Music Banter - View Single Post - Top 5 Greatest Frontmen of All-Time

Rickenbacker · 06-05-2009, 08:54 PM

1. Freddie Mercury (Queen, Solo)
Can words even describe how epic everything Mercury did was? Embodying wholly the sheer excess of the 70s and 80s, there will never be a frontman as great as he.

2. Bono (U2)
One can dispute this choice as much as he wants, but unless you saw a ZooTV show, you have to see it to believe it.

3. James Brown
Get up

4. Joe Strummer (The Clash, Joe Strummer and The Mescaleros)
Fronting the greatest punk band ever is a big task, and one that required the coolest guy of all time to do it. Joe Strummer, the Man.

5. Robert Plant
Being the singer in a band means that you usually get all the attention. Getting attention as a member of Led Zeppelin required extreme charisma and presence, as the rest of the members were just so charismatic and larger than life. Plant did this perfectly, managing to shine despite the talent and presence of John and Jimmy in particular.

06-05-2009, 08:54 PM	#6 (permalink)
Rickenbacker / Join Date: May 2009 Location: The Conn Posts: 1,338	1. Freddie Mercury (Queen, Solo) Can words even describe how epic everything Mercury did was? Embodying wholly the sheer excess of the 70s and 80s, there will never be a frontman as great as he. 2. Bono (U2) One can dispute this choice as much as he wants, but unless you saw a ZooTV show, you have to see it to believe it. 3. James Brown Get up 4. Joe Strummer (The Clash, Joe Strummer and The Mescaleros) Fronting the greatest punk band ever is a big task, and one that required the coolest guy of all time to do it. Joe Strummer, the Man. 5. Robert Plant Being the singer in a band means that you usually get all the attention. Getting attention as a member of Led Zeppelin required extreme charisma and presence, as the rest of the members were just so charismatic and larger than life. Plant did this perfectly, managing to shine despite the talent and presence of John and Jimmy in particular.