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Best frontman of all time...Drumroll please...

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,048 ✭✭✭✭Mars Bar


    It's terrible isn't it?!

    Bruce Springsteen is better than Bono and should have been in the top 5 at least.

    Where's Meat Loaf?

    Even Mike Scott should be there...


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,753 ✭✭✭fitz0


    Jagger should have been much further up, as should the Boss.

    WTF is Matt Bellamy doing on that poll?

    What an awful, awful list.


  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    All I can say is...


    ...No Robert Plant? WTF?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,269 ✭✭✭Blackhorse Slim


    Liam Gallagher? He's not even the best frontman in Oasis


    Jim Morrison ftw


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,753 ✭✭✭fitz0


    Papa Smut wrote: »
    All I can say is...


    ...No Robert Plant? WTF?

    He's there just way down the list. Disgraceful.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,442 ✭✭✭MickShamrock


    Freddie Mercury.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,200 ✭✭✭Mindkiller


    "Gallagher was placed first in a list of greats compiled from thousands of readers of Q magazine."

    Oh god. Why am I not surprised.
    Q is a terrible publication. Oasis win every award that they give out, despite not even being musically relevant anymore.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,397 ✭✭✭✭Birneybau


    To be fair,it was voted for by readers of the magazine....

    THE MUSIC MAGAZINE FOR PEOPLE THAT HATE MUSIC!

    Same cnuts that buy 2 albums a year,a James Blunt one and something a bit more "edgy" like new Kings of Leon stuff...God,they used to be great..


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,397 ✭✭✭✭Birneybau


    Anyway,Iggy Pop,John Lydon and Joe Strummer/Mick Jones get my vote.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,207 ✭✭✭meditraitor


    Jim Morrison is the best frontman ever, no point in arguing the point:D


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1 Baronce


    W. Axl Rose - Late 80's/ Early 90's version of course!!!!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,200 ✭✭✭Mindkiller


    Birneybau wrote: »
    To be fair,it was voted for by readers of the magazine....
    Thats the thing though, the magazine has such a pro-Gallagher bias that the majority of its readerbase can only be Oasis fans. Or Coldplay fans.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,397 ✭✭✭✭Birneybau


    Mindkiller wrote: »
    Thats the thing though, the magazine has such a pro-Gallagher bias that the majority of its readerbase can only be Oasis fans.

    The Monobrow Monthly


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,874 ✭✭✭✭Ash.J.Williams


    Bon Scott


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 26 SICKBOi


    morrissey!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 198 ✭✭mr.mayo


    No mention for Kurt Cobain? Granted he wasn't the greatest singer, or even guitarist of all time but he was still a freakin awesome frontman. He represented what Nirvana stood for, a true legend


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,252 ✭✭✭norwegianwood


    ..........
    Robbie Williams?! This list is made of fail.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,872 ✭✭✭strobe


    Stupid list: Bono #2, Robbie Williams #11?? But it's what I'd expect from Q these days...

    To try and turn the thread a bit more positive maybe we could just give our own top 5 or 10.

    In no particular order:

    W. Axl Rose - Guns n Roses
    Bob Marley - Bob Marely and the Wailers
    Phil Lynott - Thin Lizzy
    Lou Reed - The Velvet Underground
    Kurt Cobain - Nirvana
    Freddie Mercury - Queen
    Eddie Vedder - Pearl Jam
    Jimi Hendrix - Jimi Hendrix Experience
    Steven Tyler - Aerosmith
    Zach de la Rocha - Rage Against the Machine

    Chosen not because they were my favourite bands or singers (although some of them were) but because the were the perfect representative for their bands and what (if anything) they stood for. None of the bands could have possibly existed without them, which isn't the case with all bands, that's the definition of a good frontman in my opinion.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,493 ✭✭✭DazMarz


    What the hell......

    So many others are far more deserving of this!

    -Jim Morrison
    -Robert Plant
    -Ozzy Osbourne
    -James Hetfield
    -Rob Halford
    -Bruce Dickinson
    -Bon Scott
    -Brian Johnson
    -David Lee Roth
    -Axl Rose
    -Vince Neil
    -David Coverdale

    any God's amount of better frontmen that Liam f***ing Gallagher... Q Magazine??? What a laugh...


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,226 ✭✭✭boobar


    Sickboi is spot on - Mozzer all the way!


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,082 ✭✭✭✭Spiritoftheseventies


    Liam Gallagher? He's not even the best frontman in Oasis

    What?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,269 ✭✭✭Blackhorse Slim


    What?

    Noel does it better ;)


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,425 ✭✭✭FearDark


    Worst poll ive seen in a long long time..

    1) Liam Gallagher

    2) Bono

    3) Freddie Mercury


    If Freddie isnt at no.1 the whole poll is invalid. And my god, Liam Gallagher at no.1 makes me die a little inside.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,425 ✭✭✭FearDark


    ..........
    Robbie Williams?! This list is made of fail.

