Greta Van Fleet's Not Good SNL Performance 

c'mon Anthony, the guys are in their 60's, how do you expect them to perform. Oh wait wrong band

I love how every comment on a GVF performance is something along the lines of “I’m X years old and I don’t think this is bad. This may sound old but it’s better than 90% of crap on the radio nowadays.”

You can really tell that Anthony is a big Greta Van Fleet fan.

Greta Van fleet should make a nu metal album for their next album..so that the comparison stop

Wow youre really trying to get this quadruple kill Anthony a little extreme but I respect the hustle

don't be surprised if someone dies this week

"Hard-rock cosplay" daaaaaaaamn

Fantano was ahead of Tiktok on the trend.

SOULJA BOY: GRETA VAN FLEEK?? GGREEEETTTTAAAAA VVVVAAAAANNNN FLLLLLEEEEEKKKKKKK?!

"we are not led zeppelin!" -the bands vocalist as he poses like robert plant on stage

The strokes crushed it every time on SNL

I mean common, even that SNL thumbnail is them posing in an exact way where jimmy page held out his hand toward the camera like that.

Greta Van YEET

SNL audio producers need to be replaced with whoever does Audio Tree sessions.

The main talking point among GVF fans that I’ve seen online is ‘it’s not mumble rap, I’ll take it any day over hip hop/pop shit any day lol’ - like come on people, there’s more music and creativity around these days than ever before, ya just gotta make the effort to find it - beyond a radio, that is. It’s really sad to see so many willing to accept such a blatant rehash and admit to not giving a fuck simply because it’s not mumble rap or pop. What low standards, smh. Like fine, don’t listen to pop that’s understandable, but how about at least making an effort to stay in touch with the very large amount of underground, original rock releases coming out. Have played in rock bands infinite times more than I’ve rapped, but I still absolutely love the genres of both hip hop and rock, and there’s amazing new stuff coming out all the time (mixed in with a sea of absolute shite, like any widely followed genre these days obvs) that actually pushes the boundaries instead of playing it as safe as GVF do And I’m not 100% that GVF are necessarily playing it safe, but they look super limited by the narrow genre of bands they are reinterpreting, so I really really hope they can evolve their sound beyond this, they have the talent to.

When you start comparing bands to Led Zeppelin they're gonna lose. Zep is arguably the best rock band ever. These kids are young and if they keep improving they'll be okay. I just hope they don't take all the criticism to heart.

i thought the performance was an SNL skit

For a vegan, you sure are craving some beef with this band.

The sound engineer on SNL was the reason they sounded off that night. On one song the engineer had the high hat on Danny's drums louder that the guitar for cryin out loud!

Agree with this assessment. I like this band and their dedication to the genre and was hoping for a salient performance on SNL, but: 1) Josh's vocals needed a boost and he really needed to put more into the frontman role. It seemed like he could care less and he's the centerpiece of the band. 2) The guitar player did his job but he drowned out the vocalist which sucked. Also, he could have cut back on all the physical prancing. A little is cool but he overshadowed the singer here, too. Dial it back a little and just focus on those great guitar riffs, friend. 3) The miking of the drumsets resulted in that sophomoric crappy drum sound you hear in nameless bands at a theme park. I hate that. The drummer played fine but the band really needed a full, premium drum sound to save that set and they didn't get it. 4) Kudos to the bass player. He did his job. Better sound engineering and a little choreographical redirection could have made a huge difference but it just wasn't there. I guess we'll have to see what's next for GVF. Perhaps a regular live concert environment with a full setlist is a better hand for them to play. They're young and talented, I expect them to be around for a long time.

BREAKING: Led Zeppelin cover band blows up overnight, buys Halloween costumes for SNL live show.

It makes me sad that these guys are held up as the flagship revival rock band.

Also a good point made below, these very young guys are just getting started, how do you go through an entire arc of being the amazing new thing to being tired and time to do better stuff or disappear in JUST ONE YEAR?

Personally, I think that the band themselves did a good job for the most part, though the movement wasn't really timed well with the music. The thing that made the performance seem bad for me was the poor mixing of sound and awful stage lighting. If Sam's bass ends up louder than Josh's voice then the entire sound of the band is messed up, because the instrumentals are usually centered around Josh's thunderous voice. As for the stage, it is very difficult for a rock band to look cool on a stage lit like it's an 8th-grade talent show. That's just my two cents.

This Greta van fleet performnce. It's NOT GOOD *explosion

I also really hope that King Gizzard gets more popular as time goes on considering they always have something new to do on each album. But they might be too odd for people who really like Greta.

Who else this was a new video after the “see wep we bimm” video went viral

I was watching them on SNL, listening to the keyboard riff on "You're The One", and I thought, "Hey! I know that riff!" I was right. It's the riff to a song called "Thank You", by a band I shall not name.

Gretta Van fleet where better when they were wolfmother

Led Zeppelin: *entire crowd consisting of underage kids past their bedtime* GVF: *entire crowd consisting of elderly people past their bedtime*

They couldn't play right because they were wearing shoes.

