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Best Frontman In The World ?

16-02-2012 10:42pm

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Who In Your Opinion Is The Best frontman In The World??

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#2 16-02-2012 10:52pm

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Chris Cornell is a hero IMHO

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Take That is the best frontman in the world

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#9 17-02-2012 12:40am

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#10 17-02-2012 12:42am

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#11 17-02-2012 12:44am

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#12 17-02-2012 1:04pm

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#13 17-02-2012 3:24pm

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i think liam gallaghers the all time greatest front man, the presence and style the man had on a stage was just unique and incredible to watch live.

at the moment my favorite frontman is tom meighan from kasabian, brings a lot of energy to his performances and interacts brilliantly with the crowd. not a bad singer either

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#14 17-02-2012 3:25pm

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I presume you mean living?

The Boss

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#15 17-02-2012 4:27pm

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ricero wrote: »

i think liam gallaghers the all time greatest front man, the presence and style the man had on a stage was just unique and incredible to watch live.

Huh? are you serious? he just stands there...doing nothing,i think hes second only to Anthony Kiedis for worst frontman ive ever seen,i saw Oasis in 96 when i was obsessed with them and it was my first gig....and i still thought he was crap!

Some of the better ones would be Morrissey,Michael Stipe,Bowie,Iggy and as mentioned The Boss(hes nothing short of amazing live,never seen energy,power and passion like it).....but best of all was Leonard Cohen,now that man has presence

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#16 17-02-2012 5:31pm

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Table Top Joe wrote: »

Anthony Kiedis... worst frontman ive ever seen

+1000

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#17 20-02-2012 2:57pm

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McChubbin wrote: »

great front man but will never be accepted by the masses due to his gayness

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#18 20-02-2012 3:22pm

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ricero wrote: »

great front man but will never be accepted by the masses due to his gayness

Yeah, nobody ever talks about how good Freddy was... It's not like he's a legend or anything... :rolleyes:

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#19 20-02-2012 4:14pm

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ricero wrote: »

great front man but will never be accepted by the masses due to his gayness

I think he was accepted by the masses.

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#20 20-02-2012 4:16pm

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ricero wrote: »

great front man but will never be accepted by the masses due to his gayness

In my case it wasn't that he was gay, I just hated the music.

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#21 20-02-2012 4:20pm

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Gerry fish when he was in an emotional fish.

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#22 20-02-2012 4:28pm

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ricero wrote: »

great front man but will never be accepted by the masses due to his gayness

Liam Gallagher's been accepted by the masses and he looks like a total gaylord.

I'm struggling to think if I've ever seen anything negative written about Freddie in relation to his sexuality outside of the states. He's always been considered a legend over here.

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#23 20-02-2012 4:34pm

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The most impressive I have seen were; Iggy Pop, Nick Cave, James Dean Bradfield and Dave Gahan.

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#24 20-02-2012 4:48pm

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GoldenTickets wrote: »

+1000

Why so? (Just curious)

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#25 20-02-2012 4:53pm

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Android 666 wrote: »

Liam Gallagher's been accepted by the masses and he looks like a total gaylord.

I'm struggling to think if I've ever seen anything negative written about Freddie in relation to his sexuality outside of the states. He's always been considered a legend over here.

im not having a go at freddie i like him he was great fun and a decent singer. ask most people today what you think of freddie mercury and they usually say something about his sexuality. i think that put a vast majority of him and his music.

liam gallagher is cool as **** :cool:

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#26 20-02-2012 5:28pm

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Flecktarn wrote: »

Why so? (Just curious)

Saw RHCP in Landsowne Road a number of years ago and I've never seen a front man deliver such a lifeless performance. He completely phoned it in, as did the rest of the band. The guy is only interested in picking up his cheque. In my opinion he is completely lacking in charisma, something which the "best frontman in the world" requires in spades.

ricero wrote:

ask most people today what you think of freddie mercury and they usually say something about his sexuality.

