[QUOTE=Baker-]I am amazed that nobody has mentioned Johnny Rotten?[/QUOTE]
Well that is because he was a douche

My vote goes to freddy mercury

who's the frontman?

[QUOTE=disasterpiece_012345678_515]who's the frontman?[/QUOTE]

What do you mean by this?! :confused:

whos the frontman in a band

:lol: I would like to thank 307 for banning him^^

Roger Waters must have been an excelent frontman, because once he left Pink Floyd their level of excellence in music declined. It was still better than most music out there, but not as good as when Waters was there.

[QUOTE=Cliff 'em All]Definatly James Hetfield
Not only is he an excellent singer who can scream and growl with the best of 'em, but he can really sing, (Fade to Black, Nothing else Matters), AND he is probably the best rhythm guitarist in metal. Hetfield is most of the rhythm in the band.
Last, he writes almost all the songs, the only member contributing as much as him possibly being cliff.[/QUOTE]

Actually Cliff did not write many Metallica songs. Mustaine wrote a lot of Kill Em' All. Cliff wrote Orion, some on Master of Puppets, Ride the Lightning, and Kill Em' All. All the other songs were Hetfield and Ulrich. Hammet didn't write much, and obviously after Master of Puppets, Cliff didn't write anything. Look at the CD credits, Hetfields usually listed first. So everything from ...And Justice for All to St. Anger (excluding Garage, Inc) was written mostly by Hetfield and Ulrich. Therefore Cliff did not contribute anywhere as much as Hetfield. Not that Cliff wasnt great.

But I agree with Hetfield being a good frontman, he made the band basically, and kept it together.

*Opeth whore alert!*

I love Mikael's voice, and even his more recent growl, his lyrics, and his guitar work along with Lindgren

So, It's pretty obvious who I choose

Jim morrison is great but besides him...Eddie Vedder of pearl jam is also one of the greatest..... actually there are allot of great frontmans.....

Daniel Johns of silverchair is one of them......

If we talk about range, we're talking about
Roy Khan

If we're talking about punch, technicality, power
dickinson

If we're talking about both
Geoff Tate

[QUOTE=Iron Man]*Opeth whore alert!*

I love Mikael's voice, and even his more recent growl, his lyrics, and his guitar work along with Lindgren

So, It's pretty obvious who I choose[/QUOTE]e does rock, although my vote doesn't go to him. Not enough charisma... although I've never really seena ny of their live shows

bruce dickinson is the greatest frontman
not only has he an amazing singing voice he has amazing charisma and athleticism

Paul Stanely!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! after seeing that man live me and all my mates around all agree he is the greatest frontman around

jon bon jovi lol well he did do living on a prayer

James Hetfield
Bono
Lemmy
Dave Mustaine
Axl Rose
Freddy Mercury
Robert Plant
Bon Scott
Mick Jagger
Ozzy Osbourne

my top 10, not in any order

ur all wrong its PAUL STANELY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[I][QUOTE=Arise]Hrrrrrm... Where is Ozzy now? Oh, riiiiiiiiight, in that degrading, dumbass reality show :rolleyes:[/QUOTE][/I]

MMhhaahaaha. good one. But its sad cuz its true.

I dont care what you guys say::: Axl was so egotistical that he drove the band insane and eventually was the cause of the breakup... he sucks so much @$$!!! And where is his new album, Chinese Democracy or WHATEVER the he*l it is supposed to be called.

But since im already here...

WHO WOULD WIN IN A FIGHT BETWEEN LEMMY AND GOD????

[QUOTE=hvymtlgoth]I dont care what you guys say::: Axl was so egotistical that he drove the band insane and eventually was the cause of the breakup... he sucks so much @$$!!! And where is his new album, Chinese Democracy or WHATEVER the he*l it is supposed to be called.

But since im already here...

WHO WOULD WIN IN A FIGHT BETWEEN LEMMY AND GOD????[/QUOTE]

Well, that classic answear would be: No-one, Lemmy [I]is[/I] god.

But, since I don't believe in god, I'd have to say Lemmy, even though I'm not a Motörhead fan

Ozzy...

how can johnny rotten not be classified as one of the greatest frontmen ever?

His attitude, image, lyrics made him the ultimate 'individual', which is something i now see many bands attempting to be, but really all they are doing is copying him. Sure he may not still be talked about very much anymore, but take a look around, take a look at the sex pistols, similarities? wHaT aLL tHe random capital letters made with cut out bits of newspaper that i often see in an attempt to look outragous? sex pistols artwork?

What about all these bands such as Greenday, writing lyrics constisting of 'OMG I HATE AMERICA' and creating silly metaphors in some vain attempt to spark outrage, these lyrics i hear from these modern punk bands - of which there are many - just sound weak. Of course there are many other great songwriters, however i feel that nobody is able to match the desperation shown in the powerful lyrics of Johnny Rotten.

His image is second to none, he is fortunate enough to be born with ginger hair and a face and stare that could kill, nobody looked like him. Of course there will be the argument of 'O NO IMAGE DOESNT MATTER, DONT JUDGE BOOK BY ITS COVER' but quite frankly, it does matter.