Freddie Mercury blew his voice out and queens performance of under pressure is one of my all time favorite snl performances

holy shit that was really rough. looked like a high school band doing a zep cover in costume

I swear Julian Casablancas fell over a speaker on SNL when The Strokes performed Take It or Leave It, one of my favourite videos tbh it's so funny and still a great performance.

They’re talented guys, but when you not only rip off another bands sound AND literally their look, you went too far.

The biggest fans are always the most critical

Wow I didn't know Led Zeppelin was on SNL

Greethony van Fleetano

"It's rock n roll, if you want perfection go listen to nsync"

GVF: *copies Led Zeppelin* also GVF: *angry when someone compares them to Led Zeppelin* like tf

I feel like Greta Van Fleet were thrown into the limelight too early, all of Zeppelin were accomplished and talented musicians before they produced their first album in a really competitive rock atmosphere

Thanks Greta Van Fleet for making music for Dads that hate rap.

imagine your biggest issue in life is sounding too much like robert plant. :/

These guys should have spun themselves as a family living in the woods with no internet access and copy of Led zeppelin II

I think the reason greta van fleet is struggling is because it seems they almost had instantaneous success and haven’t had that awkward finding a ground between your influences and yourself in their sound yet. Not to mention their management which is clearly phenomenal keeps booking them more and more notable gigs but they just haven’t had a chance to run the bar circuits and the early struggles of musicianship where you really polish the band into what it becomes known for

They should’ve dressed up as a Perrier bottle like Kanye

"Stop telling us we're just like Led Zeppelin!" >Proceeds to copy the sound, and even the stage presence and hand gestures of Robert Plant

It’s a band that tours. They weren’t studio recording/comped perfect? What a shock. Lol

I literally don't know WHY the media/the music critics talk SO much about Greta Van Fleet. Seriously.

Remember when Jim Carrey sung "Somebody To Love" in Cable Guy? I feel the lead singer watched that scene and based his performance off that.

The when the curtain falls on Jimmy Fallon was fucking amazing, feel like the mixing/ sound guy and SNL equipment had a big role in that dissapointing performance :(

“Like a high school cover band” is how I’ve felt all along. Not gonna enjoy it cause it’s “better than rap on the radio” . Also plenty of bands ripped off other bands and did it well. Gvf does it and it just sounds weak... to me. Also as long as the kid keeps ripping off the Robert plant hand gestures it’s gonna seem like a joke.

If you listen to robert plant at this age it really isn't even close at all. All of the zeppelin guys blow these dudes away in terms of talent, musicianship, and showman ship. Also, greta van fleet dress like caricatures of zeppelin its embarassing

the attitude that these guys represent _real_ rock is why rock has been on such a decline - resistance to change, refusal to innovate... rock used to be dangerous and boundary-pushing. now it just wants to look backwards and pretend the outside world isn't there. trump voice: _sad_

genuinely hilarious seeing boomers still angrily commenting on this video

Good to see some fresh, original content on bands you've never covered before

I never understand this idea of "bringing rock music back." Where did it go? There's still so much rock music out there, and even if you say that it isn't mainstream anymore, a lot of legendary bands and artists weren't that mainstream back in their heyday.

That guy's poncho looks exactly like the floor mat in my kitchen with a hole cut in it

This is bum. Not their performance, but the amount of hate it’s getting. I watched this video, mentally noted the key points Anthony said then watched the performance. It was a completely standard performance with nothing terrible or awkward in it - all the criticism is highly exaggerated. I think it could be because we’re all so used to squeaky clean pop performances nowadays

I don’t understand why so many people have only negative things to say about others. People should just think of the glass half full. Also, Greta Van Fleet is an amazing band and a lot of hard work is being put into it.

theres greta van fleet graffiti on the ground next to my local record shop in salt lake city. people piss on it lol

You know who killed it on SNL? Sturgill Simpson.

Saw them live tonight. Brutal

It was very rough, but I would rather hear all the mistakes, wrong notes, bad chords and "cracky" voices ANYTIME over any auto tuned bs these days. Rock on GVF!

Greta Van Fleet are missing the point of the backlash they have been getting

I'm convined Melon wants this band to die now. Why else would he give 2 Not Goods?

GVF-When the Curtain Falls on Jimmy Fallen was tight as hell. Take a look at that for a much better talk show performance.

They sounded fine. Idk what your talking about. A band that sounds like they are a Rock band from 60s or 70s , they are going to have a raw sound onstage! All bands from that era had tons of performances where they don't sound like the album. Older Rock bands and these guys were never about sounding perfect live! They rock out and with that comes some nuances! So yeah you're high off of bath salts or something!

if GVF stopped sounding like led zeppelin people would stop listening to them

As someone who has never listened to the band, I thought the performance and music was fine.

