Favorite front man by decade

[r_bnks]

1960s Mick Jagger
1970s Bon Scott
1980s Ozzy
1990s Axl

 

[Spirit of Ox]

50’s- Belefonte
60’s- Syd Barrett
70’s- Geddy Lee tied with Roger Waters
80’s- Rob Wright tied with Roger Waters
90’s- Geddy Lee
00’s Geddy Lee
10’s Geddy Lee

 

[lfmn16]

60’s Paul Rodgers
70’s Paul Rodgers
80’s Paul Rodgers
90’s Paul Rodgers
00’s Paul Rodgers
10’s Paul Rodgers
20’s so far Paul Rodgers

 

[waynobass]

30s Billie Holiday
40s Anita O'Day
50s Ruth Brown
60s Grace Slick
70s Debbie Harry
80s Joan Jett
90s Shirley Manson
00s Kelly Clarkson
10s Nicki Minaj

 

[Dincrest]

1970s- Freddie Mercury (Queen)
1980s- David Lee Roth (Van Halen)
1990s- Jonathan Davis (Korn)
2000s- Corey Taylor (Slipknot)
2010s- Mallika Sundaramurthy (Abnormality)
2020s- Skye "Sever" Sweetnam (Sumo Cyco)

 

[SunByrne]

Rules: no repeats, assuming women are allowed.

1950s: Chuck Berry
1960s: Jimi Hendrix
1970s: Robert Plant
1980s: Kate Bush (Most difficult choice; I was a teen in the 80s. Sting? Bono? David Byrne? Prince? Peter Gabriel?)
1990s: Chris Cornell
2000s: Trent Reznor
2010s: Florence Welch
2020s (so far): Mike Kerr

 

[Smooth Operator]

60s- Jimmy Hendrix
70s- Robert Plant
80s- Freddie Mercury/Prince
90s- Maynard James Keenan(Tool)
00s- Maynard James Kennan(A Perfect Circle)
10s- Bruno Mars

 

[clockworkcorpse]

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

LOL, and also, YES.

 

[J_Bass]

Freddie!

No one else comes close.

 

[Grinderman]

80's and on - Mike Patton

I generally don't do favorites myself but I respect that.

IMO, there are too many greats to choose from; Little Richard, James Brown, Link Wray, Cash, Jagger, Daltrey, Hendrix, Bowie, Iggy, Cave...

One of my unconventional picks that nobody else here will likely say, Mark E. Smith.

 

[Frndmoretti]

1950s: Little Richard
1960s: Mick Jagger
1970s: Ney Matogrosso, Fela Kuti
1980s: Freddie Mercury
1990s: Kurt Cobain
2000s: Howlin' Pelle Almqvist
2010s: Father John Misty
2020s:Too early to tell.

 

[5StringBlues]

I never saw him of course, but from what I've read, howling wolf may have been the greatest front man of the 50s.

 

[juancaminos]

50’s - pre music for me
60’s - Jimi Hendrix
70’s - Mark Farner
80’s - Billy Gibbons
90’s - Sammy Hagar

OOO, I like this one!

 

[TheCouchBassist]

I’m not buying some of these responses
I suspect some of these are the equivalent of those who state Trout Mask Replica is their all-time favorite album, but in reality listen to Journey and REO Speedwagon.

 

[Pdaddy1978]

1940s....Glenn Miller
1950s....Bill Haley
1960s....Sly Stone
1970s....Alice Cooper/Alex Harvey
1980s....Brian Setzer

 

[Nedmundo]

1950s: Elvis Presley
1960s: Mick Jagger
1970s: Roger Daltrey
1980s: Bono
1990s: Chris Cornell
2000s: Patterson Hood/Mike Cooley of Drive-By Truckers
2010s: Lucinda Williams
2020s: Bob Mould (purely on the basis of his tremendous Blue Hearts album)

 

[Andy Marshman]

60s James Brown
70s Randy Bachmann
80s Tina Turner
90s SRV - yeah, I know
00s Bono
10s Amy Winehouse
20s Gaga

 

[Poke]

'70s: Tom Petty
'80s: Diamond David Lee Roth
'90s: Billy Corgan
'00s: Tim Kasher (Cursive)
'10s: Ryan Lindsey (Broncho)
'20s: I dunno. Rivers Cuomo from Weezer is still cool, so he can have this one.

I went to school with Ben, the guitar player for Broncho. I've known him since we were kids. He was briefly the singer for a band I was in until he ghosted us a few days before our first gig . I'm pretty sure that was his first band experience and he got bad stage fright.

 

[Windowliquor]

60s—Jimi Hendrix
70s—Iggy Pop/Freddie Mercury
80s/90s—Lux Interior/Henry Rollins/Daniel Higgs
00s—Cedric Bixler-Zavala
10s/20s—Buzz Osbourne

 

[TOOL460002]

Zach De La Rocha... for like half of the 90's maybe? Looking into the future I dig the creepy vibe of Bill Fisher, so I'll vote him for 2020's because that's as valid as anything else (plus Church Of The Cosmic Skull just dropped a neat video today and his solo stuff has been super solid).