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GardenOfStoneGardenOfStone Posts: 21
edited September 2007 in Other Music
Who are your top 5 singers/frontmen in rock history?
For me, a great frontman not only has an awsome and powerful voice, but he can also write songs, good songs, and play something... Or many things. A singer that just sings, and nothing else just doesn't do it for me.


Here we go...

Chris Cornell (Soundgarden, Audioslave, Solo)
Paul Rodgers (Free, Bad Co., The Firm, The Law, Queen, Solo)
John Fogerty (Creedence, Solo)
Jack Blades (Night Ranger, Damn Yankees, Shaw-Blades, Solo)
Pat Monahan (Train)
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  • DiRtyFranK38DiRtyFranK38 Posts: 3,131
    Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam, Solo ;))
    Chris Cornell (Soundgarden, Temple Of The Dog, Audioslave, Solo)
    Layne Staley (Alice In Chains, Mad Season)
    Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden, Solo)...this guy is so underrated
    Axl Rose (Guns N' Roses)...though he could be a major dickhead..he was fantastic

    HONORABLE MENTION:

    Scott Weiland (Stone Temple Pilots, Solo, Velvet Revolver)
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  • macgyver06macgyver06 Posts: 2,500
    jagger
    bono
    vedder
    king
    boyd
  • SchokiSchoki Posts: 5,072
    Vedder
    Kiedis
    Cornell
    Grohl
    Bono
  • robfest2robfest2 Posts: 594
    1. E.V.
    2. Layne Staley
    3. Craig Finn
    4. Shawn Smith
    5. Adam Duritz
  • hendrix78hendrix78 Posts: 507
    In no particular order:

    Jim Morrison
    Robert Plant
    Eddie Vedder
    Mark Lanegan
    Perry Farrell
  • FlaggFlagg Posts: 5,856
    No order:

    Ed Vedder
    David Lee Roth
    Robert Plant
    Steven Tyler
    Bono
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  • rhcpjam1029rhcpjam1029 Posts: 1,968
    1. Chris Cornell
    2. Eddie Vedder
    3. Anthony Kiedis (pre-Stadium Arcadium)
    4. Maynard James Kennan
    5. Trent Reznor

    Honorable Mention:
    Jack White.
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  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    eddie vedder
    jonah jenkins (only living witness, milligram, miltown, raw radar war)
    jim morrison
    bruce springsteen
    david lee roth

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  • NickyNoochNickyNooch Posts: 629
    1. Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam)
    2. Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails)
    3. David Lee Roth (Van Halen)
    4. Jim Morrison (The Doors)
    5. Axl Rose (Guns N Roses)

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  • audiodaveaudiodave Posts: 1,623
    Trent Reznor.

    Michael Stipe.
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  • Gary CarterGary Carter Posts: 14,067
    the boss
    billy joe
    joe strummer
    roger daltrey
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  • Blind MelonBlind Melon Posts: 911
    Brandon Boyd
    Trent Reznor
    Thom Yorke
    Dave Grohl (I don't care if his voice isn't the greatest live or anything, but he's fucking downright awesome)
    Bruce Springsteen
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  • LiftedLifted Posts: 1,836
    eddie vedder
    jim morrison
    jim james
    shannon hoon
    mick jagger
  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    Jim Morrison
    Scott Weiland
    Steven Tyler
    Trent Reznor
    Robert Plant

    Honourable Mention: Jimi Hendrix
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  • LukinFanLukinFan Posts: 29,040
    hendrix78 wrote:
    In no particular order:

    Jim Morrison
    Robert Plant
    Eddie Vedder
    Mark Lanegan
    Perry Farrell


    Finally someone said Morrison! Thank you! But Eddie should be at the top with Jim- if not over him.
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  • pjoasisrulepjoasisrule Posts: 3,412
    GardenOfStone wrote:
    Who are your top 5 singers/frontmen in rock history?
    For me, a great frontman not only has an awsome and powerful voice, but he can also write songs, good songs, and play something... Or many things. A singer that just sings, and nothing else just doesn't do it for me.


    Here we go...

