Who are your top five frontmen? (Try to keep it down to five; we don't need huge lists here.) My list: 01.) Lou Reed (The Velvet Underground) 02.) Syd Barrett (Pink Floyd) 03.) Roger Daltrey (The Who) 04.) Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin) 05.) Keith Relf (The Yardbirds)
in no particular order... Roger Daltrey (The Who) David Bowie Jack Bruce (Cream) Freddie Mercury (Queen) Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam)
What are we basing "best frontman" on? Who is the prettiest? Who looked coolest in a frock jacket? Who had the best hair?
I suppose however you want... I based mine on vocals/musicianship. It's really just a lame excuse for you to name off your favorites.
Lame excuse you say? 1: Thom Yorke, Radiohead 2: Justin Hawkins, The Darkness 3: Frank Skywalker, Gus & Frank 4: PJ Harvey. 5: Zach de la Rocha, Rage Against the Machine
Robert Fripp - King Crimson Bryan Ferry - Roxy Music Damo Suzuki - Can Peter Gabriel - Genesis Syd Barret - Pink Floyd In no particular order and not to be sexist: 5 favorite frontwomen (in no particular order): Janis Joplin (Big Brother & the Holding Company) Grace Slick (Jefferson Airplane) Emmylou Harris (The Hot Band) Gilli Smyth (Gong) Ambrosia Parsley (Shivaree)
1. Brandon Boyd ( Incubus) 2. Ville Valo ( HIM) 3. Matt Bellamy ( Muse) 4. Jim Morrison ( the doors) 5. Anthony Kiedis ( RHCP) peace and love xxxxx
1. Thomas Yorke 2. Syd Barrett 3. Jim Morrisson (how come nobody mentioned him yet?) 4. Grace Slick 5. Dave King (of Flogging Molly, funny guy, and he has an Irish accent )
For different reasons: 1. Steve Harris (Iron Maiden) 2. Jim Morrison 3. Ozzy Osbourne (with Black Sabbath, why isn't HE mentioned yet ) 4. Jimi Hendrix of course 5. Richie Blackmore Women: 1. Sandy Denny 2. Grace Slick 3. Maddy Prior (Steeleye Span, however I don't know if you could really call her a frontwoman) 4. Janis Joplin 5. Doro (Warlock, however, I don't care very much for their music )
1. syd barrett (pink floyd) 2. lou reed (the velvet underground) 3. roky erickson (the 13th floor elevators) 4. ian curtis (joy division) 5. ray davies (the kinks)
5 in no particular order: Bradley James Nowell/ Sublime Kurt Cobain/ Nirvana James Hetfield/ Metallica Jimi Hendrix Maynard James Keenan/ Tool-APC
Eddie Vedder - Pearl Jam James Maynard - Tool Jimi Hendrix - JHE Just can't find more of them MC Dynamite really knows how to comunicate with audience. But he has no band...
-John Lennon: The Beatles -Syd Barrett: Pink Floyd -Jimmy Page: Led Zeppelin -Carlos Santana: Santana -Pete Townshend: The Who
Robert Plant ~Zeppelin Janis Joplin ~ Big Brother and the Holding Company Maynard ~ Tool, A Perfect Circle. Scott Weiland ~ Whatever Cedric Zavala ~ The Mars Volta, At the drive in. These people scream frontman to me.
