the rockism thread would culminate in being consumed by a protracted discussion of Greta Van Fleet.
― The nexus of the crisis (Sund4r), Wednesday, 24 October 2018 04:13 (six years ago)
At this point it’s more like a prolapsed discussion
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 24 October 2018 05:18 (six years ago)
Just listened to all of Anthem.... Not sure I'd pay for it but I enjoyed a bunch of it. It's the kind of AOR fast food I have a soft spot for. There was more early Rush/Heart pomp in there than I expected. I didn't like "You're the One" or "Anthem" that much but I like "The Cold Wind" and "Watching Over". Guy's high register actually seems impressive to me. The screeching on "When the Curtain Falls" seems like the least interesting thing he does.
― The nexus of the crisis (Sund4r), Wednesday, 24 October 2018 12:50 (six years ago)
ok, i'm gonna try porting my gvf commentary over from the rockism thread:
"engagement with the details of the music can miss the wood for the trees and a review like that has its own use and value. there is no clear distinction between aesthetics and social commentary, its like asking to take the politics out of an issue or insisting we can just rationally debate the facts
― ogmor"
ogmor very much otm, i have no use for this "what about the MUSIC maaaan" nonsense.
"people have made the point that lots of kids still go a Zep phase, so it makes sense that there's a band like GVF - do kids still go through a Doors phase? it would be cool if there was a successful band that's like GVF but for the Doors instead of Zep, with a singer who looks like Bruce McCulloch in that Kids In The Hall skit
― soref"
my "zep phase" turned thirty this year
weren't the cult the successful band that was like the doors? or are they different?
― dub pilates (rushomancy), Wednesday, 24 October 2018 13:30 (six years ago)
there is no clear distinction between aesthetics and social commentary
Yeah, I don't agree with this at all, or at least I don't think it's any truer than saying "there is no clear distinction between aesthetics and physics".
― The nexus of the crisis (Sund4r), Wednesday, 24 October 2018 13:45 (six years ago)
of all the complaining i have seen about this band, why is no one complaining about their name?! i guess there is an abundance of wrong to complain about and still i am stuck on their band name.
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 24 October 2018 13:47 (six years ago)
Get ready to eat your burritos to this winter.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1fuYS_3SZg
― ... (Eazy), Wednesday, 24 October 2018 13:55 (six years ago)
(add a second "this")
xxp I recall there’s a little chunk of posts on their name deep upthread in the “Rockism” mega-discussion
― a neon light ablaze in this green smoky haze (morrisp), Wednesday, 24 October 2018 14:00 (six years ago)
(Their name suxx, btw)
― a neon light ablaze in this green smoky haze (morrisp), Wednesday, 24 October 2018 14:01 (six years ago)
Iirc, it was the name of an old musician from their hometown?
― The nexus of the crisis (Sund4r), Wednesday, 24 October 2018 14:02 (six years ago)
wtf "zep phase?" Like, always?
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 24 October 2018 14:09 (six years ago)
i had a period where i literally listened to led zeppelin and nothing else for months when i was 13.
i still love led zeppelin, but that is a zep phase.
― voodoo chili, Wednesday, 24 October 2018 14:13 (six years ago)
I mentioned this on the other thread, but in 7th grade I tried to do a history fair project about Led Zeppelin. That's a Zep phase.
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Wednesday, 24 October 2018 14:15 (six years ago)
Like when you tune in to Get the Led Out every time it's on even though 95% of the songs they play are on the 3-CD remasters box you own (prior to actually owning all of the albums).
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Wednesday, 24 October 2018 14:16 (six years ago)
Zep phase is like flu season, reliably hits me about once a year.
― dinnerboat, Wednesday, 24 October 2018 14:25 (six years ago)
I had two weeks in September where I just played either Achilles or In My Time of Dying on repeat for my entire commute.
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Wednesday, 24 October 2018 14:28 (six years ago)
My Zep phase was devouring Zep 1-4 and Houses of the Holy on an almost daily basis for most of my teenage life. Then I realized in my mid-thirties that Physical Graffiti is their best album and half of Presence is amazing. I rarely listen to the others nowadays but that's a result of overexposure, it's still some of the greatest rock and roll ever put down imo
― Paul Ponzi, Wednesday, 24 October 2018 14:30 (six years ago)
I'm amazed at how much attention these guys are getting. The negative Pitchfork review is a top trending item on Twitter.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Wednesday, 24 October 2018 14:30 (six years ago)
xpost I've even warmed to Coda over the years. Ragged, strung-out Zep can still surprise me.
