That Metal Show top 5 Frontman/Performer

[sonrisa salvaje]

If you know Trunk and that show, you know they consider themselves to be the source of "all things hard rock and metal." They don't seperate hard rock from metal and consider it all to be in one lump category. That being said, there is no way Roth shouldn't be at the top of this list. I still maintain when Van Halen 1 came out in the era of disco, it was sure enough heavy metal.

[Terry]

If you know Trunk and that show, you know they consider themselves to be the source of "all things hard rock and metal." They don't seperate hard rock from metal and consider it all to be in one lump category. That being said, there is no way Roth shouldn't be at the top of this list. I still maintain when Van Halen 1 came out in the era of disco, it was sure enough heavy metal.

Meh. That Metal Show has some decent guests, but the three dipshits who host the show usually fail to ask interesting questions. It's my understanding that the other two guys hosting alongside Trunk are stand-up comedians, although I've yet to hear either of them say anything funny.

I mean, personally the idea of subcategorizing music into various minute genres isn't something I go for, but I never considered Aerosmith OR Van Halen as metal bands, so Tyler and Roth are out...then you get into all these splitting-hairs scenarios of "the difference between a great heavy metal SINGER versus a great heavy metal FRONTMAN"...I mean, if you can't really sing well, or at the very least have a distinctive voice that isn't irritating, who gives a fuck how great you looked when you said "let's rock and roll some more!"? Vince Neil made a decent living at it, but does that in itself make him a great frontman?

Whatever. Everyone knows Jon Bon Jovi fucking RULES!

[Cato]

what's that metal show, btw?

[chefcraig]

what's that metal show, btw?

It's a weekly time filler on VH 1 Classic. The whole MTV family of programming really is stupid. MTV doesn't play music, VH 1 plays Behind The Music episodes about rappers more suited to BET, so if you are looking for hard rock music, you are stuck with VH 1 Classic. In some parts of the country, you get it with basic cable. Not so in my area, however.

[sonrisa salvaje]

I always thought of "Metal" as not only the music but the spirit and attitude as well, which is why i always thought of VH, especially in the early days, as metal. By today's terms, i'm not sure who in 1978 would have qualified as heavy metal. Even Sabath's Technical Ecstacy and Never Say Die were not heavy albums.

[BITEYOASS]

They should call the show "That Metal Shit!"

[Dave's Bitch]

That hard rock/Heavy Metal/Glam/Thrash show

[Cato]

It's a weekly time filler on VH 1 Classic. The whole MTV family of programming really is stupid. MTV doesn't play music, VH 1 plays Behind The Music episodes about rappers more suited to BET, so if you are looking for hard rock music, you are stuck with VH 1 Classic. In some parts of the country, you get it with basic cable. Not so in my area, however.

just watched some episodes of "That Metal Show" and thought "that host should diet".

I always thought of "Metal" as not only the music but the spirit and attitude as well, which is why i always thought of VH, especially in the early days, as metal. By today's terms, i'm not sure who in 1978 would have qualified as heavy metal. Even Sabath's Technical Ecstacy and Never Say Die were not heavy albums.

eh...I've never thought Van Halen in relation to "(Heavy) Metal".

I agree with you about your thoughts on "Metal", though.

They should call the show "That Metal Shit!"

That hard rock/Heavy Metal/Glam/Thrash show

That pointless show

[sonrisa salvaje]

I mean, personally the idea of subcategorizing music into various minute genres isn't something I go for, but I never considered Aerosmith OR Van Halen as metal bands

That is pretty much my point. Are glam and hair metal the same thing or different? Is there a difference between speed metal and thrash? Death metal? All of these labels get in the way. Does solo Roth get lumped into hair metal because of the 1986 time period and Dave's hairstyle at the time? That seems so degrading. Maybe Van Halen with Roth is not even hard rock at all.....maybe now it is "classic rock."

[Dave's Bitch]

Say Carloscda,Do you work for That Metal Show?

[Mr Walker]

I didn't see this episode... who threw Dave's name in the mix? Florentine?

[Carloscda]

Say Carloscda,Do you work for That Metal Show?

Not at all, the only thing I like about the show is that always mention Dave era Van Halen just about every show and they wear vintage VH shirts.

[Va Beach VH Fan]

Starts at about the 3:50 mark... And give Jennifer credit for the VH blouse, albeit the Hagarita version.....

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[Dave's Bitch]

Steven Tyler
Bon Scott
The Diamond One
Ozzy
Bruce Dickerson

A better list would be,In no order

David Lee Roth
Steven Tyler
Paul Stanley
Alice Cooper
Axl Rose

[Halen High]

Is the list limited to metal? If so, Roth never fronted a metal band. And if it isn't limited to metal, then forgetting to include Freddie Mercury is just plain stupid. And I sure as hell would have taken Alice Cooper, James Brown or Roger Daltrey over that nitwit Steven Tyler.

Chef - CVH certainly had elements of metal but I'm not sure how we define it as a genre.

Roger Daltrey is a legend - I was watching the Who's Live at Kilburn (1977) DVD a couple of weeks ago. Now that's a frontman.