{"id":54508,"date":"2017-04-20T18:50:11","date_gmt":"2017-04-20T23:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/?p=54508"},"modified":"2017-04-21T07:41:14","modified_gmt":"2017-04-21T12:41:14","slug":"greta-van-fleet-black-smoke-rising-music-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/2017\/greta-van-fleet-black-smoke-rising-music-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Greta Van Fleet | Black Smoke Rising"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">by Steve Patrick<\/span><br \/>\n&#8211; Sr. Columnist &#8212;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Greta-Van-Fleet-Black-Smoke-Rising-1-350x350.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-54516\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Greta-Van-Fleet-Black-Smoke-Rising-1-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Greta-Van-Fleet-Black-Smoke-Rising-1-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Greta-Van-Fleet-Black-Smoke-Rising-1-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Greta-Van-Fleet-Black-Smoke-Rising-1.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/>As the old adage goes, \u201cWhere there\u2019s smoke, there\u2019s fire.\u201d Michigan\u2019s own Greta Van Fleet is the embodiment of that saying. On its debut EP <em>Black Smoke Rising<\/em>, Greta Van Fleet prove that Rock is not only still alive but has been reborn in this young four-piece from Frankenmuth. The EP\u2019s lead single \u201cHighway Tune\u201d raised a lot of smoke recently in the music community and the buzz is growing now about Greta Van Fleet\u2019s fiery live performances. <\/p>\n<p>The band\u2019s effortless chemistry must be linked to the group\u2019s genetic makeup: 3 brothers and their childhood friend. Twin brothers Josh (vocals) and Jake (guitars) Kiszka, younger brother Sam Kiszka (bass, keyboards), and drummer Danny Wagner weave each other\u2019s varied musical backgrounds into a melting pot of rock, metal, pop, blues and grunge. <\/p>\n<p>Josh Kiszka has somehow managed to go back in time, meet a 20-year old Robert Plant, and steal his vocal chords. That being said, it is important to note that Greta Van Fleet is not a Zeppelin clone band. The voice may sound like Plant, but its application on these songs is fresh and entertaining. Jake Kiszka also channel\u2019s Jimmy Page\u2019s jangle-ly riffing at times, but it never sounds forced or stale. Sam Kiszka and Danny Wagner provide the solid-as-a-rock foundation off of which Josh and Jake take flight.<\/p>\n<p>One of the most exciting things about this group is their collective youth and hunger. Half of Greta Van Fleet is still in high school and they are about to embark on a run of dates supporting English rockers The Struts. Making the music that they do, Greta Van Fleet are the underdogs that fans of real rock music will love to root for and support. Picking up the band\u2019s excellent debut EP is the perfect way to do just that.<\/p>\n<p>Genre: Rock<\/p>\n<p>Band:<br \/>\nJosh Kiszka \u2013 vocals<br \/>\nJake Kiszka \u2013 guitars<br \/>\nSam Kiszka \u2013 bass\/keyboards<br \/>\nDanny Wagner \u2013 drums<\/p>\n<p>Label:  Lava Records<\/p>\n<p>Website: www.gretavanfleet.com<\/p>\n<p>Check out the newly released music video for \u201cHighway Tune\u201d here:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Greta Van Fleet - Highway Tune (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aJg4OJxp-co?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Hardrock Haven rating: [usr 9 size=20]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">by Steve Patrick &#8211; Sr. Columnist &#8212; As the old adage goes, \u201cWhere there\u2019s smoke, there\u2019s fire.\u201d Michigan\u2019s own Greta Van Fleet is the embodiment of that saying. On its debut EP Black Smoke Rising, <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/2017\/greta-van-fleet-black-smoke-rising-music-review\/\" title=\"Greta Van Fleet | Black Smoke Rising\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":54516,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15128],"tags":[13283,13282,13285,12354,13284,2387],"class_list":{"0":"post-54508","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arcrvws2017","8":"tag-black-smoke-rising","9":"tag-greta-van-fleet","10":"tag-lava-records","11":"tag-music-review","12":"tag-republic-records","13":"tag-rock"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54508\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}