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Music Head Wrote:I don't even know how they can call Elvis Presley the front man for a band. He was the band. That's no different than calling Elton John or Billy Joel or Bruce Springsteen a front man.
It's like the Rolling Stone lists: great ideas for fun, but they never seem to get it right.
David Lee Roth at #4? He shouldn't even be on the list. Gene Simmons? Kiss doesn't have a front man.
I agree with some of the others: Plant should have been on the list, though he kind of shared the stage with Page.
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Maybe not the greatest compared to all the guys all have mentioned..
But Jacob Dylan is an amazing frontman.. he is also a great songwriter & a singer.. I am sure Bob Dylan is proud.
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i guess it depends on if you're judging sheer talent or if you're going by what everyone has told you... Because technically Freddie Mercury wins in a landslide. He had the voice, the charisma, he worked the crowd, he is the face of queen. No one will EVER be quite like him, and no one ever has.
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writehearnow Wrote:Although I am not a big "front man" kind of listener, I would certainly agree with the Cooper & Elvis choices. Maybe Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis as well. Some other "iconic" type front men might include:
Rob Halford
Steven Tyler
Robert Plant
Bon Scott/Angus Young
Bob Seger
Peter Wolf
& many more I'm certain.
Robert Plant, for sure! You simply can't discuss great front men without naming him as the #1. Different class.
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The Beatles had two frontmen so I'll go with Freddie Mercury and I agree that Elvis cannot be described as a frontman....he was a solo artist!!!!!
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Freddie wins hands down.
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Queen's performance at Live Aid was without doubt the greatest live gig of all time bar none IMO and the way Freddie had a packed Wembley Arena crowd in the palm of his hands was unlike anything i have ever seen live or on TV.
every other artist who performed there were not even in the same league.
so for that one performance alone i agree that Freddie Mercury has to be #1.
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This chat leads me to what might be a good question. Who is considered the leader of the Eagles? I pick Don Henley.
God bless you and him and the other remaining members of the act always!!!
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Don Henley - without a doubt.
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its really strange how when i listen to The Eagles i hear them as "the eagles" the same as Queen being 'queen'
to clarify further,
i see Beatles songs as songs by each member regardless of them being a 'complete unit' when working together
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