◇ image via WikipediaGreta Van Fleet
Greta Van Fleet is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Queen, Joe Cocker, Rush, Aerosmith and The Doors. Those roots explain a lot about how Greta Van Fleet arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Temperance Movement, Wolfmother, Slash, Crown Lands and The Black Crowes, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Badflower, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 46 connections around Greta Van Fleet, reaching back through Queen and forward to Badflower. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Greta Van Fleet is an American rock band formed in Frankenmuth, Michigan, in 2012. The band consists of vocalist Josh Kiszka, guitarist Jake Kiszka, bassist/keyboardist Sam Kiszka, and drummer Danny Wagner. The Kiszkas are brothers, and Josh and Jake Kiszka are twins. Greta Van Fleet was signed to Lava Records in March 2017, and a month later they released their debut studio EP, Black Smoke Rising. Their debut single, "Highway Tune", topped the Billboard U.S. Mainstream Rock and Active Rock charts in September 2017 for four weeks in a row. Their second EP, From the Fires, containing the four songs from Black Smoke Rising and four new songs, was released on November 10, 2017, alongside a second single, "Safari Song". From the Fires went on to win the 2019 Grammy Award for Best Rock Album.
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Greta Van Fleet connections
Greta Van Fleet grew out of Queen, Joe Cocker, Rush and Aerosmith, shares an orbit with The Temperance Movement, Wolfmother, Slash and Crown Lands, went on to shape Badflower. 46 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Greta Van Fleet
Sounds and acts that shaped Greta Van Fleet.
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Artists similar to Greta Van Fleet
Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Greta Van Fleet.
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