― dinnerboat, Wednesday, 24 October 2018 14:32 (six years ago)
as much as I wanna shit on these guys I know deep down that if a bunch of Jonas-brother lookalikes went all out to imitate Yes I'd probably love 'em unconditionally even if they weren't very good
― frogbs, Wednesday, 24 October 2018 14:57 (six years ago)
That Icelandic prog orchestra featuring Jon Anderson is pretty much better than Yes anyway
― imago, Wednesday, 24 October 2018 15:04 (six years ago)
Admittedly that is playing the literal songs of Yes, which isn't what gore talking about. Prog is full of dreadful copyists
― imago, Wednesday, 24 October 2018 15:05 (six years ago)
well yeah but most of those dudes are in their 30s or 40s and therefore have had plenty of time to come up with their own ideas. if it was a group of kids fresh out of high school who wound up sounding like Starcastle I'd be a lot more forgiving.
― frogbs, Wednesday, 24 October 2018 15:08 (six years ago)
oh yeah true
― imago, Wednesday, 24 October 2018 15:08 (six years ago)
If there was a teen band that played Yes-like prog I think I would be OK with that, since prog is still innately cult. Of course, if there were teens that could play Yes then Adrian Belew or Jeff Beck would hire them for their bands.
But anyway, teen Zep? No thanks. I recently cancelled satellite radio, so have been listening to the local stuff, and I came across these guys all the time starting a few months back, and each time I thought, wtf is this shit, and turned the channel. It was only after the 5th or so stumble-upon that I looked them up and saw that they were selling out sizable venues. I didn't know where the fuck they came from but suddenly they were everywhere and, in the words of a friend, I smelled a rat.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 24 October 2018 15:10 (six years ago)
as was mentioned elsewhere iirc the problem w/a lot of Zeppelin copycats or bands influenced by Zeppelin is they only ever adhere to the most obvious aspects of the Zeppelin sound, and the aspects that are the easiest to ape. I guess one on hand you have GVF and Kingdom Come, and on another hand you have The White Stripes, who obviously had some Zeppelin influences all over the place but absorbed them into their own sound.
― omar little, Wednesday, 24 October 2018 15:26 (six years ago)
starcastle is one of the most underrated 70s american prog bands (along with like ETHOS, LIFT, YEZDA URFA, and CATHEDRAL). so glad overplay hasn't worn out their charm
xxxpostsss
― reggie (qualmsley), Wednesday, 24 October 2018 15:30 (six years ago)
honestly i have never had a Zep phase
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 24 October 2018 15:59 (six years ago)
Take two Carouselambras and call me in the morning.
― dinnerboat, Wednesday, 24 October 2018 16:39 (six years ago)
Astbury wanted to be Jim Morrison (and actully got to be him with that Doors reunion), which eventually was counterbalanced by his band wanting to be AC/DC.
― The Greta Van Gerwig (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 24 October 2018 16:54 (six years ago)
Satchel (guitarist for Steel Panther) is an outright virtuoso.
― Feta Van Cheese (Neanderthal), Monday, 24 May 2021 14:44 (four years ago)
he was actually a guitar instructor in the 90s who played alongside Paul Gilbert in some side projects.
I saw Steel Panther live once, the show was not entirely my thing because half the show was shitty covers, but he played a guitar solo that was pretty amazing and at one point he was playing Iron Man while playing the kick drum at the same time with his right foot.
― Feta Van Cheese (Neanderthal), Monday, 24 May 2021 14:47 (four years ago)
ah interesting, that makes sense he's part of that guitar institute/berklee axis
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 24 May 2021 14:52 (four years ago)
vocalist was on LA Guns for their Wasted EP in 1998, that was it. this really was his first big break I think.
― Feta Van Cheese (Neanderthal), Monday, 24 May 2021 15:25 (four years ago)
For those who’ve asked... here are my fave albums of 2018: @StevePerryMusic - Traces @dawestheband - Passwords @GretaVanFleet - Anthem Of A Peaceful Army— Jimmy Pardo (@jimmypardo) January 2, 2019
― bogo jumbo junbi boba (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 2 June 2021 00:53 (four years ago)
Yeah, Jimmy likes them.
― like a d4mn sociopath! (morrisp), Wednesday, 2 June 2021 01:08 (four years ago)
lol, no Chicago albums this year?
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Wednesday, 2 June 2021 20:06 (four years ago)
Well that tweet was from a few years ago (and a few years after the "PHUH-nominal" Billy Idol album).
― like a d4mn sociopath! (morrisp), Wednesday, 2 June 2021 20:31 (four years ago)
Speaking of Chicago, I wonder if GVF will go through a 'Horn Section' period?
