Favorite front man by decade

[ElectroVibe]

1950s Elvis Presley
1960s Mick Jagger
1970s Paul Stanley
1980s Bono
1990s Kurt Cobain

Who are your personal choices?

(I almost put Michael Stipe for the 80s)

 

[Jebberz]

1950s Elvis Presley
1960s Mick Jagger
1970s Peter Gabriel
1980s Bruce Dickinson
1990s Steve Hogart
2000s Snowy Shaw (when he was singer with Therion)
2010s ...

 

[turf3]

1940s Frank Sinatra
1930s Cab Calloway
1920s Paul Whiteman

 

[bassdude51]

50s Chuck Berry
60s Pete Townsend
70s Joey Ramone
80s Debbie Harry
90s ?
00s Junior Brown
10s ?
20s?

 

[DirtDog]

Hank
Hank II
Hank III

 

[DirtDog]

Seriously though:

50s Elvis
60s Jagger
70s Ozzy
80s Bono
90s Cornell
00s Cornell
10s Grohl
20s Mike Kerr (Royal Blood)

 

[JRA]

james brown: from the 60s through the 90s and into the 00s

 

[DirtDog]

james brown: from the 60s through the 90s and into the 00s

Well, yeah, I can't disagree with that, @JRA !

Saw him live in 2001. What. A. Show.

 

[Jazz Ad]

Tough game.

1940s Charles Trenet
1950s Harry Belafonte
1960s Roger Daltrey
1970s Ian Gillian
1980s Mark Knopfler
1990s Andy Cairns
2000s Serj Tankian
2010s Dave Grohl

 

[Nuage420]

50s Little Richard
60s Mick Jagger
70s Ozzy Osborne
80s Steven Tyler
90s Phil Anselmo
00s Corey Taylor
10s Dave Grohl

This was tough! I had to look at each decade and think about what albums I liked the most from it. For instance right now I'm a huge Dave Grohl fan, but I wasn't at all in the 90s or 00s.

 

[g-dude]

1930s - Cab Calloway
1940s - Bing Crosby
1950s - Elvis
1960s - Roger Daltrey
1970s - Roger Daltrey
1980s - Phil Collins
1990s - Axl Rose
2000s onwards - I abstain

 

[waynobass]

70s Meat Loaf
80s Meat Loaf
90s Meat Loaf
00s Meat Loaf
10s Meat Loaf

 

[heatheroo1]

no one has mentioned Freddy Mercury?

 

[ZedLepp]

80's and on - Mike Patton

 

[Bruiser Stone]

50 going backwards: Son House
60: Muddy Waters
70: Johnny Winter
80: Prince
90: Layne Staley
00: Amy Winehouse
10: Sharon Jones

 

[jamro217]

1950's: Before my time.
1960's: Burton Cummings
1970's: Paul Rodgers
1980's: Too busy working to pay attention.
1990's: See above ^.
2000's: "
2010's: "
2020's: "

What a boring life.

 

[RichardW]

1950s: Little Richard
1960s: Jim Morrison
1970s: Robert Plant (cmon, not even close)
1980s: Prince
1990s: Eddie Vedder
2000s: that's when I stopped paying attention...

 

[ugly_bassplayer]

Iggy Pop

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[mrperkolator]

Not sure of the decade, but Billy Idol was impressive live. He definitely knew how to get a stadium going better than the other bands that day.... and this was in the 00's decade.

 

[40Hz]

50s - nobody comes to mind
60s - Janis Joplin
70s - Roger Daltry
80s - Sting
90s - can’t think of anyone
00s - nope…nada
10s - Floor Jansen
20s - Floor Jansen