Jimmy Page, It's time to call your lawyers?

The band is successful in a grass roots sort of way. They're still playing 1000 seat clubs etc. Nothing wrong with that but they certainly haven't hit the 'big time' yet. Lots of low level bands get on the late shows etc.

I wish them all the luck in the world and hope they do make it big. But I think most of their fan base is the kind of folks who would go to an LZ tribute show. Nothing wrong with that either. But not enough to sustain a long lucrative career probably.

And of course they don't care what us arm-chair agent/managers have to say. And if they're management is good and has a good sense of what people want, they may do well. I just don't think their current tack is going to take them much further. 

My predictions are worth exactly nothing.

A #1 album on the Billboard charts and 4 Grammy nominations is, by definition, "making it." Their current world tour doesn't include any 1000 seat clubs as far as I can tell, but if it did they'd likely sell those out in about 30 seconds. I agree, they "may" do well.

Yep, that's up and coming for sure. 

Never heard of them. Played "When the Curtain Falls" on youtube. In the first 45 seconds the lead singer threw his hands up in what can only be interpreted as mimicking a Robert Plant move. Its more than just the music.

baffler54 said:

"For a group that takes 70’s influences and makes them there own, I recommend checking out the Struts’ "Everybody Wants.""

I completely agree. With GVF there is almost a wink-and-a-nod to the LZ parody. They just haven't broken away from LZ enough to be their own band.

With The Struts you hear Queen, you hear The Darkness, you hear the Stones, you hear The Sweet, you even hear a little Jack White. But it isn't a parody. Their riffs and hooks are certainly borrowed but they are reassembled and made into their own stuff. They own it. And to me they seem more genuine than and to have a broader approach than GVF. The lead singer of The Struts also has much more stage presence and charisma than GVF. He has been likened to Freddy Mercury and Mick Jagger's love child.

Their second album, Young and Dangerous, is even better than the first.

I've seen the Struts live and will see them two more times in May. They seem like the real deal to me. GVF seems like a parody. To me it seems like GVF's popularity is out of novelty.

But, to put things in perspective, The Struts recently opened for GVF which tells me GVF's star is rising faster than The Struts even though The Struts have had more TV exposure (anchor band for Victoria Secret Fashion Show, etc). So, from a popular standpoint GVF is rising fast as noted in other posts above.

Anyway, if you ever want to see a heck of a live show (everyone on their feet dancing and jumping around the entire show....go see The Struts in a small venue (1-2 thousand people). You won't regret it....and you will be tired the next day.