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Greatest Front Man Ever Poll

petrocspetrocs Posts: 4,342
edited September 2008 in Other Music
Oasis' Liam Gallagher is currently in the lead....

http://www.nme.com/index.php?class=rate&ratename=greatestfrontperson


FYI...Eddie is getting smoked...lets get some votes for him
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10/3/05 Philly. 5/27-28/06 Camden. 6/23/06 Pitt. 6/19-20/08 Camden. 6/24/08 MSG. 8/7/08 EV Newark, NJ. 6/11-12/09 EV Philly, PA. 10/27-28-30-31/09 Philly, PA., 5/15/10 Hartford,5/17/10 Boston, 5/18/10 Newark, 5/20-21/10 MSG
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  • LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSunLikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun Posts: 6,097
    in what screwed up universe is Liam Gallagher the coolest lead singer? i'm gonna remedy this
  • pjoasisrulepjoasisrule Posts: 3,412
    NME is crap anyways. Their polls and lists are absolutely ridiculous and completely biased towards English music. Jim Morrison is the best frontman by the way.
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  • LONGRDLONGRD Posts: 6,036
    MIKE fucking PATTON owns ALL!!!!
    PJ- 04/29/2003.06/24,25,27,28,30/2008.10/27,28,30,31/2009
    EV- 08/09,10/2008.06/08,09/2009
  • ntt117ntt117 Posts: 56
    Dio
    "If we werent all crazy we would go insane."
  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    Jack White?! yeah ok...


    Cool to see Jello Biafra on there, even if no one is voting for him. I gave my vote to Ian MacKaye.

    The NME is tragic these days.
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • pretextpretext Posts: 1,294
    Oh, NME. In what world is the dude from Oasis ahead of, well, anyone? While I have a soft spot for the Ian Curtis and Morrisey's of the world, i think it's hard to beat Robert Plant.
  • reeferchiefreeferchief Posts: 3,569
    Joe Strummer.
    Can not be arsed with life no more.
  • wardenwarden Posts: 99
    Where's CC and Layne? I started hitting repeats before I came across either of them..

    Not saying they are the best, but I did see several extremely stupid names on the list.
  • facepollutionfacepollution Posts: 6,834
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    Jack White?! yeah ok...


    Cool to see Jello Biafra on there, even if no one is voting for him. I gave my vote to Ian MacKaye.

    The NME is tragic these days.

    These days?! NME has always been a shit rag!

    And where the fuck is Greg Dulli?!
  • g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,209
    MICHAEL FRANTI....BONO

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  • Kilgore_TroutKilgore_Trout Posts: 7,334
    based on the rest of that list who gives a fuck!... i cant believe that order!
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  • The Good & Bad CopThe Good & Bad Cop Posts: 28
    LongRd. wrote:
    MIKE fucking PATTON owns ALL!!!!

    patton is cool but he's only a gadget, can't compare to a Staley, Cornell, Biafra, Vedder, Morisson, Gahan and all the others well knows amazing frontman
  • wardenwarden Posts: 99
    I would like to hear Patton's opinion of Cornell's new stuff :)

    I remember him absolutely ravaging Audioslave, System of a Down, Foo Fighters, Wolfmother, etc.

    I like FNM and some of Patton's other stuff but it's always hit and miss for me because I think he tries so hard not to be mainstream... whatever that means.
  • Mike_Muse_RageMike_Muse_Rage Posts: 677
    Wow, that list was fucking retarded. It just made me really angry, I HATE the current British music scene. You just had to look at the expressions on their faces to see that they don't have a fucking clue about musicianship or anything close to it. And, as previously mentioned, where the hell were Cornell and Staley?
  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    facepollution wrote:
    These days?! NME has always been a shit rag!

    And where the fuck is Greg Dulli?!
    I've never bought it since it has been bollocks since I started listening to music but from what I gather, in the 70s and 80s it was fairly progressive and had a high standard of journalism. Articles I've read from the 80s are unrecognisable as NME writing.
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • The Good & Bad CopThe Good & Bad Cop Posts: 28
    patton opinion would be that it's shit, but patton did is own Scream with peeping tom, which was a lo fi Scream Cornell album haha, and his next project Crudo is even worse, so ...

    patton is over since a long time now, he made good stuff with Mr Bungle, Fnm & Fantomas but now he's long gone, you need to let him fly alone, plus with Zorn he only imitate Yamantaka Eye.

    At least Cornell doesn't talk shit about every band around & he's less a self indulgent prick than patton (even with his stupid 'this is my dark side of the moon'), Patton opinion sucks, King Buzzo from the Melvins is funnier
  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    The Good & Bad Cop wrote:
    patton opinion would be that it's shit, but patton did is own Scream with peeping tom, which was a lo fi Scream Cornell album haha, and his next project Crudo is even worse, so ...

    patton is over since a long time now, he made good stuff with Mr Bungle, Fnm & Fantomas but now he's long gone, you need to let him fly alone, plus with Zorn he only imitate Yamantaka Eye.

    At least Cornell doesn't talk shit about every band around & he's less a self indulgent prick than patton (even with his stupid 'this is my dark side of the moon'), Patton opinion sucks, King Buzzo from the Melvins is funnier
    Peeping Tom was hardly mainstream pop, it was Patton's take on pop. I can't see Timbaland or Cornell getting Norah Jones to say "motherfucker" on one of their songs.

