mrjamiam Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 Getting airplay lately in the Rocket City. Kids still in high school, out of Michigan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
princeofdarkness56 Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 Going for that early 70's Led Zeppelin vibe. Can't knock that. Hope they stick to their guns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toadroller Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 The live clips on youtube show that they're for real. Nice find! Great voice, great rhythm section, and great guitar tone and chops! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Haynie Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 I think I am going to have to go to one of their shows in late August after checking them out tonight. Thanks for posting that video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velorush Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 Found this schedule with a quick search: July 1 – Milwaukee, Wis. @ Nat’l Summerfest ** July 3 — Traverse City, Mich. @ Cherry Festival** July 14 — West Fargo, N.D. @ Red River Valley Fair** July 25 — Los Angeles, Calif. @ The Viper Room* Aug. 15 — Columbus, Ohio @ The Basement* Aug. 16 — Covington, Ky. @ Madison Live* Aug. 18 — Cleveland, Ohio @ Grog Shop* Aug. 19 — Lancaster, Pa. @ Chameleon Club Aug. 21 — Allston, Mass. @ Great Scott* Aug. 24 – New York, N.Y. @ Mercury Lounge Aug. 25 — Wilkes-Barre, Pa. @ Chandler Lobby & Kirby Center* Aug. 26 — Washington, D.C. @ DC9* Aug. 28 — Raleigh, N.C. @ Pour House Music Hall* Aug. 29 — Charlotte, N.C. @ Visulite Theatre* Aug. 30 — Atlanta, Ga. @ Earl Restaurant & Lounge * Aug. 31 — Johnson City, Tenn. @ Capone’s* Sept. 2 — St. Louis, Mo. @ Ballpark Village Sept. 3 — Nashville, Tenn. @ High Watt* Sept. 30 — Janesville, Wis. @ WJJO Sonic Boom Festival** Oct. 1 — Louisville, Ky. @ Louder Than Life ** Oct. 6 — Rochester, N.Y. @ Main Street Armory Oct. 7 — Camden, N.J. @ Rock Allegiance ** Oct. 15 — Houston, Texas @ Houston Open Air** Oct. 21 — Sacramento, Calif. @ Aftershock Festival** * headline date ** festival Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ting Ho Dung Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 Those are some pretty boys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubs_42 Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 I've tried 3 different times on facebook to make it through the whole song since everyone was raving about them. They just don't do it for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommy p Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 I heard that song and one other on Jim Florentine's Sirius XM show this past weekend. I love it! I hope they come out with a full length album soon and that it's as good as what I've heard so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Haynie Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 The Charlotte and Johnson City shows are tempting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FGJ Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 On July 25, 2017 at 4:00 PM, princeofdarkness56 said: Going for that early 70's Led Zeppelin vibe. Can't knock that. Hope they stick to their guns. For a second I though they were just lip-synching a Zepplin tune. They do sound great. The only problem is that they sound like they're trying to sound like Zepplin (well, at least with this song). I'll have to check out their other stuff to see if they have their own sound, but it's great to see an actual rock band again. Frankly, it's refreshing to see kids playing real instruments, whether it's rock, folk, funk, or other things that are finally providing relief from decades of rap noise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FGJ Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 Just caught a couple more videos on YouTube. These guys are really good! My only fear is that the singer's voice would eventually grind on my nerves (which might occur sooner than later). For example, I used to really enjoy Rush back in the day; and then one day, it was like a switch went off in my head and I found I could no longer tolerate the sound of Geddy Lee's voice. In fact, I simply hated it. I couldn't account for why that occurred, because their songs are still great. I just suddenly hated Lee's voice. Go figure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polara Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 17 hours ago, Ting Ho Dung said: Those are some pretty boys. They've got a shot at "making it" because of that. Rock hard for the boys, look pretty for the girls. Kind of like these guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Haynie Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 The Strypes need to tour the USA. They have been around long enough that they should have made a swing though every part of North America. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakeboy Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 I dig the Strypes and I downloaded GVF's EP. I'll listen tonight at the gym when I can really concentrate on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonic1974 Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 5 hours ago, FGJ said: Just caught a couple more videos on YouTube. These guys are really good! My only fear is that the singer's voice would eventually grind on my nerves (which might occur sooner than later). For example, I used to really enjoy Rush back in the day; and then one day, it was like a switch went off in my head and I found I could no longer tolerate the sound of Geddy Lee's voice. In fact, I simply hated it. I couldn't account for why that occurred, because their songs are still great. I just suddenly hated Lee's voice. Go figure. Same for me...except it's Led Zep. Great tunes, when Robert P is singing in his lower register it's good, but when he goes high (which is a lot) I can hardly stand it. Although I can see why a lot of folks don't like it, Lee's voice doesn't grate on me as much for some reason. There's no rhyme or reason sometimes, either I like it or don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velorush Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 Still love to listen to Ged and Plant (I've been especially into Plant's (IMO musically more interesting) solo stuff since getting Spotify), but when you get into that register, neither can hold a candle to Ann Wilson. Wait! (sorry, I amused myself) ETA: oh, and more recently I think Jay Buchanan has my favorite voice in that strain (no pun intended). For example, a cover: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FGJ Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 Yeah, every once in a while Plant's high register gets tiring, but their overall sound is so good I look past it. The thing with this new band is that their musicians are no Page, Bonham, or Paul Jones, so while they have a great sound, I don't know if the rest of the band is so awesome that I'm willing to overlook annoying vocals. Still, these guys really are good enough that I'd at least listen to them until the times comes that the singer's voice drives me crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montelovesco Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 And then there is... hope. