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LuckySo-n-So 
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| re: Best Frontman of the 80s? (Posted on 1/19/13 at 2:06 pm to TFTC)
I'm going to go:
1. Mercury
2. Bono
3. Vince Neil
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lacajun069
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| re: Best Frontman of the 80s? (Posted on 1/19/13 at 8:25 pm to TFTC)
Diamond David Lee Roth....
Steve Perry
Vince Neil
David Coverdale
Joe Elliott
Stephen Percy
Tom keifer
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RogerTheShrubber
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| re: Best Frontman of the 80s? (Posted on 1/19/13 at 8:40 pm to Brosef Stalin)
Not sure how anyone could watch this and not agree with Freddy
Dragon Attack Live Montreal 1981
Runners up
Haven't seen Rob Halford listed yet.
J.P. - Electric Eye/Hellion
J.P. - Desert Plains
Bruce Dickinson
Hallowed be thy name
I.M. - Number of the beast
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Paul Allen
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| re: Best Frontman of the 80s? (Posted on 1/19/13 at 8:55 pm to lacajun069)
Boy George
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RogerTheShrubber
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| re: Best Frontman of the 80s? (Posted on 1/19/13 at 9:04 pm to Paul Allen)
quote:
Boy George
Hard to watch and had no energy.
Adam Ant >>> Boy George.
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Cdawg 
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| re: Best Frontman of the 80s? (Posted on 1/20/13 at 7:35 am to RogerTheShrubber)
Yeah my Boy George comment was mostly tongue in cheek but at the same time he def had his own uniqueness then.
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Chitter Chatter
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| re: Best Frontman of the 80s? (Posted on 1/20/13 at 8:58 am to Cdawg)
I do think Boy George had a great voice. If you listen to all of Colour By Numbers, you can't argue.
Frontmen for the 80's:
Diamond Dave
Mercury
Hutchence
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legba 
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| re: Best Frontman of the 80s? (Posted on 1/20/13 at 11:18 am to Chitter Chatter)
Paul
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Lsupimp
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| re: Best Frontman of the 80s? (Posted on 1/20/13 at 11:28 am to RogerTheShrubber)
Rob Halford ? But he was gay.
It has to be Mercury.
Wait...
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TheRoarRestoredInBR
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| re: Best Frontman of the 80s? (Posted on 1/20/13 at 11:46 am to Lsupimp)
No matter what the question is, the correct answer is always Westerberg..Westerberg..Westerberg!
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Lsupimp
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Here are some more strictly identified with 80's bands (c'mon guys Queen belongs to the 70's):
Richard Butler Psychdelic Furs ?
Ian Astbury The Cult ?
Morrissey The Smiths ?
Neil Finn Crowded House ?
Roland Orzabal Tears for Fears ?
Rik Ocasec The Cars ?
Michael Hutchence INXS ?
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Alahunter
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| re: Best Frontman of the 80s? (Posted on 1/20/13 at 5:34 pm to Lsupimp)
I'd throw Phil Collins in there for Genesis at some point. Not the best, but among the best, after Mercury and a couple of others imo.
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Big Lake
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| re: Best Frontman of the 80s? (Posted on 1/20/13 at 5:55 pm to GCTiger11)
David Byrne
Mercury is a cool arse dude but I am just not a fan of Queen. 80s music is just the worst.
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Dandy Lion 
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| re: Best Frontman of the 80s? (Posted on 1/20/13 at 6:02 pm to Big Lake)
Good call, Big Lake.
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ToddKillsSquids
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| re: Best Frontman of the 80s? (Posted on 1/20/13 at 7:37 pm to GCTiger11)
definitely not freddy mercury.
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H-Town Tiger 
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| re: Best Frontman of the 80s? (Posted on 1/20/13 at 9:40 pm to Big Lake)
quote:
I am just not a fan of Queen
quote:
80s music is just the worst.
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GCTiger11
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| re: Best Frontman of the 80s? (Posted on 1/20/13 at 10:00 pm to Lsupimp)
I vote Mercury or Hutchence.
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epbart
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| re: Best Frontman of the 80s? (Posted on 1/21/13 at 12:04 pm to Cdawg)
I don't like David Lee Roth, but I guess he does deserve to be in the discussion. And Freddy Mercury did at least have a couple of years in the 80's, though his best work was in the 70's... so he should still qualify, and he was one of the greats-- without doubt.
For rock, I'd put Axl Rose & James Hetfield... and probably Bon Jovi over Vince Neil and other hair metal guys.
Robert Smith & Morrissey were probably the best front men of that genre. Honorable mention might go to Ian McCulloch of Echo & The Bunnymen-- he had potential, but I'd say he was still 2nd tier... I sort of think him the British alternative music/new wave doppleganger of Rick Ocasek, who is also 2nd tier imo.
I don't think anyone mentioned Sting from his The Police days. I'd rate him above Stipe, but that's a matter of personal preference.
eta: Bono should be in the list of the best, too.
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S 
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| re: Best Frontman of the 80s? (Posted on 1/21/13 at 2:40 pm to epbart)
morrissey
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Lester Earl 
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| re: Best Frontman of the 80s? (Posted on 1/21/13 at 6:58 pm to S)
Stipe
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