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Top 6 Frontmen/Rockstars of all time?

Paul AndrewsPaul Andrews Posts: 2,489
edited April 2010 in The Porch
You an never win putting one of these lists together, but the following have been listed in the 'Top 6' by Glenn A Baker and his researchers. I think it was Top 5 but Axle got a special mention. Ed should be there, but is not, what's your top five? Remember to use his

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Mick Jagger
Robert Plant
Freddy Mercury
Michael Hutchence
Jon Bon Jovi
Axl Rose

Axl and Bon Jovi are out of my list. Ed is in but it's tough deciding upon a 5th and 6th! Springsteen, Bon Scott i think?
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  • BlahBlah Posts: 469
    ~ First Bon Jovi isn't a real rock band, they are butt rockers so right there we all need to move on and not care about this list. Second Axl Rose got his ass whipped by Tommy Hilfiger so he loses also ~
  • bernmodibernmodi Posts: 631
    1. Mick Jagger
    2. Freddy Mercury
    3. Roger Daltrey
    4. Eddie Vedder
    5. Bruce Springsteen
  • dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam Posts: 139,549
    Eddie Vedder
    Ozzy
    Robert Plant
    Mick Jagger
    Robert Smith
    Ian Curtis
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  • Paul AndrewsPaul Andrews Posts: 2,489
    dimitrispearljam wrote:
    Eddie Vedder
    Ozzy
    Robert Plant
    Mick Jagger
    Robert Smith
    Ian Curtis


    No Freddie?? Whoa! ;)
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  • veddertownveddertown Posts: 5,260
    Robert Plant
    Eddie Vedder
    Bruce Dickinson
    Ian Gillan
    Bon Scott
    Layne Stayley
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  • Bird889Bird889 Posts: 423
    Plant
    Jagger
    Daultry
    Morrison
    Springsteen
    Mercury

    no particular order
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  • Long Road_WILong Road_WI Posts: 145
    This would be my top 6, probably in this order....

    1) Morrison (Gotta Love The Doors)
    2) Mercury
    3) Vedder
    4) Daultry
    5) Jagger (I am not the biggest Stones fan)
    6) Tyler (Aerosmith)
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  • U R A Crazy BreedU R A Crazy Breed Posts: 8,370
    E. Vedder
    R. Plant
    R. Daltrey
    D. L. Roth
    S. Tyler
  • MisterEtake2MisterEtake2 Posts: 389
    Paul Andrews wrote:
    You an never win putting one of these lists together, but the following have been listed in the 'Top 6' by Glenn A Baker and his researchers. I think it was Top 5 but Axle got a special mention. Ed should be there, but is not, what's your top five? Remember to use his

    http://video.au.msn.com/watch/video/the ... rs/xydk4sl

    Mick Jagger
    Robert Plant
    Freddy Mercury
    Michael Hutchence
    Jon Bon Jovi
    Axl Rose

    Axl and Bon Jovi are out of my list. Ed is in but it's tough deciding upon a 5th and 6th! Springsteen, Bon Scott i think?


    Only in Australia would you see Michael Hutchence on that list. I'd say the same for Jon Bon Jovi, but I'm afraid he would make the list in NJ. Replace those two and Freddy Mercury with Eddie, Bruce and Bono, then you may have somehting.
  • ajgolf23ajgolf23 Posts: 54
    Plant
    Morrison
    Vedder
    Jagger
    Yorke
    Daltrey
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  • BreadfanBreadfanBreadfanBreadfan Posts: 12
    Paul Andrews wrote:
    You an never win putting one of these lists together, but the following have been listed in the 'Top 6' by Glenn A Baker and his researchers. I think it was Top 5 but Axle got a special mention. Ed should be there, but is not, what's your top five? Remember to use his

    http://video.au.msn.com/watch/video/the ... rs/xydk4sl

    Mick Jagger
    Robert Plant
    Freddy Mercury
    Michael Hutchence
    Jon Bon Jovi
    Axl Rose

    Axl and Bon Jovi are out of my list. Ed is in but it's tough deciding upon a 5th and 6th! Springsteen, Bon Scott i think?

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  • bootlegger10bootlegger10 Posts: 15,843
    Bono should be number 1 unless U2 is not considered rock. But Bono is by far the greatest frontman of all time. By far.

    Vedder's voice didn't stay outstanding for long enough to be considered one of the best. He's good, but most songs include that "cringe" moment.
  • BinauralJamBinauralJam Posts: 14,158
    1) Eddie Vedder
    2) Micheal Stipe
    3) James Hetfield
    4) Bruce Dickinson
    5) Rob Zombie
    6) David Bowie
  • ActionJackActionJack Posts: 137
    Morrison
    Plant
    Clapton
    J Garcia
    Jagger
    Vedder

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  • SG GhazSG Ghaz Posts: 148
    Unranked:

    Ed
    Axl
    Chris Cornell
    Bon Scott
    Kurt Cobain
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  • shepshep Posts: 5,765
    It's funny that this would come up without a mention of Liam gallagher. I listened to a radio interview he did over the weekend on alt nation (on Sirius) and they were talking about how some British music rag had ranked him the all time number one frontman..... Not that I agree, but i figured someone might...

    Hard to whittle it down to five though...