I am from the UK and i believe that alot of people on these forums maybe american, therefore his lyrics may not have such a profound effect. But Johnny Rotten's image is still there, he steered the sex pistols into the way they looked, and for once, instead of the UK copying america for fashion, america copied the UK. The Sex Pistols KILLED rock and roll, and paved the way for thousands of bands to start up. I hear alot of you voting for Kurt Cobain of Nirvana, however they were heavily influenced by the sex pistols, and to be honest, kurt was just conforming to a ****ing uniform, theres not much special about what he did

James Hetfield.

Zakk wylde, Dave Mustaine and Alice Cooper.

[QUOTE=Lord Abortion]bruce dickinson is the greatest frontman
not only has he an amazing singing voice he has amazing charisma and athleticism[/QUOTE]

If your diea of charisma is "something old, something new, something from our jurassic period. WRATHCHILD!"
and
"this is a song about something that should be familiar to all of us, but sometimes is not."

Careful not to confuse being a twat on stage and "stage presence"

He sure can sing tho- although I prefer The frist 2 albums. Paul' voice is better and the songs are so much less... Repetitive? Cheesey?

[QUOTE]Dave Mustaine and Alice Cooper.[/QUOTE]

Totally, plus Dave lee Roth, Axl Rose, and Hetfeild.

[QUOTE]The Sex Pistols KILLED rock and roll, and paved the way for thousands of bands to start up. I hear alot of you voting for Kurt Cobain of Nirvana, however they were heavily influenced by the sex pistols, and to be honest, kurt was just conforming to a ****ing uniform, theres not much special about what he did[/QUOTE]

I think Nirvana killed it more- they marked the end of metal, totally. skid row, guns n roses, metallica, all started going downhill/splitting around that time.

[QUOTE=moaner]I think Nirvana killed it more- they marked the end of metal, totally. skid row, guns n roses, metallica, all started going downhill/splitting around that time.[/QUOTE]

Thats really unfair. I love all those bands, including NIRVANA: How can you blame them for the fact that Guns, Skid & metallica started bitching at each other resp. started releasing crap music? All those bands had a choice. Nobody forced the Gunners to quit, it was as a result of inner conflict. The same way Metllica chose to conform rather than go underground (which was really, really lame, although the Black Album [I]did[/I] kick a lot of ***, no matter what people say)

i thin its gotta be francis rossi

[QUOTE=moaner]I think Nirvana killed it more- they marked the end of metal, totally. skid row, guns n roses, metallica, all started going downhill/splitting around that time.[/QUOTE]

I completely agree, and now look what we're stuck with; same sounding crap like Rancid, Green Day etc. Alot of the post Nirvana artists only focused on writing lyrics and forgot about the compostition (Nirvana included), which in the end, didn't turn out to be the best idea: "I'm so horny, that's ok my willy's good". Yes, absolutely groundbreaking lyrics......er I think not.

Anyway best frontmen:

David Lee Roth and Sammy Hagar (he may not be as cool a Roth but he can still rock at 57 years of age!)

Axel Rose

Bruce Dickenson

Zack De La Rocha

Justin Hawkins (The Darkness-surprised no one's mentioned him)

Guess you guys have not heard Geoff Tate (Queensryche). Show me one man who's got half the range he's got.

[QUOTE=Chimpy247]I completely agree, and now look what we're stuck with; same sounding crap like Rancid, Green Day etc. Alot of the post Nirvana artists only focused on writing lyrics and forgot about the compostition (Nirvana included), which in the end, didn't turn out to be the best idea: "I'm so horny, that's ok my willy's good". Yes, absolutely groundbreaking lyrics......er I think not.

Justin Hawkins (The Darkness-surprised no one's mentioned him)[/QUOTE]

Well, Nirvana was never really about writing ground-breaking poetry. Their lyrics were more ment as a reflection of the nihilism and sense of the hopelessless that is life that were spreading amongst a large part of the american youth. So its kinds pointless to start arguing weater (sp?) or not their lyrics had any deeped points to them.

And the reason that nobody has mentioned Jutsin yet is because everybody hates the Darkness, as they should

Liam Gallagher.

bruce dickinson of iron maiden. f'ucking rules.
axl rose was a great frontman as well, n i dont mind james hetfield
ozzy was awesome as well...b4 he f'ucked himself up

The amount of sheer fanboyism and idiocy running in this thread is astounding.

Best Frontman
 

without a doubt.. David Lee Roth

[QUOTE=mctwistking]without a doubt.. David Lee Roth[/QUOTE]
and he is?!?

i like Howlin' Wolf. he used to drink a barrel of whiskey and howl and crawl around on stage howling between songs. he was also like, seven feet tall almost.

[QUOTE=SalomeHigher]i like Howlin' Wolf. he used to drink a barrel of whiskey and howl and crawl around on stage howling between songs. he was also like, seven feet tall almost.[/QUOTE]
wow. thats pretty cool. rock on dude

Jim Morrison.

Axl Rose. You all knew I was going to say that ;)

jimi hendrix