my god this is horrendous. 'when the curtain falls' has a semi-cool vocal melody in the chorus, would've been a great song if it had better instrumentation, vocals and lyrics. lmao

A full Greta Van Fleet album

What have we done to deserve this

yeah band needs to go away

haha I'm actually ok with what these guys are doing. I mean, the vocals sound a bit weird but overall, I like both songs.

they're keeping rock n roll alive brotha, wish radios played real music like this instead of that bieber 1 direction shit m/

god i hate these guys

I hate their sound, I hate what they represent, it's just awful. If I want to listen to Led Zep they've got countless classic albums I can dive into, why on earth would I listen to this awful karaoke knock off.

Or even like Red Fang and the countless other retro heavy rock bands that are trendy.

So does copying Led Zep exactly the same way turn on these guys or what?

These guys are way too overhyped. At first, Black Smoke Rising EP was ok, but with every new single they were trying to sound more Led Zeppelin to the point that it become stale. This album is going to suck.

Saving rock would be finding a new sound instead of aping someone else's.

It's like when someone records a cover and doesn't rearrange the song at all. Lazy.

How young are these guys again?

I hate that these guys are being hailed as the 'saviours of rock' or sth like that. I hate that these guys are selling out 5k cap rooms. It's just sad that there's so many amazing bands doing fresh, original stuff but nah, Greta van fucking Fleet is the actually successful band.

I'm not entirely sure what makes me stupidly elitist when it comes to this band but my god all those 'the only real rock band nowadays!1!!!!' 'saviours of rock and roll!' comments really piss me off.

Honestly fuck this band. Watch a live video of theirs and skip to literally any point of it and I guarantee the part you will pick up at is always right at the tail-end of the singer howling incoherently. The older generation eats these guys up and it's so annoying.

what r u on about dethwishpark9911 imagine dragons are the saviours of rock :-//

Debut album? Thought the previous 8-song release was the debut.

I call this band Carrot Van Top on account of me thinking that their Robert Plant clone looks like a midget brunette Carrot Top.

I don't get the hate for this band, like sure their singer can get annoying but there is a market for that Led Zep sound. I'd like to hear these guys on the radio rather than most other popular """rock""" bands

Get your 0.5 reviews ready boys

CygnusX1 (dig the username btw), I think the hate for this band mostly stems from them being hailed as "The band that will save Rock and Roll" or the "Last Great Rock Band Today" by the mainstream music media. Personally, they do absolutely nothing for me but as proven the case there's indeed a market for them. I just find that "rock saviors" mentality attached to this band very annoying and lazy.

They're not the saviors of rock because they literally have just one sound and they show no desire to deviate from that sound because the old-ass rock fans eat this shit up like there's no tomorrow

"I'm not entirely sure what makes me stupidly elitist when it comes to this band"

It's not elitism dude. They objectively suck. Nostalgic rock is overrated

Rock music doesn't need a saviour, and if it does, it certainly isn't going to be saved by a band doing exactly the same sound that Led Zeppelin did 40 years ago.
The main reason this band is being overhyped is because of people who are either nostalgic about the 70s, or people who unironically say they were born in the wrong generation.

If they actually came up with good songs the shameless nostalgia-mining wouldn't bug me as much but it really feels like they're just using a retro sound as a cover for extremely weak songwriting.

the proper response to this is "eh.. okay"

bros need to settle tf down lol.

Ya'll really need to loosen your ass cheeks and untwist your panties. Sure, they're not anything particularly new or innovative, but it's really not bad. If people want to whack off their nostalgia boner to this, not my problem and it shouldn't be yours. Yeah, the people who are calling them the saviors of rock and roll and all that superlative shit is irritating, but that doesn't mean that the band is utter shit and like to drown kittens and club baby seals in their free time when they're not gang raping orphans. Cause that's kinda the vibe I'm getting from the opinions of ya'll. So why don't we all just take a big step back and acknowledge this for what it is: mediocre nostalgic wannabe cock rock. Nothing more, nothing less. Calm yer shit.

"So why don't we all just take a big step back and acknowledge this for what it is: mediocre nostalgic wannabe cock rock."

That's what we're all saying, bruh.

Should mediocre shit be headlining coachella or selling out back to back to back shows in a city riding that wave?

I've seen a lot more people saying they're straight garbage than mediocre. And yes, mediocre shit consistently headlines Coachella. It's Coachella. Mediocre bands consistently and constantly sellout shows and headline festivals and no one gives a shit. Why is it so different with these guys? Cause they're cashing in on nostalgia? People have been doing that shit forever. Whether or not they should be selling out shows doesn't really matter. They are for now, but likely won't be for long. People like nostalgia and after this album and a tour, they'll be irrelevant not too long after that and wind up a bunch of druggies. In a year or so, we'll only be hearing about them whenever one of them ends up in rehab again.

mediocre shit ALWAYS headlines teenybopper festivals like coachella and gets on big tours because lowest-common-denominator music consistently sells. Of course this band got popular for plagiarizing 'Zep. Of course they did. Because people are dumb.

hey smeuth fk u u stole my post u fkr

Sorry, can't help not having a life and constantly refreshing home page, looking to post some dumb shit.

Voivod, that was a double EP. Four of those songs had already been released on an EP, as well.

Decent album cover, horrible album title.

my grandparents are stoked.

this band is so meh i don't see the hype just because the singer is a unoriginal R. Plant wanna be.all these hipsters like these mediocre bands doing "retro" rock i wish this trend would end soon.

Do we really need another Led Zeppelin

One was already too many.

I guess there's a lot of money to be made from nostalgic boomers. From a business perspective it's smart.

