Top 5 Greatest Frontmen of All-Time
 

Who do you think are the greatest frontmen of all-time.

Here is my list:

5. Ozzy Osbourne
4. Rob Halford
3. Alice Cooper
2. Steven Tyler
1. Paul Stanley

1. Jimmy Page (he was the true frontman of Led Zeppelin)
2. Frank Zappa
3. Jello Biafra (Dead Kennedys)
4. Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull)
5. Jim Morrison (The Doors)

Very mainstream, but to be a good frontman you do need a larger than life image, a way with the media and to be iconic. imho anyways.

Bruce ****inson belongs on anyone's list. Great frontman.

Hahahaha it was censored.

There's a differance between being a great frontman and making great music. Being a frontman entails a lot more then just singing and occasionaly strumming a guitar. They have to be the bands mascot. Take Chris Martin and Chad Kroeger for example. Yes, i think their music is terrible, but I respect both of them as a frontman for getting their bands music out there. I mean no one knows who the other members of Coldplay and Nickelback are, but they still listen to the music and it's because of the frontmen.
Going about it that way my list would be like this:

5.Chris Martin
4.Brandon Flowers
3.Paul Stanley
2.Morrisey
1.Dave Grohl

I'm not really a fan of three of those, but I respect them as frontmen in the sense that I stated.

anyone who's list isn't topped by either James Brown or Chuck Berry is a complete fucking idiot.

ooh, someone can walk like a duck :tramp:

Don't get me wrong, back in the 50's and 60's he was probably crazy for his time, but nowadays he just looks boring.

James Brown is a great frontman, I concur.

Brown / Jagger / Clinton / Lydon / Smith

No order:

Thom Yorke
Morrissey
Jón Þór Birgisson
Ian Curtis
(Wild Card) Cedric Bixler-Zavala

well he is the vocalist, but I don't think he can be described as a frontman.I've seen a couple of their live shows (u can actually find whole live shows of theirs on the internet and stream them through their site) and he is not your typical frontman. he just sits on a chair or stand still for most of the time, and he doesn't really interact with the crowd.

He puts more emotion into singing then anyone i've ever seen. Therefore he is on my list.

Iggy Pop
Ozzy Osbourne
Robert Plant
Morrissey
Bruce Dickinson

However Henry Rollins, Mick Jagger and John Lydon were just edged out. And I probably forgot some obvious choices.

1. Bowie
2. Bowie
3. Bowie
4. Rollins
5. Bowie

he is one hell of a frontman this starinson!!!:D
seriously, maiden may be a child's play, but he is a great frontman. full of energy, power and a few great screams

I believe you were also talking about Thom Yorke.

Dac, frontman does not mean singer, the jobs are different. The frontman's goal is to get the crowd riled, which is why people like Iggy Pop and James Brown are great frontmen.

1. He was talking about Sigur Ros's frontman
2. Have you ever seen Thom Yorke on stage? He's quite the dancer.

I have to say that when I saw Radiohead, as fantastic as they were, Thom Yorke remained perfectly still and didn't utter a single word.

Edited for accuracy

Moz
Bowie
Jagger
Strummer
Hendrix

I know he was talking about Sigur Ros's frontman, but he almost perfectly described Thom Yorke's stage behavior since they've released all these electronic albums.

He must have been depressed cause he found out you two were in the audience. He was incredibly energetic and spirited in Cleveland this past summer. His dance to 'The Gloaming' was priceless.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...nie/kermit.gif

:D

1. Bruce Dickinson - Iron Maiden
2. Prince - Solo/N.P.G etc (he can sing, dance, play guitar and drums in one show and hold the audience)
3. Jim Morrison - The Doors
4. Johnny Lydon - Sex Pistols/P.I.L
5. Iggy Pop

^Haha pretty much

Fanboyism aside, if people are going to attack the people on my list for getting the crowd 'riled' or what not then Thom is the LAST person from my list you should be attacking.

Can't really be bothered to put them in order...

Mick Jagger
Iggy Pop
Peter Garret
David Bowie
John Lydon

/\ Post of year

Who 'attacked' anything or anyone?

Doing an impression of a drunk boxer for 2 hours doesn't make you a great frontman.

If this thread isn't restricted to rock music, I think James Brown is the clear winner.

I think it does :finger:

GG Allin?

LOL. Oh ****.

Diamond Dave

Steve Perry(the baddest)








"Diamond"David Lee Roth
Morrissey
Robert Plant
Paul Stanley

Thom Yorke
Jeff Mangum
Freddy Mercury
Robert Plant
Ian Curtis

this are not my top 5 but:

I really think Brandon Flowers makes a good frontman. ok he now sports a stupid fur, but he gives some great performances and he always get's the crowd going, especially when the perform "All this things that I've done" and "When you were young"

Also Morrissey is great. haven't exactly seen a whole concert, but from what I've seen from him performing on tv and from the video of "That's how people grow up" his fans worship him.

Axl Rose was great with the original GN'R, and I don't think anybody can argue with that.Now he looks like a 1994 Dexter Holland.

Steven Tyler is also pretty cool when on stage, even though I don't really like Aerosmith.

As for the best ever, in my opinion Robert Plant. He was in a league of his own. Now he looks like an old-man in tight jeans, but he still has some of that flair.

The worst: David Coverdale...I've seen Whitesnake live last month (I had free tickets:o:), and that old-full is actually lip-synching.

What? Surely you arent serious?

well he was lip-synching here in Cyprus. we are a country of 750000 people and 10000 of them showed up at his concert. and he was lip-synching. and for that I hate him.

Bruce Dickinson
Morrissey
Damo Suzuki
Bowie
Joe Strummer


This is rock/metal, so I'm omitting James Brown and Herbie Hancock.

Bruce Dickinson in my eyes is the quintessential frontman... THE metal vocalist and an energetic showman. Not to mention a pilot, author, fencer and historian...

Here, have a video of him running around with the Union Jack during the Trooper.

I was wondering why he hadn't been a bigger part of this thread actually.

Jim Morrison, Axl Rose
1. Bruce ****inson
2. Bon Scott
3. Alice Cooper
4. Jim Morrison
5. Axl Rose

I agree with most of this list.
- Robert Plant: His voice makes Led Zeppelin. Fantastic examples include Kashmir, Whole Lotta Love, and Rock and Roll.
- Ian Curtis: If he just performed @ one show in the states, it would have changed this iconic band forever...and for all we know, we might have never heard of a band called New Order.
- Freddy Mercury: Do you honestly think anyone else could have pulled off the following songs in quite the same way? Bohemian Rhapsody, We are the Champions, You're My Best Friend, Stone Cold Crazy
- Thom Yorke: I like him and I am a big fan of Radiohead, but I can't put him in the same league Instead I'm putting the following 2...

- Jim Morrison: His charisma alone made The Doors soar into the upper echelon of popularity. They were considered the "dark horse" in an era of free love and Age of Aquarius. Songs like The End, When The Music's Over, and Riders on the Storm: My Lord he was amazing!
- David Gilmour: The Dark Side of the Moon. Need I say more?

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