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucSulla Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 I focus-grouped this song on the music promotions class I teach during the summer that just wrapped just to see what 20-22 year olds thought about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommy p Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 3 hours ago, LucSulla said: I focus-grouped this song on the music promotions class I teach during the summer that just wrapped just to see what 20-22 year olds thought about it. And? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucSulla Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 They thought the band was good, but the students who like rock music said that there was nothing there that wouldn't keep them from just listening to Led Zeppelin. The students that don't care for rock said it just sounded like something their Dads would like. Rock is just so firmly entrenched as an archetype among the younger folks that you really have to bring in something different. They know who AC/DC, Van Halen, and Led Zeppelin are, and they love those bands - to the point that they prefer just listening to them rather than looking for new bands. I bet a lot of us here like some jazz and/or orchestral music, but of that group, how many of us care to listen to new jazz and orchestral music? Same thing with rock music and the under-30 crowd. Interestingly, I had them pitch songs the last day of class some for the experience, and some because it keeps me up to speed on what they like. They are not terribly well versed in 60s and 70s R&B, so new stuff that borrows heavily from that doesn't make them go to older acts because they don't know they exist. One student played something, and just from the album cover, before they played a note, I told the class it looked like Otis Redding. When she played the song, this guy pretty much sounded like Otis Redding. The class loved it, but only two of them knew who Otis Redding was. And one of them mentioned that Led Zeppelin is just so much bigger than all of that old R&B that there is no way to grow up and not know who that is, whereas someone like Otis Redding - an artist we all know and probably love as much as Zeppelin - is off their radar. As far as what they did like, this was the runaway winner as far as being unknown and blowing the class away, to give you a taste of what they dig: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakeboy Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 Ok have listened to the EP several times.... All but one of the songs come across as Zep rip-offs....they are trying too hard to ape Zep instead of using their influence to create their own thing. G&R was clearly influenced by Aerosmith, yet they took it and molded it and created their own thing. That's what these boys need to do, not try to imitate Zep so very much. Zep already did that. That said, the last song Black Smoke Rising goes in a different direction. The influence is there but so is a modern thing. The Zep influence can be heard particularly on the bass and drums, but not so much on the guitar and vocals on this tune. And you know what? For me it it is the standout song and gives me hope they will find their own voice and rock the hell out of it. I love the singer's pipes but not him imitating Plant's mannerisms and even his exact moans and screams. I could see this band becoming my favorite if they will simply go their own way, honor their influences without aping them, and keep it all rockin'! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucSulla Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 The production definitely adds to the Zep thing. Those ghost kind of wails you can hear in the background make it clear exactly what the goal was here on the production side. That being said, I'm not a'gin it. Be interesting to see where they go from here; hopefully not the direction Silverchair went. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dasein Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 8 hours ago, Jakeboy said: Ok have listened to the EP several times.... All but one of the songs come across as Zep rip-offs....they are trying too hard to ape Zep instead of using their influence to create their own thing. G&R was clearly influenced by Aerosmith, yet they took it and molded it and created their own thing. That's what these boys need to do, not try to imitate Zep so very much. Zep already did that. That said, the last song Black Smoke Rising goes in a different direction. The influence is there but so is a moder thing. The Zep influence can be heard particularly on the bass and drums, but not so much on the guitar and vocals on this tune. And you know what? For it it is the standout song and gives me hope they will find their own voice and rock the hell out of it. I love the singer's. Live but not him imitating Plant's mannerisms and even his exact moans and screams. I could see this band becoming my favorite if they will simply go their own way, honor their influences without aping them, and keep it all rockin'! That was my issue -- singer apes EXACT inflections of early Plant.... but the band itself (guitar) is so riff-only derivative of a bad Zep bar band that I don't have high hopes. The talent just ain't there yet. Maybe it will come -- but I'm not hearing it. I'm also not hearing sensitivity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duplex Dave Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 No criticism from me. The fact that there is a glimmer of rock being created by young kids is awesome. Who cares if they sound like Zepplin, the direction that pop music has being going in for the last 10 years or so has been down hill...it's time for the kids to fire up the half stacks and rock! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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