    Actually I'd have said that too before I saw him at Slane a few years ago. I actually went up to see Stereophonics but Robbie stole the show, he was absolutely magnificent. I would be into the metal/rock variety of music but honest to god he was amazing.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,082 ✭✭✭✭Spiritoftheseventies


    Noel does it better ;)
    Na. Liam was always the front man in Oasis. better singer there.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,397 ✭✭✭✭Birneybau


    DazMarz wrote: »
    What the hell......

    So many others are far more deserving of this!

    -Jim Morrison
    -Robert Plant
    -Ozzy Osbourne
    -James Hetfield
    -Rob Halford
    -Bruce Dickinson
    -Bon Scott
    -Brian Johnson
    -David Lee Roth
    -Axl Rose
    -Vince Neil
    -David Coverdale

    any God's amount of better frontmen that Liam f***ing Gallagher... Q Magazine??? What a laugh...

    You like Hair Metal then?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,082 ✭✭✭✭Spiritoftheseventies


    For me Michael Stipe a terrific front man


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,522 ✭✭✭Dr. Loon


    Elvis Presley, Axl Rose, Eddie Vedder and Prince are all missing from the top of that list. I wonder what their qualifications are for best frontman in that list. To stand still straining your neck into a microphone stand that's too high for you?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,082 ✭✭✭✭Spiritoftheseventies


    Dr. Loon wrote: »
    Elvis Presley, Axl Rose, Eddie Vedder and Prince are all missing from the top of that list. I wonder what their qualifications are for best frontman in that list. To stand still straining your neck into a microphone stand that's too high for you?
    Wasnt Elvis like a solo artist. Not sure if he is a front man as such.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,331 ✭✭✭Keyzer


    Tripe...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,522 ✭✭✭Dr. Loon


    Wasnt Elvis like a solo artist. Not sure if he is a front man as such.

    For the majority of his career he played with the same band. He fronted that band, so he was a frontman.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,082 ✭✭✭✭Spiritoftheseventies


    Dr. Loon wrote: »
    For the majority of his career he played with the same band. He fronted that band, so he was a frontman.
    Yes but for all intents and purposes he was a solo artist.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,522 ✭✭✭Dr. Loon


    Yes but for all intents and purposes he was a solo artist.

    Let's not get caught up in semantics here. To me the frontman - or woman in fact - is the person fronting a group of musicians in a live performance. Yes, Elvis was a solo artist, but he was the frontman for live performances with his band, and a fantastic entertainer at that, which to me is what a frontman is all about.

    In any event, I've listed others who should be listed far ahead of Gallagher. Worth noting is that Prince is also a "solo artist", as is James Brown.

    Another I'd add to the list is D'Angelo, also a solo artist.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,082 ✭✭✭✭Spiritoftheseventies


    Dr. Loon wrote: »
    Let's not get caught up in semantics here. To me the frontman - or woman in fact - is the person fronting a group of musicians in a live performance. Yes, Elvis was a solo artist, but he was the frontman for live performances with his band, and a fantastic entertainer at that, which to me is what a frontman is all about.

    In any event, I've listed others who should be listed far ahead of Gallagher. Worth noting is that Prince is also a "solo artist", as is James Brown.

    Another I'd add to the list is D'Angelo, also a solo artist.
    My argument is a frontman has to be in a band where are there are some creative influences at work ie like Morrisey and Marr. Thats all im saying here. But take your point. he officially fronted a band of musicians.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 226 ✭✭RICARDO1982


    Phil Lynott of Thin lizzy hands down winner i think
    Wrote/co/wrote the majority of the music they played
    Had Great Stage Presence
    Could actually sing quite well (not a screamer)
    Music still sounds good today.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,925 ✭✭✭aidan24326


    It's a hopeless list but we shouldn't be too surprised. Q has always been dominated by Indie and Britpop type bands, and quite obsessed with Oasis, so it's no surprise that Liam would be top. As 'top 20' lists go it's nearly as bad as Zane Lowe's dreadful attempt at picking the best rock guitarists.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 37,214 ✭✭✭✭Dudess


    Well it is just opinion I suppose - but obviously the correct answer is Morrissey. :pac:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,394 ✭✭✭mojesius


    Freddie Mercury. No contest. Jim Morrison in second. Liam Gallagher can go sh*te.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,924 ✭✭✭RayCon


    Bon Scott

    My God , it took a whole 15 posts for the truth to arrive ....


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 631 ✭✭✭neil_18_


    Christy Dignam!!!


    Is Meat Loaf not on the list??? :mad:

    Liam Gallagher over Freddie? Idiots


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,048 ✭✭✭✭Mars Bar


    neil_18_ wrote: »
    Christy Dignam!!!


