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[Hulk_Smash]

David Lee Roth. Dude had jokes, charisma, flare, he was a former gymnast and practiced martial arts so his front kicks, back flips and toe touches off the stacks were always on point.

He was also an entertaining storyteller if you accepted the fact that half of what he said was bullshit.

Wasn’t that much of a singer. But everything else he did was cranked to 11.

Peak Roth:

 

[quickwhips]

I pick Chino from deftones but really probably pick Marilyn manson.

 

[GAMETA]

David Bowie counts?

Thom York, David Gilmour, Fred Mercury, Jagger, Axl Rose, Robert Plant, Bruce Dickinson, Alex Turner, Paul McCartney, Ozzy... I mean, most famous and great bands have had iconic singers, it's hard to pick...

 

[quickwhips]

David Bowie counts?

Thom York, David Gilmour, Fred Mercury, Jagger, Axl Rose, Robert Plant, Bruce Dickinson, Alex Turner, Paul McCartney, Ozzy... I mean, most famous and great bands have had iconic singers, it's hard to pick...

Ozzy is a great one.

 

[HE1NZ]

Jagger is THE frontman

 

[Senua]

Roger Daltrey

 

[prag16]

I think it has to be Freddie Mercury.


My under the radar underdog pick is Deryck Whibley (Sum 41); dude is incredible live; at least he was before he almost killed himself blowing out his liver; haven't seen them recently.

RHCP is my favorite band, but Anthony Kiedis always manages to be just a little bit disappointing in just about everything he does. Flea and Frusciante on the other hand are GOAT and everything they touch turns to gold.

 

[MetalAlien]

runner up...

Spoiler

 

[Go319]

So who's your pick for best male front man ever? Who has the most on stage charisma?
Freddy?
David Lee Roth?
Jim Morrison?

Here's my pick. Just happens to be an Aussie, but hey, he was a rock God.
Michael Hutchence from INXS.




Was one of the greats.
RIP.

Came to post Michael Hutchence. Happy to see him represented. So iconic.

 

[MastAndo]

 

[SpartanN92]

 

[AeonGaidenRaiden]

Freddy Mercury because not only of his vocal range but how he could control a crowd of tens of thousands to his will.

Notable mentions:
Till Lindemann - when you say Rammstein, its the first thing you think off.
Axl Rose - maybe an ego asshole but in a matter of a few years he rose to the stratosphere of fame. His voice was also awesome at the time, he was a total badass.

SpartanN92

Its sacrilegious to post a photo of this midget from iRobot with frog eyes as representation of the real Freddy.

 

[SpartanN92]

Freddy Mercury because not only of his vocal range but how he could control a crowd of tens of thousands to his will.

Notable mentions:
Till Lindemann - when you say Rammstein, its the first thing you think off.
Axl Rose - maybe an ego asshole but in a matter of a few years he rose to the stratosphere of fame. His voice was also awesome at the time, he was a total badass.

SpartanN92

Its sacrilegious to post a photo of this midget from iRobot with frog eyes as representation of the real Freddy.

Eh. The movie was lit.

 

[Macapala]

He can be a bit hit or miss but Axl is really impressive when he wants to be.

 

[Classicrockfan]

Bruce Dickinsin, Sammy Hagar,and Chris Cornell

 

[Bwesh]

Freddy is obviously the top one.

Hyde and Dave Grohl

 

[Halo is Back]

Bruce Dickinson

 

[Skelterz]

Jaggers a bitch I like the stones but there legacy music wise is patchy, Lennon had him right in the 70’s when he said all he does is mince around the stage. Jack Bruce has got to be up there surely.

 

[MrS]

Robert Plant, Lemmy, Morrissey

 

[Droxcy]

Till Lidermann - Being able to sing multiple languages and just for the pure show and weird creativity he outputs

Corery Taylor - The lyrics & showmanship

Damon Albarn - The different kinds of music this guy has shown me and created

 

[Foamy]

A good front man will wonder on stage naked and piss on the audience.

20 years ago: Shannon Hoon of Blind Melon pees on stage in Vancouver | Georgia Straight Vancouver’s source for arts, culture, and events

Nov 7, 2013 - It looked like a good pee, but a chorus of boos went up anyway.

www.straight.com

 

[teezzy]

The answer is actually Mike Patton.