Not to beat a dead horse, but if you really listen to Zep's The Song Remains the Same, you will hear a lot of slop and misplayed notes. Personally, I think that actually makes it more dynamic. The fact that it is live and a little on the raw side. It's interesting that the reviewer calls Zepplin's rough performance "bravado" but GvF's performance sloppy. I am not sure what the distinction is outside of overall quality of the songs. As for SNL's history of performers you have to realize that the crowd is closer to a theatre crowd than a concert crowd. Younger bands will have a bigger problem with this kinda thing. Cold start, lukewarm crowd. No big deal. Since I have written this much, I will include one more point. I am in my mid 50's, and have kids older than this band, the reason I bring this up is because, all my kids like the Zepplin I forced on them(it's dad's stereo), but never identified with Zep like I did, to them it was never a "breath of fresh rock and roll air" to them. It was probably stuff that dad was playing too loud. So while the band should be flattered to be compared to Zepplin, I can understand if they dont hold them in as high esteem or are bored with the comparison as someone who listened to Zep when they were just a rock band, as opposed to classic rock icons. Different perspective. So to the reviewer, I will close with this, as a self proclaimed music nerd you should know that ANY live performance is going to be rawer and most times, faster than the studio record. The only band I have ever seen that played EXACTLY like the studio recordings was ZZTop. If anyone made it this far...thanks for reading...this is what happens when you cannot mentally edit.

Their honest to god business model is, theirs so many Led Zeppelin hits on the radio if we sound just like them people won’t know the difference. Every person I’ve been near who hears them, says hey, I love Led Zeppelin...

Ghost is better.

I really don't like this band, but tons of really good performers have played terrrrribly on SNL.

You people know that Led Zeppelin were also disliked when they started, and many people called them a cover band too, right?

interesting that people think something is wrong with their performance because you can hear their voices and their instruments.

You wanna talk about bad perfomences!? Watch led Zeppelin reunion at live aid!....

Don't forget about Kanye and Lil pump's performance of "I love it" on SNL. Can't top that

I saw them live her in Az in a packed small venue and they were amazing. The energy of the crowd was at a level I had never been a part of, but I have to agree that the SNL appearance was pretty shaky.

It was just as good as any other band on SNL. The stage is not conducive for live music That said Gretta Van fleet made due with what they had and in my opinion had a pretty damn good performance

This why rock is dead they cling to the past. The kids today don’t want “dad rock” bands. I remember on one of their videos someone said something like “The rock god's have sent out their princes once again” that’s the most dad shit I have ever heard

The singer looked like a hobbit

This is what folks do when they have too much time on their hands and want to be recognized. Leave them, and other young rock bands the fuck alone. It's music.

I guess you’re too young to know what Zeppelin, the Stones, Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendricks, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Freddie King, Janis Joplin, and Jefferson Airplane (Starship) all sounded like in concert. I’m 57 years old, still rock it out. I was there to listen to all of these bands getting their start, some good and some very rough performances. These bands were ALL garage bands finding their own way and own sound. It takes time. It’s a process called experience, lots of trial and error. In the age of “auto tune” it’s refreshing to hear a new band NOT using auto tune and a mixing board to make music! I applaud Greta Van Fleet! I’ve always believed that Zeppelin had much more in them than what was produced. It’s like GVF is taking over where ZEP left off. IMHO.

Yeah, well, you know, that’s just... like, your opinion man

Lmao read the comments. Everyone thinks they’re a good band for bringing back 70’s rock

Led Zep was essentially a cover band, but with their own sound.

The guitarist even moves like Jimmy 😂

Boomer: The Band

"One of rock's biggest bands right now". The bar is so low, it isn't even funny any more...

What’s up with SNL performances? Are they part of the joke? Or does the mixing engineer just hate their job. It seems like every performance is flat and awful.

So many apologists in the comments..."oh it was the sound engineering" "oh It was this,it was that"...bitch,listen to Led Zeppelin fucking bootlegs and they still sound kickass, it's not a lack of engineering,it's a lack of talent

In my opinion; They are young. They were very clearly stressed on SNL. Most of their other performances that you can watch online sound much, much better. People keep referring to music they made years ago and crucify them for it. I think they're making progress, moving away from the Led Zep sound slowly but surely, judging by some of the songs on the new album. Maybe if people were critical without being hateful, we could have a young band of talented musicians do something great.

Thank you melon. First thing I thought when I read that article is "then stop making music that sounds like Led Zeppelin!"

GTF has a huge fan base for a reason. Melon be hating too much is on his own on this one.

It was incredible to see Zeppelin back together again performing on SNL and they haven't aged at all. Personally Though, I think Plant just completely sucks now.

Greta Van Fleet reviving rock is like putting Betty White and Jimmy Carter on a deserted island and asking them to repopulate the earth.

You salty cause it’s not dark prog.

Those who can, do. Those who can’t make six minute videos on why those who can are bad.

Their performance of "Black Smoke Rising" was definitely not their best. BUT, their performance later that night of "You're the One" was amazing. The nerves were definitely gone by that point in the show!