    Is Meat Loaf not on the list??? :mad:

    Liam Gallagher over Freddie? Idiots

    No he isn't, it's an atrocity!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 631 ✭✭✭neil_18_


    mars bar wrote: »
    No he isn't, it's an atrocity!

    Really cant understand it??!!

    His voice is 10 times better than Liam Gallagher could ever dream of. He sings his songs with real passion. Liam just sounds like he walks into the booth half arsed, sings, and leaves.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,048 ✭✭✭✭Mars Bar


    neil_18_ wrote: »
    Really cant understand it??!!

    His voice is 10 times better than Liam Gallagher could ever dream of. He sings his songs with real passion. Liam just sounds like he walks into the booth half arsed, sings, and leaves.

    I agree, I saw Meat Loaf in 2008 and he was unbelievable!
    Bruce Springsteen should be much higher up that list. He should be in the Top 5. Freddie should be no. 1 too.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,390 ✭✭✭Bowlardo


    Front man has to have
    1. Charisma and
    2. Represent exactly what he is singing about.....
    3. Believe in the music they are making ....the
    4. Ability to control the crowd even if you’re not that in to them
    In no particular order but influenced by the link
    James brown. Without doubt have 1,2,3,4

    The boss has 1,2,3,4
    Lead singer out of depeche mode1,2,34,
    Lead singer out of underworld has 1,3,4,( no 2 because the majority of can be described as nonsense)
    Maxim from the prodigy has 1 and 4 (so much 4 of makes up for missing for 2,3 missing)
    Frank Black (pixies) everything
    Kurt of the cobains everything above (less 4...point of nirvana was losing control)
    Bono (I hate the fooker) but excels in 4 and high rating in 1,2,3
    Jagger with the swagger everything and copied so many time by the young pups
    Elvis,jacko and madonna are the kings....oh sure up on our high horse elvis didn't write most of his songs,jacko touches children,madonna steals children but love or hate them throw any of us at one there concerts and I’m fairly sure we'd be converted...that's a front man/women takes you where they want you to be
    Snoop dog..... Comedy show or not...impossible not to have a great time at him
    Freddie Wembley enough said! Legend...undisputed....he is the best front man.....
    Lyndon’s bravado and what they did for the music was class and can not be discounted
    Liam Gallagher is a site front man! FACT
    Robbie Williams is a tosser and his music is ****e but he does have(had) charisma but sure don't they all when they are coked off they're heads

    JOkE...RICK JAMES....IT'S A CELEBRATION BITCHES!!!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,417 ✭✭✭The Pontiac


    Jim Morrison is the best frontman ever, no point in arguing the point

    Jim Morrison was a great frontman on stage but he always struck me as an utter gobshíte off it tbh. He was a bit like Liam Gallagher, but only with a brain in his head.

    Have a look at Gallagher here receiving a Brit award..He's an embarrassment to the music industry, to himself and to humanity really.



    This is him back stage. Oh dear me.



    Jagger FTW!!



  • Closed Accounts Posts: 204 ✭✭red herring


    In fairness why isnt christy moore on the list he should be here:D


  • Business & Finance Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 32,387 Mod ✭✭✭✭DeVore


    Dave Grohl might not have been my pick for the top but I would have put him in the top 20!! That list is a joke tbh...

    DeV.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 683 ✭✭✭leincar


    Birneybau wrote: »
    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/7519708/Liam-Gallagher-crowned-best-frontman.html

    Are they taking the fcuking p!ss?

    That magazine has been a rag for years,goes to show the intelligence of their readership really!

    I must apologise as I am only back in the country and read the thread in the last few minutes. Please, I am reasonably intelligent but out of habit I now posess all 286 editions of Q Magazine.

    Back in the day it was a great magazine, with great articles about music and in the main wonderful reviews. Sadly over the years it has gone to the point where I buy it to add to the collection and scan through it in about 30 minutes. The present editor Paul Rees should be flogged, sadly it won't happen.

    As to the poll of best frontmen I will admit my bias and say that the Duchess of Zanzibar, the Baronet Lord Freddie of Mercury was and shall always be the greatest frontman of a rock band.

    For those who disagree, due in part to their young age(Yeah I know I'm a dinosaur) I would suggest inventing the mythical time machine and go back in time and see Freddie Mercury in action. He had to be seen to be believed. He knew exactly how to hold a crowd, knew how to play to the audience while singing, and strutted his way through a song when not singing.

    Having read the thread I would agree that honourable mentions should be given to Meatloaf, John Lydon, and yes, Robbie Williams. Even though a solo singer Williams can hold a crowd.

    Liam Gallagher can nibble on Mercury's Knob, he will never be a great frontman, rather an arrogant Manc.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,472 ✭✭✭✭loyatemu


    Iggy Pop.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,034 ✭✭✭rcaz


    What a safe list.

    My favourite is Wayne Coyne.


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