    Anyway, Patton was a better frontman when he sang rather than yelped. Yes, you have a very impressive voice Mike. Now write some good songs again.

    As for imitating Eye when he worked with John Zorn, that's really all Zorn wanted from him.
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • facepollutionfacepollution Posts: 6,834
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    I've never bought it since it has been bollocks since I started listening to music but from what I gather, in the 70s and 80s it was fairly progressive and had a high standard of journalism. Articles I've read from the 80s are unrecognisable as NME writing.

    Fair enough, at least in the time I've been reading it (since the mid 90's) it's always been written by pretentious pricks who build bands up then knock them down the minute they get even a smidgen of success.
  • The Good & Bad CopThe Good & Bad Cop Posts: 28
    Norah Jones says motherfucker, big deal.

    the problem isn't to be mainstream or not, it's just a bunch of stupid lyrics and gimmicks in a pop format, Mojo lyrics are as stupid as any Ground zero Cornell song + make so many dull songs with amazing collaborators like Odd Nosdam, Massive Attack, the automator and some Anticon guys is a really tour de force

    that's why i think patton isn't in position to talk shit about Scream, let's says that these 2 guys share the same midlife crisis, but Cornell wear it with a little more class (no i'm not from the dull street team ha)
  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    The Good & Bad Cop wrote:
    Norah Jones says motherfucker, big deal.

    the problem isn't to be mainstream or not, it's just a bunch of stupid lyrics and gimmicks, Mojo lyrics are as stupid as any Ground zero Cornell song + make so many dull songs with amazing collaborators like Odd Nosdam, Massive Attack, the automator and some Anticon guys is a really tour de force

    that's why i think patton isn't in position to talk shit about Scream, let's says that these 2 guys share the same midlife crisis, but Cornell wear it with a little more class (no i'm not from the dull street team ha)
    My point is that a quirky, offbeat pop album released on Tzadik records with a multi-million selling adult contemporary artist singing "motherfucker" over a sexy lounge jazz style song seems less like a sell out move and more like a misguided attempt to again cover musical ground that the artist hasn't done already. I don't like the Peeping Tom album but I don't feel like the intention behind it is particularly worthy of contempt. I listen to a lot of noise/experimental music and one thing's for sure, Patton is at his best when he stays the fuck away from it, so a pop album wasn't such a bad idea. I do agree that he really failed to capitalise on the wealth of talent that appeared on it though.

    I am less convinced that this is a sincere effort from Cornell to break new ground.
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • Murderers.Murderers. Posts: 1,382
    How is Jeff Buckley a front man?
    What the fuck is this world?
  • The Good & Bad CopThe Good & Bad Cop Posts: 28
    We agree on some points, but i don't judge the degree of sell out or sincerity, who knows ? Cause it's more mainstream it's less sincere ?

    Maybe both (PT & Scream) are just kind of failed sincere projects, they wanted to make their own vision of modern pop, these guys have money, Cornell got the TOTD Audioslave Soundgarden & others royalties, a Hype restaurant in Paris etc, Patton got a label, and lots of bands royalties, i dont think these guys needs to sell out, it's maybe just a need to try some really poppy things

    but at the end of the day, there's a pretentious touch in peeping tom gimmicks that bother me more that in the peeping cornell leaks, and on a pure musical level, Mojo, Celebrity death match or Kill the dj aren't better that Scream (the song) , the difference is that even the vocals are dull on PT, at least Cornell vocals are back and 2 drinks minimum is awesome

    There's also the shitty poppy maynard record, V for Vagina, same problem haha, where's Pharrell Williams when you need him ?
  • jamie ukjamie uk Posts: 3,812
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    I've never bought it since it has been bollocks since I started listening to music but from what I gather, in the 70s and 80s it was fairly progressive and had a high standard of journalism. Articles I've read from the 80s are unrecognisable as NME writing.

    you're right (again) Jez, NME was ok a while back, but not now :( It's a stinking filthy 'what's hot and what's not' rag, and the fact that Liam bloody Gallgher is top of their poll simply underlines what a lot of bog paper it is. Liam Gallagher has the singing ability of a hoarse, out of tune, son of an Irish alcoholic. And the charisma of a cow pat....unbelievable the amount of attention he's drawn over the years. Once again.....he should kiss Noels feet every night before bed time and say a thousand thank yous.

    btw, the answer is Robert Plant, or Jim Morrison, or Bon Scott...maybe even W Axl Rose, or even Sebastian Bach, but not never, ever in a million trillion years of shittiness is it Liam bastard Gallagher.
    I came, I saw, I concurred.....
  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    My vote goes to Gord Downie.

    And I'm gonna defend Liam. At a concert he was sorta sectioned off from the crowd, but in the area, while Noel was singing 'Don't Look Back In Anger'... I made Eye contact with him, stuck my hand out (I was 10 ft away), and he waved me over. I shook his hand, said 'Good show!' and he said 'Thank you' and I walked away. He was cool about it, he coulda said fuck off, or ignored me, but he was nice about it.
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  • Joe2TheRevengeJoe2TheRevenge Posts: 904
    Peeping Tom is awesome.

    Everyone who claims otherwise is an ass.

    And anyone who disagrees with my disagreement is a double ass (you heard me correctly! that's 4 cheeks!)
    You can't spell "dumb" without DMB
  • South of SeattleSouth of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    Iggy Pop
    NERDS!
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