there have been a lot of great frontman throughout the years. who is your favorite? why? my pick is freddie mercury, because he was charismatic, had an amazing voice, and was a great performer on stage.
Jagger, Daltrey, Plant. Take your pick. I like Freddie but these three are the first ones to come to mind.
Kind of depends on what you mean by frontman. To me, that speaks more to the image of leading the band than a term like lead singer does. Best Frontman? Jim Morrisson, Mick Jagger, Freddie Mercury. Best lead singer? Well, that's another thread. (My personal favorite: Dave Gahan).
Best front man? the list begins and ends with Jagger. Everybody else was trying to be like him ..... hell, he's 60 and he's still better than most. no contest. from the coulda been file: Axl Rose was electric, a damn idiot, but man was he good.
As far as frontmen/showmen go, my faves are David Johanson, David Weave Roth, Pelle Almquist, Butch Walker (ex-Marvelous 3), Sammy James Jr of the Mooney Suzuki, Peter Wolf, Fee Waybill, and Ray Davies.
very good choice. as far as new bands go, I liked Joshua Todd of the late, great Buckcherry. he was cool. can't wait to see what he does next. Daltry was good (the Who are one of my top 3 favorite bands) but he was overshadowed by Townshend and the Moon Unit. I love Roger, but I'm not sure if he was the 'front man' of that band. Pete was. Roger was just the lead singer.
Rather than replicate the same obvious lists of everyone else, here's the best frontmen I've seen live (at least, that I can think of at 2 am in the morning): 4: Liam Gallagher 3: Chris Isaak 2: Pelle Almqvist 1: Jarvis Cocker
the HOF: jagger, daltrey, mercury, morrison, plant, davies, lee roth, stipe, hutchence, bono, morissey... does bob marley count? the young ones:brandon boyd(incubus), ed k(live), chris robinson (black crowes)... and, yes... eddie vedder
Freddie Mercury (give me the chance to go back and see one act...this would be the one) Simon Le Bon (when you see Duran in concert or their earlier vids, you can so tell that he was a theatre student) Steven Tyler (one of my top 5 shows) Jim Morrison (mr. leather pants) let's not forget frontwomen either Gwen Stefani Shirley Manson it's all about charisma and taking control of the stage.
All time favorite frontman is Peter Garrett. A 6'5" bald crazy man screaming and yelling controlled the stage like no other. Honorable mention to Henry Rollins.
Mercruy, Jagger, Rose, Plant. This list is much more subjective than most since it is all about what gets you going.
Shane McGowan Jerry Garcia Joe Strummer Dicky Barrett John Popper ...and for all his cheese factor, when G 'n R first hit the scene in the 80s, Axel Rose was pretty great.
I think in all his different incarnations - puffy-mulletted jump-arounder of the early 80's, through The Fly, Macphisto and Mirror Ball Man, to the Savior Of The World Post-9/11 - Bono has got to be right at the top of this list.
Mercury (only considering charisma, his influence on Queen is extremely overrated-the best Queen songs were written by May, Deacon or Taylor) Dio Lemmy
Haven't been to a lot of concerts, but my 2 favorites would have to be Liam Gallagher and Bono. Have to agree with Jamison on the front man/lead singer difference--plenty of good singers, but great front men are few and far between.