Greta Van Fleet like to imagine that their music exists in a realm that they call “The Infisonicosm”, a sort of GVF multi-verse taking in all the influences that the US rockers have soaked up in their lives. But the early days of the band from Frankenmuth, Michigan, were much more of an earthy affair. In the new issue of Classic Rock, they tell writer Bill DeMain how many of their early shows were at local dive bars frequented by biker gangs where, as they were playing, things could get a little bit tasty.
“We played at White’s Bar in Saginaw a lot,” bassist Sam Kiszka says, “and there would be a biker gang at the bar, and then the rival biker gang. They would be kind of standoffish for a while, then start beating the shit out of each other. We’d just play through it.”