 

[MrS]

A good front man will wonder on stage naked and piss on the audience.

20 years ago: Shannon Hoon of Blind Melon pees on stage in Vancouver | Georgia Straight Vancouver’s source for arts, culture, and events

Nov 7, 2013 - It looked like a good pee, but a chorus of boos went up anyway.

www.straight.com

Hardly GG Allin, is it?

 

[IDKFA]

The best answer.......

 

[Tschumi]

 

[Thing on a Spring]

Justin Hawkins
Bruce Dickinson
Kurt Cobain
Ozzy
Freddie Mercury
Axl Rose
Chris Cornell
Chelsea Wolfe
Til Lindeman

 

[The Bloody-Nine]

Tomas Lindberg, obviously.

 

[Thing on a Spring]

Howling Pele Amqvist.

 

[Nobody_Important]

The answer is obviously Freddie.

But I have a personal soft spot for Bon Scott.

 

[TheInfamousKira]

God Tier: Mercury, Plant, Ozzy, Reznor, Jansen, Niege

Demi-God Tier: Cobain, Vedder, Cornell

Fight Me Tier: Taylor, Grohl, Bennington

 

[The Bloody-Nine]

Howling Pele Amqvist.

Pele bows down before THE SPROUT.

 

[Pumpkin Seeds]

Good names in here. Freddie and Jagger come to mind because they always kept the band name. I give Halford some props because his style has seemed to win over the metal heads over the years versus contemporaries. A lot of bands go for Sabbath sound but don't do Ozzy, but plenty go Halford's sound.

I like the young death noms. I love Peter Steele and Cobain. Nobody else has managed to copy them but they sound/feel a way nothing else does.

And on the other wave, give a prop to Eddie Vedder. He got so much attention so fast that he sabotaged his own fame, then had a ton of terrible copies. Most people hate Vedder because of Creed rather than Vedder. That's a weird accomplishment. To be noted by the loathing of your copycats rather than your work.

 

[lepermessiah]

Devin Townsend.

 

[Thing on a Spring]

Devin Townsend.

I've really been enjoying his podcat recently. Soothing for the soul.

 

[lepermessiah]

I've really been enjoying his podcat recently. Soothing for the soul.

Oh man I loved it, binged right through haha, he's a tad behind atm but he'll get back on them. Really in-depth and philosophical. He's a gift.

 

[SegaShack]

Probably the biggest gap in Talent between a Front man and the rest of the Band.

Came to post this. Michael is the best.

 

[Dark Star]

Mikael Akerfeldt

Definitely one of the best in metal!



Devin Townsend is kickass, too!

 

[EverydayBeast]

Front men are the center of what’s going on with bands, there’s hundreds if not thousands of correct answers to this thread.

 

[Sleepwalker]

Bruce Dickinson

 

[bender]

Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan Chris Cornell

 

[Goro Majima]

Honorable mention to Sascha Konietzko of KMFDM. Crazy how long that dude has been making music.

 

[pauljeremiah]

 

[DeadMansParty]

danny elfman.



Insane range, always put on an insane show with so much energy.

 

[TheHighFlyingBirds]

Two of my personal favourites are Liam Gallagher (I know most think he's a cock) but he personified the uk for young lads in the 90s, another is Richard Ashcroft, extremely underated but captures the crowd and had charisma (and sounds fantastic).

As others have mentioned, Freddie must be one off the best (although I'm not a fan I can appreciate his talent). Other notable choices are Dave Grohl and Kurt Cobain.

Saw Alex Turner mentioned before, he's an odd one, has charisma but he doesn't have his own style, as he keeps changing it. He's from Yorkshire, but then started to think he was Elvis, talking in an American accent.

If anyone says Chris Martin, then I feel sorry for them.

 

[Hinedorf]

 

[INC]

Simple

Its Freddie

 

[The New Guy]

Chester Bennington would be answer. Dude was insanely talented, had a killer voice, and really should still be with us. Shame he isn't.

 

[TindalosPup]

There's no contest (IMHO)

 

[down 2 orth]

Bob Marley. Hinedorf is right.

 

[Tesseract]

There's no contest (IMHO)