― blue whales on ambient (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 2 June 2021 20:33 (four years ago)
a Jethro Tull phase seems more likely: Greta Van Flute
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 2 June 2021 20:50 (four years ago)
https://www.guitarworld.com/features/greta-van-fleets-jake-kiszka-i-work-very-hard-to-articulate-chords-and-notes-all-of-that-sensitivity-and-technicality-gets-lost-when-you-have-too-much-overdrive
― blue whales on ambient (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 3 June 2021 05:38 (four years ago)
"It’s just something we’ll never be a part of contributing to. The loud minority will never speak for the quiet majority. That’s something Joe Bonamassa mentioned to me once, and I believe it’s pretty accurate.”
― bogo jumbo junbi boba (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 3 June 2021 13:57 (four years ago)
“Art is supposed to elicit strong reactions, isn’t it?” Jake Kiszka asks rhetorically.
Being called a pack of cosplaying dweebs is exactly like the first performance of The Rites of Spring.
― Joe Bombin (milo z), Thursday, 3 June 2021 14:06 (four years ago)
"if everyone says we suck, it stands to reason that we are good"
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 3 June 2021 14:06 (four years ago)
My greatest influence is not Jimmy Page, it's all the people who wrote the songs that Led Zeppelin plagiarized in the first place.
― Joe Bombin (milo z), Thursday, 3 June 2021 14:09 (four years ago)
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/6c/9f/82/6c9f82167eb87c518c42a3c530c0fade.jpg
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Thursday, 3 June 2021 14:28 (four years ago)
Age of Machine is a nearly seven-minute-long cosmic doozy
You know, if the band was called Cosmic Doozy, I think I would dislike them less.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 3 June 2021 14:51 (four years ago)
Critics are hard to press, in particular to the Zeppelin reference, which we’re humbled by. We’re honored by that affiliation, but again there’s a point within factions of society that are drawn to ignorant criticism.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 3 June 2021 14:51 (four years ago)
I, uh, can't say I noticed those blues influences in the guitar playing on GVF songs.
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Thursday, 3 June 2021 14:58 (four years ago)
sure was a lot of Howlin' Wolf in that All in the Family theme redux that they did
― Feta Van Cheese (Neanderthal), Thursday, 3 June 2021 14:59 (four years ago)
It hit me that the main thing with this band is that they just don't have songs. Their songs are not memorable or good. Everything else is actually ok and would be just fine if they had good songs - yes the singer would still be absurd and yes the guitar player would be a sub-par imitation of a cliche, but the band plays well overall and the guy can, in some sense, sing. No songs man. To paraphrase something I heard a drunk music industry hasbeen say "They've got guns but no bullets."
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Wednesday, 7 July 2021 16:02 (three years ago)
Exactly, all technique and no substance - and even the technique is questionable.
― chap, Wednesday, 7 July 2021 16:58 (three years ago)
every time somebody bumps this thread I am reminded that I totally forget this band exists until somebody bumps the thread.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 7 July 2021 17:08 (three years ago)
greta van fleeting
― butyrate humbucker bobbins (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 7 July 2021 18:21 (three years ago)
https://guitar.com/news/music-news/greta-van-fleet-are-being-mocked-relentlessly-on-tiktok/
― Thus Sang Freud, Friday, 23 July 2021 22:07 (three years ago)
if any of those people make money off mocking gvf on tiktok, they are even worse
― "Rocky Top" and "Funky Bitch" are songs I never look forward to (Sufjan Grafton), Saturday, 24 July 2021 02:36 (three years ago)
jealousy is unproductive, you could be working on monetizing this thread instead
― tean mean poleand cheaseang theas means hamseak feasts (breastcrawl), Saturday, 24 July 2021 07:12 (three years ago)
lots and lots (and lots) of gvf tiktoks here. some of these are funny. he must burn through 12 different facial expressions in those five seconds, and some people capture them with devilish precision.
https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-6985074040071260933?traffic_type=google&referer_url=amp_seewherewevebeen&referer_video_id=6987786701598936325
― Thus Sang Freud, Saturday, 24 July 2021 11:21 (three years ago)
this family singalong is too cute.
https://www.tiktok.com/@ddevlinjr/video/6986834018918599942
― Thus Sang Freud, Saturday, 24 July 2021 11:28 (three years ago)
― "Rocky Top" and "Funky Bitch" are songs I never look forward to (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, July 23, 2021 10:36 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
Lol, give them a MacArthur grant and Presidential Medal of Freedom, imo.
― Carlos Santana & Mahavishnu Rob Thomas (PBKR), Saturday, 24 July 2021 11:36 (three years ago)
The only problem with the TikTokers is that their mockery is "light-hearted."
― Joe Bombin (milo z), Saturday, 24 July 2021 16:53 (three years ago)
GVF NFT, or GTFO!