No they don't.

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#27 20-02-2012 5:33pm

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ricero wrote: »

ask most people today what you think of freddie mercury and they usually say something about his sexuality. i think that put a vast majority of him and his music.

I don't know who you're hanging out with but that wouldn't be the case with anyone I know...

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#29 20-02-2012 11:33pm

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Yep, Freddie Mercury for me all the way.

This guy would come second....

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Lee Ving of punk band FEAR is the greatest frontman in the world, without even playing a note

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8p8aLA3uXM

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Damon Albarn. an early damon albarn should i say. an extremely pissed and random livewire on stage. a factor in blur making it to the top was reporters coming just to see what he would do on stage, when their music was s**t at the time

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#32 21-02-2012 12:28am

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Frpm the ones I have seen live, I would say Mike Patton. The things he does live are out of this world!!!
I have never seen Freddie Mercury live, but what I've seen in videos, yeap, he ia up there too!!

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#33 21-02-2012 1:49am

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The 2 best living frontmen in my opinion are Zack De La Rocha and Matt Bellamy but the best of all time are Freddie and Philo

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#34 22-02-2012 4:32pm

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Personally, I'd go for Bruce. Great stage presence, drives the band more than any other front man, great songs also, interacts with crowd, and most importantly you feel like he is enjoying what he does.

Surprised this man hasn't been mentioned yet; cool, sexy, great voice, charisma, and sock in pants, the total package.

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Bodhidharma wrote: »

Personally, I'd go for Bruce. Great stage presence, drives the band more than any other front man, great songs also, interacts with crowd, and most importantly you feel like he is enjoying what he does.

Don't think anyone can argue with this;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ugiufitm98

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#36 22-02-2012 11:36pm

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Irish Aris wrote: »

Frpm the ones I have seen live, I would say Mike Patton. The things he does live are out of this world!!!
I have never seen Freddie Mercury live, but what I've seen in videos, yeap, he ia up there too!!

+1 to this. Probably the best vocalist to front a band since Freddie too.

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Buster Bloodvessel......Bad Manners

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Who In Your Opinion Is The Best frontman In The World??

I don't see what all the fuss is about - here he is, right here :

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The Boss of course, and Steven Tyler from Aerosmith.

And maybe Bono, just to put it out there!!

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crazygeryy wrote: »

Gerry fish when he was in an emotional fish.

Howya Gerry. What are you doing these days now that you're no longer frontman of An Emotional Fish?

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vader65 wrote: »

Bryan Adams

lol

good one

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For energy and all round cockiness Howlin' Pelle Almqvist from the Hives. A complete lunatic and egomaniac. Remember wandering over to main stage at about 5pm at Witnness years ago and being blown away by the guy.

Someone mentioned Tom Meighan - great front man but I actually prefer Serge, a man who just looks so cool and rock starrish

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My personal favourite and IMO the best front man would have to be Robert Plant...I think Bodhidharma summed him up well in his post above. Axl Rose back when Guns N Roses were in full swing is surly worth a mention as well.

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Freddie Mercury and Robert Plant should be near the top of anyone's list of Great Frontmen but I'll add Paul Stanley from Kiss to the top 3.

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Angus Young. I know he's a guitarist, but he runs the show, all eyes are on him!

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The best Frontman in the world is Nolan Lewis of the band Kryptos.

They are a heavy metal band from Bangalore, India. Check them out on the youtube websites, you may be pleasntly surprise

Best regards,

Choudary Chintapalli

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ricero wrote: »

great front man but will never be accepted by the masses due to his gayness

He wasnt gay he had a moustache .

Jim Morrison : although he was usually too drunk to perform , when he did nobody had a patch on him
David Bowie : theres a man that went to every effort to put on a show.

Freddie Mercury was however the best frontman in the world ever , his gayness shouldnt even come into it , he owned the stage , he made a stadium look too small for him .

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David Lee Roth (Van Halen)

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