David Lee Roth is 17th in 50 Finest Frontmen & Women List in rock history.

[ZahZoo]

Is that how you define how good a frontman is, on their hotness?

I see it as a totally different thing about entertainment value, showmanship, crowd control and stuff like that. Was Bon Scott hot looking, or Freddie Mercury for that matter?

Well, yeah... that's the logical, thinking approach.

I have always wondered over the years why the various Roth fan sites have been 99.5% male dominated... hard to ignore all the man love gushing about...

[jacksmar]

50 FINEST FRONT MEN AND WOMEN

http://www.udiscovermusic.com/50-finest-front-men-women

We thought we’d have some end of year fun with a list of the finest front men, and women, in rock history. As regular readers will know this is not the first list we’ve put together, and every one previously has caused a good deal of controversy. While there is always some subjectivity to these lists we have done our best to come up with a democratic top 50. We have trawled the internet and come up with our list, based on nearly two dozen other lists that have been compiled by radio stations, magazines, and other reputable sources.

As always we’d love to hear from you as to what you think about the list, who we may have missed and who you perhaps think shouldn’t have made the list at all. We are dusting off our hard hats and flak jackets!

50. Lemmy
49. Anthony Kiedis
48. Henry Rollins
47. Ian Brown
46. Tom Petty
45. Nick Cave
44. Bruce Dickinson
43. Brian Johnson
42. Matt Bellamy
41. James Hetfielf
40. Little Richard
39. Alice Cooper
38. Stevie Nicks
37. Tent Reznor
36. Dave Gahan
35. James Brown
34. Robert Smith
33. Lou Reed
32. Jon Bon Jovi
31. Jarvis Cocker
30. Janis Joplin
29. Michael Hutchence
28. Ian Curtis
27. Chris Connell
26. Thom Yorke
25. Marc Bolan
24. Joey Ramone
23. Bon Scott
22. Dave Grohl
21. Axl Rose
20. Debbie Harry
19. Eddie Vedder
18. David Bowie
17. David Lee Roth
16. Joe Strummer
15. Bruce Springsteen
14. Ozzy Osbourne
13. Jimi Hendrix
12. Liam Gallagher
11. Steven Tyler
10. Kurt Cobain
9. Iggy Pop
8. Morrissey
7. Roger Daltry
6. Jim Morrison
5. Bono
4. John Lydon
3. Robert Plant
2. Mick Jagger
1. Freddy Mercury

Short list to replace the no-names:

Rick Springfield
Ted Nugent
David Coverdale
Kip Winger
Brett Michaels
Huey Lewis
Rod Stewart
Mark Farner
Dave Peverett
Paul Stanley
Phil Lynott
Sebastian Bach
Billy Idol
Rob Halford
Ronnie Van Zant

Hell, I've seen Peter Frampton have a great show.

IMO, it's how you handle the 'arena' crowd. The sheds, the 'festivals', the Bonaroo's, are for the Sammy Hagar types.

Start from David Lee Roth circa 1981 and work backwards. There has never been anyone better.

[Kristy]

Rick Springfield
Ted Nugent
David Coverdale
Kip Winger
Brett Michaels
Huey Lewis
Rod Stewart
Mark Farner
Dave Peverett
Paul Stanley
Phil Lynott
Sebastian Bach
Billy Idol
Rob Halford
Ronnie Van Zant

[jacksmar]

Kristy, show your aging, hippie tits.............

[Seshmeister]

Well, yeah... that's the logical, thinking approach.

I have always wondered over the years why the various Roth fan sites have been 99.5% male dominated...

Kristy, show your aging, hippie tits.............

Case Closed.

[Kristy]

Kristy, show your aging, hippie tits.............

[jacksmar]

DLR at his finest!

[Nigel]

Short list to replace the no-names:

Mark Farner
.

Now we're talkin'. Anyone who remembers Grand Funk, will surely know that Mark Farner had the look, played guitar, organ, harmonica AND danced his ass off while singing as well.

Fuck "lists" anyway, but thank YOU for putting Mark Farner into consideration!!!!!!

[riggodrill44]

Seriously... game over.

DLR at his finest!

[Grit]

A bit confused here. Wouldn't a "front-man" be the leader of a band not a solo artist? Little Richard was known as a solo artists for the most part and so was James Brown I thought?

[DONNIEP]

Is that how you define how good a frontman is, on their hotness?

Was...Freddie Mercury for that matter?

Well duh.

[Satan]

Don´t worry, there is another poll where Michael Hutchence was first and beat out Freddie Mercury for the title of Greatest Frontman of All Time!!

And guess what ?, our Tostmaster General was 17!!!

Here is the link and the list.

http://www.maxtv.com.au/news/michael-hutchence-wins-1st-max-legends-poll.aspx

Here is the complete list of the MAX Legends Poll: Greatest Frontman in order:

1. Michael Hutchence
2. Freddie Mercury
3 Bon Scott
4. Robert Plant
5. Jon Bon Jovi
6. Mick Jagger
7. Jimmy Barnes
8. Bono
9. Jim Morrison

A Devil liked INXS a great deal for what they did, but to rank Hutchence above Mick Jagger and Jim Morrison is absolutely ridiculous, considering how much Hutchence's stage personna borrowed from both of them. Arguably, without them, Michael would not have existed. Or he would have been doing Devo imitations or something (listen to some early singles like "Simple Simon" and you'll understand)

[vandeleur]

By some accounts Jim Morrison was a rather patchy front man if he had a shandy or two first.

Controversial as this may sound Joey Ramone , great band not a great front man( or wasnt when I seen them)_ . Unless a lanky streak of piss who doesnt move is ya thang.

Though the more I mull over this I am blurring front man with show man .

[DONNIEP]

By some accounts Jim Morrison was a rather patchy front man if he had a shandy or two first.

Controversial as this may sound Joey Ramone , great band not a great front man( or wasnt when I seen them)_ . Unless a lanky streak of piss who doesnt move is ya thang.

I'll take Jimmy over Hutchence any day.

And finally - somebody else gets my point on the Ramones...I know, I know. They were the greatest band that ever plugged in. I get it. Joey was the coolest front man on the planet too - he just oozed coolness.

[vandeleur]

Honestly Donniep people like jimmy for his albums or his legacy . You wouldnt wanna watch the pissed club singer in front of the doors. If he could stand up to do the gig in the first place .
Actually I think I have a new found appreciation of Jimbo