    Gotta go with freddie mercury and Jim Morrison. For sure.
    Also inclined to put maynard up there, as well as Roger daultry.
    For my final pick I think the boss needs to be included.

    I would love to throw Ed in there, but I just finished reading 5 against 1 last night and my opinion of Ed is no longer what it once was...
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  • Paul AndrewsPaul Andrews Posts: 2,489
    MisterEtake2 wrote:
    Paul Andrews wrote:
    You an never win putting one of these lists together, but the following have been listed in the 'Top 6' by Glenn A Baker and his researchers. I think it was Top 5 but Axle got a special mention. Ed should be there, but is not, what's your top five? Remember to use his

    http://video.au.msn.com/watch/video/the ... rs/xydk4sl

    Mick Jagger
    Robert Plant
    Freddy Mercury
    Michael Hutchence
    Jon Bon Jovi
    Axl Rose

    Axl and Bon Jovi are out of my list. Ed is in but it's tough deciding upon a 5th and 6th! Springsteen, Bon Scott i think?


    Only in Australia would you see Michael Hutchence on that list. I'd say the same for Jon Bon Jovi, but I'm afraid he would make the list in NJ. Replace those two and Freddy Mercury with Eddie, Bruce and Bono, then you may have somehting.

    I saw INXS at a few stages of their career and Hutchence was very, very good. He held the audience (esp the women). :)
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  • SoonForgotten2SoonForgotten2 Posts: 2,245
    I think to make top 5, one must be larger than life, which, sorry everyone, Ed isn't. He's a great musician and was a great frontman in his prime. PJ are still my favourite band but he really doesn't have "it" like he used to.

    In no particular order...

    Bono
    Jim Morrison
    Roger Daltrey
    Mick Jagger
    and as much as it pains me Kurt Cobain

    I'd say being a rockstar isn't all about talent or longevity, but more the aura, the presence... something that sticks with people long after the show has ended or the career is finished, by they a hardcore fan or a casual one.
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  • HorosHoros Posts: 4,518
    Frontman to me means he kind of steals the show. Ed share the stage gracefully, not that I think he could make the list anyway.

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    Freddie Mercury
    Mick Jagger
    Ozzy Osbourne
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  • ruggs1996ruggs1996 Posts: 586
    1. Bruce Springsteen
    2. Mick Jagger
    3. Jim Morrison
    4. Jimi Hendriz
    5. Kurt Cobain
    6. Eddie Vedder

    To me Ed is the best but as far as famous this is how it is
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  • DewieCoxDewieCox Posts: 11,425
    1 is taken by Freddie Mercury

    3 are taken by the 3 most imitated frontmen of all time....Plant, Jagger and Daltrey

    The rest get honorable mention

    Chris Robinson
    Scott Weiland
    Maynard
    Tom Petty
    Bon Scott
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    Axl
    John Fogerty
    Neil Young
    Ozzy
    Jack White
    Thom Yorke
    Cornell
    SRV
    Bono
  • lucien2020lucien2020 Posts: 15
    1.Bruce Springsteen
    2.Trent Reznor
    3.Garth Brooks
    4.Eddie Vedder
    5.Maynard James Keenan
    6.Mike Ness
  • Grandmas JamGrandmas Jam Posts: 1,860
    In no particular order:
    Neil Young
    Eddie Vedder
    Brice Springsteen
    Ozzy Osbourne
    Robert Plant
    Eric Clapton
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  • VeddernarianVeddernarian Posts: 1,924
    When Vedder and Plant shared the stage doing Fool in the Rain, I think I blew a gasket and had a mini-stroke.

    Given criteria of stage performance and singing ability combination...
    Plant
    Vedder,
    Morrison,
    Daltrey,
    Mercury,
    Mick Jagger (even though I don't really like him, he is one hell of a performer)
    Bono
    The Iron Maiden guy (don't know his name)
    Ozzy,
    Dio,
    Steve Perry,
    Peter Gabriel

    ...all have to be up there on that list.
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    Off the top of my head:

    Eddie Vedder
    Jim Morrison
    Ben Harper
    JJ Grey
    Jimi Hendrix
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  • pdalowskypdalowsky Posts: 15,053
    bootlegger10 wrote:
    Bono should be number 1 unless U2 is not considered rock. But Bono is by far the greatest frontman of all time. By far.

    Vedder's voice didn't stay outstanding for long enough to be considered one of the best. He's good, but most songs include that "cringe" moment.

    your taking the piss right?
    :lol:
  • Deep In The OceanDeep In The Ocean Posts: 196
    1- Robert Plant
    2- Jim Morrison
    3- Eddie Vedder
    4- Mick Jagger
    5- Roger Daltrey
    6- James Hetfield
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    James Hetfield
    Vedder
    Maynard Keenan
    Chuck Schuldiner
    Plant
    Tom Araya
  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 29,941
    DJ273378 wrote:

    1) Morrison (Gotta Love The Doors)

    no, I don't "gotta" ;)
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  • zootownzootown Posts: 666
    To be a great frontman...

    In no order:

    Robert Plant
    Iggy Pop
    Eddie Vedder
    Frank Black (or Francis Black or Charles Thompson IV)
    Ozzy
    Jim Morrison

    In my book, you cant be a great frontman unless you have written a good portion of the material and you are not just singing (ala Roger Daughtry)
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