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  1. Spinner.com has made a list of the 20 Greatest Frontmen in Rock:
    http://www.spinner.com/2010/01/15/greatest-rock-frontmen/

    Bono is number 17:

    17. Bono
    It is hard to find anyone in music who has so seamlessly adapted to the changing face of the industry as well as U2's leader. In the angst-ridden early '80s, Bono was the dangerous, edgy revolutionary. By the end of that corporate-controlled decade, he had taken up the mantle of the soulful rocker. In the '90s, he morphed into the cool hipster with a conscience. And in the '00s he became a child of the times with a sociopolitical agenda. Bono has managed to not only himself not only vital, but stayed out on the bleeding edge of what it is to be a great frontman.


    Tho I personally think that he has to be higher in that list, but that's what it is. Not important news, but still news.


  2. I don't quite get it. There are some solo artist who perform with their own name, not with a band. And even if they fit in there, Bono should've been higher on that list.
  3. Originally posted by yuri31:[..]

    I don't quite get it. There are some solo artist who perform with their own name, not with a band. And even if they fit in there, Bono should've been higher on that list.


    Indeed... "And the greatest FRONTman in rock is... Elvis Presley !" Okey...


  4. It's an odd list. Is Ozzie Osbourne really a better frontman than Bono? Is Marilyn Manson? I agree he doesn't top Freddie or Mick Jagger, but it seems a bit weird for him to be so far down the list.
  6. Rob Zombie, Marilyn Manson and Elvis? Rock and fucking roll, Spinner. Gene Simmons??? Nah.

    Gene Simmons in the RRHoF and not Alice Cooper is a joke though. What the fuck has Gene Simmons done for RnR? Apart from copying others and running a KISS coverband, nothing. Steven Tyler should be on that list for everything up to Pump and skipping the MTV ballad-shit, putting Joe Perry in his place for the next 20 years onwards.

    And anyone that knows me, Axl Rose should actually be in Mick Jagger's place and Jagger in his place instead.
  7. Its just a list. I dont care if Bono is on it or not, would be better if he's not though. There are not enough ways to keep the size of Bono's ego under control
  8. The list isn't too bad since it's more about attitude than talent.

    If there was a list of greatest singer-songwriters though, Bono would have to be first.
    There is absolutely no one else who comes close to matching Bono's talents in both disciplines.

    He should probably go down as the greatest singer of the age too, I think he's even better than Mercury (while no-one will argue that Mercury is the better singer technically), he is much more versatile, and is a master of tone, nuance and delivery.

    It's very similar to Edge vs other guitarists, loads of guitarists can run rings around Edge technically but few have his compositional genius.
  9. Originally posted by vanquish:The list isn't too bad since it's more about attitude than talent.

    If there was a list of greatest singer-songwriters though, Bono would have to be first.
    There is absolutely no one else who shows greater talents in both disciplines than Bono.


    So you're telling me Axl Rose, who tells people at concerts to fuck off and calls former bandmates cancers, has a better / lesser than Elvis? And Alice Cooper, an attitude? There's a reason he's called heavy metal's (although is it heavy metal or just hard rock?) most beloved and friendly entertainer. Or am I just confused?

    The list kind of isn't what I'd be thinking but all to their own.
  10. Originally posted by Risto:Its just a list. I dont care if Bono is on it or not, would be better if he's not though. There are not enough ways to keep the size of Bono's ego under control


    his ego might be his strongest point AND his weakest
  11. Originally posted by drewhiggins:[..]

    So you're telling me Axl Rose, who tells people at concerts to fuck off and calls former bandmates cancers, has a lesser attitude than Elvis?

    And Alice Cooper, an attitude? There's a reason he's called heavy metal's (although is it heavy metal or just hard rock?) most beloved and friendly entertainer.


    Attitude and popular appeal, influence etc.

    No critic or music mag will ever put Bono or U2 at the top of any list due to the fact that they are probably the most reviled band around.
  12. Originally posted by vanquish:[..]

    Attitude and popular appeal, influence etc.

    No critic or music mag will ever put Bono or U2 at the top of any list due to the fact that they are probably the most reviled band around.


    Well, in that case Elvis doesn't deserve first place, Axl shouldn't be on the list, Steven Tyler should be even further down the list (see the albums Toys In The Attic and Rocks as to why) and Robert Plant should be down a few places, if not at least ten spots down. Marilyn Manson should also be off that list.

    Why are they so reviled though? I've never worked it out. Is it because of Bono, purely?
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