These comment sections are gold. Just a few highlights:


This is a very instrument driven song in comparison to their other songs where it's vocally driven, shows the dynamic side of the bnad


I nominate Greta Van Fleet as the youngest inductees in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame! Pre -Album Release!


This song seems like the move into Neo-prog rock. Still radio length, but add a bit more story and some really cool long solos and you're going to see a Moody Blues like and a Jethro Tull like and a Yes like resurgence in music.
I hope you guys are all picking up a musical instrument.
1 It shows an ability to commit to something over time.
2 It literally makes your brain work better
3 You will thank yourself for becoming a musician.
We may see real rock tours make a come back.
Remember kids, if you're going to use drugs, just do so responsibly. We are the elders of your sacred times.

He even does plants finger thing while he sings dude

I dont like any throwback revival crap

I assume there'll be some other finger planting going on for him to get his voice that high

I don't mind them. They put on a good show, won me over a bit. But I agree they're overhyped. They need to be something other than "Led Zepplin." It's not good when they're known for being a constant comparison. Still, they're young and I don't really care if it leans on the nostalgia boner gimmick.

Remember when wolfmother were the "next zeppelin" or whatever? Good times

Remember when Rush were the next Zeppelin? I don't, as my dad was one year old in 1974, but my point is that bands like these come around a lot.

Ok

These guys are fine, ya'll are just mean.

So much energy spent hating on some kids

I've always said the problem isn't the band itself, it's the people supporting it. The amount of buzz circulating a Zep rip-off band speaks volumes for as to where rock actually is at the minute; which is stuck in the pits of stagnation because people won't embrace the genre's progression. It's annoying and sad to see.

"Debut album? Thought the previous 8-song release was the debut."

I also thought this. lol

Agreed on some things you guys say but I always felt that bands like this one is a good thing because they bring new blood to rock/metal. Yes, a lot of people who listen to this stuff do it because of hype or nostalgia (won't exclude myself from that) but some of them will delve deeper and eventually become fans of other bands as well.

Yeah, I can totally see the positives that come from it. But my argument to that is it shouldn't take a new generation Zep knock-off band to make people want to check out the real thing. It's not even like Greta Van Fleet bring their own spin on it, it's just full-blown plagiarism. I showed my wife "When the Curtains Fall" and she couldn't believe how much it goes to town on its influence. It's just really lazy writing to capitalise on an older generation yearning for a sound that isn't in the spotlight much these days.

Yeah, I know what you mean haha. And I definitely agree that it shouldn't take a new generation Zep knock-off band to make people want to check out the real thing, but unfortunately sometimes it does. Personally, I got into rock/metal jamming all the legendary bands first and for many years, but there are other paths as well. I wouldn't call these guys lazy per se though. A product of marketing or lacking imagination? Yeah, why not? But dude, to be 18 playing the music of your icons (not in your basement)and making money out of it is not a bad deal haha.

Whoever made the rush comparison, difference is rush didn't get famous rippin off zep. They got famous ripping off yes and genesis lol

Also who the fuck is their dad? Cause it's pretty damn hard to get famous in a rock group in 2018, they know somebody or sucked a dick or some shit

https://www.nme.com/news/music/greta-van-fleet-led-zeppelin-comparison-2347569#w4JMuA7mSd3uRQ5r.99

Love this interview where they play dumb and act like they don't even know who Zep are haha

"Whoever made the rush comparison, difference is rush didn't get famous rippin off zep. They got famous ripping off yes and genesis lol"
Rush ripped off Zep on their first album...THEN they started ripping off Yes and Genesis, lol. As for GVF, I call total bullshit on their claim that they don't know who Zep are...I don't proclaim myself as a huge Zep fan ever, but even I know a Zep song when I hear it.

another key difference is Rush weren't shit

Rush was (and still is to a large degree) one of my favorite bands ever...even the mid-80s/early 90s period I loved. I'm just joking in jest about them ripping of Yes & Genesis. Definitely hear the influence, but Rush had their own spin on prog that made them stand out for me personally.

"they are more talented than other Zep influenced bands like the darkness"

Lol. Not even close. Justin Hawkins has more talent in the crotch of one of his catsuits than this entire band.

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Whys it seem like I heard this a week ago?

I really dislike the singers voice. If he's trying to ape Plant, then it didn't even land in the same planet.

"Sorry but 2 albums of the darkness bores me, one ticket is not very good and pinewood is poor as fuck, specially pinewood is far worse than anything made by greta, permission to land was good but prefer this"

LMAO, do you even music, bro?

This band is crazy overrated even as a nostalgia act, which Rival Sons and any number of other bands do much, much better without sounding like they literally stole every riff from a Zeppelin record (which they hilariously deny while shamelessly appropriating even their stage moves and dress). That said, there's much worse bands too.

"I hate their sound, I hate what they represent, it's just awful. If I want to listen to Led Zep they've got countless classic albums I can dive into, why on earth would I listen to this awful karaoke knock off."

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Seriously though, fuck this band.

aye was gonna say rival sons kinda have the old school sound yet still manage to seem fresh. these guys however, are cover band ffs

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So this is what my dad felt when discovered Led Zeppelin

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No one is going to point out "mew" single?

Can boomer culture just fucking die already without some nerds having to copy it?

there is lots of money to be made from boomers, I don't blame them

THese guys are so derivative..... BUT they've shown their is still a desire and demand for rock and roll, and for that I'm thankful despite how cringy their music can be, although I enjoy some of it.

These guys aren't bad, just kind of redundant.

^orgazoid got it right

y'all are triggered