Don't call Greta Van Fleet a throwback act: 'We're very much a product of the current environment'

In mid-January, the quartet of very young rockers in Greta Van Fleet were preparing to make their "Saturday Night Live" debut. For a band just a couple of years into a dizzying rise from a Michigan hometown known for its Bavarian kitsch, this was enormous, and the act's members sounded a little nervous.

"It's a really humbling experience," said guitarist and co-songwriter Jake Kiszka, 22, just hours before they took the stage in New York. "It's something we grew up watching, so even to be on the stage that so many legends stood on, it's pretty overwhelming. I don't know any way you can particularly prepare for that."

When they finally performed their singles "Black Smoke Rising" and "You're the One," the four