― “Heroin” (ft. Bobby Gillespie) (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 24 July 2021 16:55 (three years ago)
head-drop-as-mic-drop is classic, even if light-hearted.
― Thus Sang Freud, Saturday, 24 July 2021 17:14 (three years ago)
Yeah, this seems p affectionate tbh.
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Saturday, 24 July 2021 22:46 (three years ago)
Let he who has not mimed along to a singer's weird tics and overexertions or sang a random song in the style of Tom Petty/Bob Dylan/Eddie Vedder cast the first stone.
― Joe Bombin (milo z), Sunday, 25 July 2021 00:18 (three years ago)
https://www.billboard.com/culture/pride/greta-van-fleet-singer-josh-kiszka-comes-out-member-lgbtq-community-1235358577/
good on him, also a band that probably has more to lose than others
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 21 June 2023 13:14 (one year ago)
Yeah, for real, lotta respect for that guy.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 21 June 2023 13:44 (one year ago)
lol I hate this band's music but I guess I'm Capn Save a Greta, saw this on Twitter today, crowd is very interesting, much younger and much more female than I would have expected
Thanks to all the @GretaVanFleet fans who came to the Starcatcher listening party this afternoon! Three lucky fans won the grand prizes. 🩶 Reserve the Starcatcher indie exclusive white/glitter vinyl now (out Fri). #GVFrecordstore https://t.co/s4dvLcLuJc pic.twitter.com/jG3fFhz36c— Electric Fetus MPLS (@efetusmpls) July 19, 2023
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 19 July 2023 22:58 (one year ago)
Joe Bonamassa is somewhere crying on a pile of '58 Goldtops.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 19 July 2023 23:29 (one year ago)
Yeah, they’re fun to make fun of, but seem to be okay people
― hardcore technician gimmicks are also another popular choice f (President Keyes), Wednesday, 19 July 2023 23:50 (one year ago)
more women under 30 than men over 40 is not something i would have guessed
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 20 July 2023 00:09 (one year ago)
XP The GVF guitar guy can be a bit insufferable in interviews
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 20 July 2023 00:43 (one year ago)
led zeppelin clone band: mr. yuk faceled zeppelin clone band but none of them are loathsome human beings like jimmy page: interested head tilt
― Kate (rushomancy), Thursday, 20 July 2023 15:50 (one year ago)
I just visited JPC.de and was confronted with this publicity shot:
https://www.jpc.de/tools/cmsimage.php?id=1254278&size=w980ct
Guy on the left looks strikingly like the guy on the left from Army of Lovers:
https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.pinimg.com%2Foriginals%2F65%2Fe5%2Fc9%2F65e5c9b9f75d67654380a8b2502bec9a.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=c0113de63c7252a0131610c0a9df9422020e0d832f3c7bd9772970ce2abb807a&ipo=images
― Hans Holbein (Chinchilla Volapük), Thursday, 3 August 2023 05:17 (one year ago)
Love to play this game on the train where I guess what concert I’m the city are all these people going to. Should have got this one cuz they all look like they are in the band.
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Tuesday, 12 September 2023 21:07 (one year ago)
I really can't particularly hate or like these guys, it just feels like they're never quite sure why they're doing what they're doing - musically, performatively, and in that publicity shot. What are they going for? How does it fit into the band's ethos? Does the band have an ethos?
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, 12 September 2023 22:00 (one year ago)
Like they have the received trappings of decadence, but they don't actually seem decadent? They're like an America's Got Talent act.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, 12 September 2023 22:02 (one year ago)
Yeah my impression of seeing a live video was 'sexless.' Led Zeppelin 1970 but all wearing purity rings.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Tuesday, 12 September 2023 22:11 (one year ago)
Hopefully that means they’ll be less likely to reproduce.
― The land of dreams and endless remorse (hardcore dilettante), Wednesday, 13 September 2023 04:23 (one year ago)
so we were going to get food at Welcome to Rockville and were between sets and we wanted to get one of the Metallica Blackened burgers, and as we're walking over there, I heard this vocalist doing this weird Edith Bunker screech and was like "are they singing a joke song?" and then the instruments got louder and I realized that it was GVF. and the line to get the burger lasted 45 minutes.
I just can't with Josh's voice. somehow i feel like he's gotten worse. he just sings the highest note possible in the most shrill way possible all the time, and it sounds like...ok, so when my dad would make fun of something my mother said and would do a fake "mom" voice, that's what it sounded like.
the band itself sounded ok! like there was nothing real memorable but at least you know they acquitted themselves well, but gooood loooord I was way too sober to hear that. but the burger was good lol.
― RICH BRIAN (Neanderthal), Sunday, 12 May 2024 14:21 (one year ago)