    Chris Cornell (Soundgarden, Audioslave, Solo)
    Paul Rodgers (Free, Bad Co., The Firm, The Law, Queen, Solo)
    John Fogerty (Creedence, Solo)
    Jack Blades (Night Ranger, Damn Yankees, Shaw-Blades, Solo)
    Pat Monahan (Train)

    Good joke. Every single list on here should have Jim Morrison.
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  • geishagrrlgeishagrrl Posts: 130
    1. Mike Patton
    2. Eddie
    3. Peter Murphy
    4. Thom Yorke
    5. David Eugene Edwards

    Honorable Mentions:
    Maynard James Keenan, Dave Gahan, and Corin Tucker
  • mouthfulofsoupmouthfulofsoup Posts: 397
    Blind Melon wrote:
    Brandon Boyd
    Trent Reznor
    Thom Yorke
    Dave Grohl (I don't care if his voice isn't the greatest live or anything, but he's fucking downright awesome)
    Bruce Springsteen

    WTF? You need a new username, my friend. lol.
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  • PoncierPoncier Posts: 16,704
    Frontman and singer should kind of be 2 separate categories, cause someone like David Lee Roth was (and hopefully will be this fall) a great front man, but will never be accused of being a great "singer". Jagger is the ultimate frontman, a good singer, but not top 5 in terms of vocal capabilities, but clearly at the top when it comes to commanding a stage.

    So with that in mind, basing it strictly on performers I've seen live (which eliminates the likes of Morrison, Mercury and other):

    Frontman:
    Jagger
    Springsteen
    Hewson
    Roth
    Daltrey


    Singer:
    Plant
    Meine
    Cornell
    Cherone
    Gillan
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  • glasshouseglasshouse Posts: 1,762
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  • MathMath Posts: 71
    geishagrrl wrote:
    1. Mike Patton
    2. Eddie
    3. Peter Murphy
    4. Thom Yorke
    5. David Eugene Edwards

    Honorable Mentions:
    Maynard James Keenan, Dave Gahan, and Corin Tucker


    Finally someone who remembers Patton.

    1. Patton
    2. Vedder
    3. De La Rocha
    4. Arno (belgian singer for TC Matic)
    5. Barman (another belgian singer for DEUS)
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  • GardenOfStoneGardenOfStone Posts: 21
    pjoasisrule wrote:
    Good joke. Every single list on here should have Jim Morrison.

    Honestly, I wasn't impressed with Jim. The part that I liked about the Doors was the musicians. Robby Krieger was my favorite songwriter in the band. I'll give Jim a lot of credit... He wronte some of the most memorable lyrics in rock history, but I just wasn't a big fan.
    Nothing against him at all, just not my style.
    "He said little man you got no buisness gettin' frustrated, you gotta rest, you gotta rest you gotta rest... Reach Doooooown... And pick the crowd up... Carry back in your hands, to the promised land!
  • Rhinocerous SurpriseRhinocerous Surprise Posts: 4,423
    Eddie Vedder
    Greg Dulli
    Mark Lanegan
    Chris Cornell
    Layne Staley
    Smokey Robinson constantly looks like he's trying to act natural after being accused of farting.
  • Hitch-HikerHitch-Hiker Posts: 2,873
    25 posts and not a single mention of the undisputed emperor of frontmen, in terms of both musical ability AND showmanship.

    Freddie Mercury
    Freddie Mercury
    Freddie Mercury
    Freddie Mercury
    Freddie Mercury.
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  • nothingman13nothingman13 Posts: 22
    1. Trent Reznor
    2. Eddie Vedder
    3. Robert Plant
    4. David Lee Roth
    5. Mick Jagger

    HM:
    Scott Weiland, Billy Corgan
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  • PoncierPoncier Posts: 16,704
    Hitch-Hiker wrote:
    25 posts and not a single mention of the undisputed emperor of frontmen, in terms of both musical ability AND showmanship.

    Freddie Mercury
    Freddie Mercury
    Freddie Mercury
    Freddie Mercury
    Freddie Mercury.
    Actually I did mention him:
    Poncier wrote:
    So with that in mind, basing it strictly on performers I've seen live (which eliminates the likes of Morrison, Mercury and other)

    I just didn't put him on a list as I never saw him live, and didn't want to judge based on video and history, only what my own eyes and ears have told me.
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  • thunderDANthunderDAN Posts: 2,094
    Best front men:
    Jagger
    Liam Gallagher
    David Lee Roth
    Perry Ferrall
    Bono

    Best Lead singers
    Vedder
    Mercury
    Jagger
    Cornell
  • Steve DunneSteve Dunne Posts: 4,965
    Flagg wrote:
    No order:

    Ed Vedder
    David Lee Roth
    Robert Plant
    Steven Tyler
    Bono


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  • Hitch-HikerHitch-Hiker Posts: 2,873
    Poncier wrote:
    Actually I did mention him:



    I just didn't put him on a list as I never saw him live, and didn't want to judge based on video and history, only what my own eyes and ears have told me.
    Fair enough. I have him as number one because, by my logic, if a performer who I've only seen on tv can appear better than all the performers I've seen in person, it's probably a good bet that it would have been Far better if I had actually seen him in person.
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