Most annoying front man / woman in a rock band?

[Miles Archer]

The premise: Maybe you hate the band, maybe you like a song or two, one thing you cannot do is listen to an entire album by the band in one sitting because the front man / woman is best taken in small doses, or not at all.

Your pick?

[Botany]

1. Gene Simmons

n/t

[TexasBushwhacker]

3. Yup. Not fond of Jon Bonjiovi either n/t

[skypilot]

78. The End!!!

[Lochloosa]

2. Easy.

Plastic Ono Band

Yoko Ono.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

6. This. NT

I wanted the subject line to read "^^^^^ This. NT," but the ^ symbol gets stripped out by the software.

[Miles Archer]

7. I've tried. I've really tried.

As an artist / musician, I thought it would be amusing to understand John's appreciation of her art.

I really tried.

I failed.



What I WILL say is that she DID influence many musicians. Maybe for the better, maybe for the worse, but you can hear Yoko-isms all over the place.

[Lochloosa]

10. She must have been hell in bed.

[Miles Archer]

11. The remastered / re-released versions of her CDs each featured a photo print...

...sort of post card stock, the size of the CD case. One of the CDs (I don't remember which one) had a black and white photo of John and Yoko in a room, with her screaming into a microphone, and John bent over at the waist holding a guitar and playing it like he had found nirvana. It's hard to describe it, and if I still had it, I'd post it, but the sound of her voice sent him several quadrants beyond where "ecstasy" exists.

[Ohiogal]

19. Hard to fathom the effect she had on him, but hey, who am I to judge?

[pressbox69]

80. I think she

appealed to John because she reminded him of his favorite person. John.

[mvd]

47. I agree!

I actually agree with many here, but definitely do not agree with Stevie Nicks, Mick Jagger and Bon Jovi.

[LenaBaby61]

62. Don't hate .....

Appreciate 🤭

[MaryMagdaline]

4. Gene Simmons

[JDC]

5. Bon Jovi

[nmgaucho]

8. David Lee Roth

[Codeine]

91. Sammy Hagar.

I actually like some of VH’s stuff with Roth, but when Hagar came along it was white bread city.

[Comatose Sphagetti]

9. Lips

Frontman for 'Anvil'.

[lapucelle]

12. Stevie Nicks

[mr_lebowski]

14. Fortunately she's only one of 3 singers in teh Mac

I did not expect to see that name in this thread though, gotta say ...

You don't even like, say, Dreams or Landslide or Rhiannon?

[lapucelle]

16. ...

[Ohiogal]

21. I agree Stevie Nick's is annoying

She acts like she's some kind of Gothic princess wannabee, twirling around with all her crazy outfits

Her songs are OK I can take em or leave em

[SCantiGOP]

29. Theres a reason for that

I don’t know how serious she was, but I read years ago that she thinks she is the reincarnation of a 13th Century Welsh witch.

[Ohiogal]

36. Sounds like something she'd say!

[progressoid]

97. +1

[Demoiselle]

20. I try to hide from my daughter (who loves Stevie) that Ms. Nicks' voice affects me like.

…fingernails scraping a blackboard. Eeeeyaaaarggggghhh! Please don't tell her.

[Ohiogal]

22. She sounds like a bleating sheep!

[redstateblues]

56. Love a lot of Fleetwood Mac except for the goat vibrato of Stevie Nicks

I liked The Dixie Chicks version of Landslide better

[shenmue]

13. Ted Nugent

[mr_lebowski]

18. Agreed ... he's only sorta the 'front man' on his 'classic' stuff ... he was the guitarist ...

He didn't actually sing on a lot of the older 'Ted Nugent' songs like Stranglehold (the live version on Double Live being the only song of his I actually LIKE), Dog Eat Dog, Wang-Dang-Sweet-Poontang ... and in fact Cat Scratch Fever is the only song he sung on that album ... as is Free For All on it's album. Pretty sure that on his first 4 albums including Double Live, he sang like 4 songs. The rest are Derek St. John or Meat Loaf TTBOMK.

Anyways, this is a great answer.

[shenmue]

26. Thanks

[Hoyt]

43. Yes. Hes popular among white wing racists and gunners. Throw Kid Rock in too.

[shenmue]

44. Yeah. All Kid Rock's songs sound the same, besides him being a political douche.

[pressbox69]

82. Yup, he would be my second choice after Nugent.

[Hoyt]

83. Started to say Lynyrd Skynyrd because of their confederate flags and such. BUT,

decided not to get into that fight with folks.

But, if one needs proof of their white wing leanings, I recently read they have announced a farewell tour with "special guests" like Kid Rock and Hank Williams, Jr.

[pressbox69]

81. You Win!!!

[Iggo]

15. Papa Emeritus.

Oh.

My.

God.

(I assume we're talking about live shows here, right?)

[stevil]

39. I respect your opinion.

But highly disagree. An acquired taste for sure.

[Iggo]

40. I answered that when I thought the question was about live shows.

[Initech]

52. I love Ghost but I can see why people wouldn't like them.

"He Is" is an awesome song.

[jmowreader]

65. I LOVE Papa Emeritus!

[Ohiogal]

17. The Styx frontman

[Iggo]

23. The piano guy or the little feller?

[LisaM]

27. Oh god yes.

The one who overuses (well, any use is too much) the word "lady".

[mr_lebowski]

28. Dennis DeYoung or Tommy Shaw? Brunette or Blond?

I actually like both of them dudes okay ... at least, if I like the tune. Too Much Time on My Hands is Shaw, and it's awesome, as are Blue Collar Man and Renegade. DeYoung sicked us with Babe, but Rockin' The Paradise and The Best of Times are pretty decent. Overall I think Shaw was probably the better singer and songwriter.

[Ohiogal]

32. The dude with the curly hair

I can take or leave their music, but that singer used to make some UG LEE facial expressions.

[hatrack]

35. "I am The Mod-ren MAAAAAAANNNN!!!" - that dude?

[Ohiogal]

37. Babe, I'm leaving ... I must be on my waaaaaayyyyy

That guy.

[mr_lebowski]

42. Yeah, that's the brunette dude, Dennis DeYoung ... Shaw sang most of the Styx

songs that are their best known, apart from Babe ...

[hatrack]

51. It's actually " . . . must be on my way-yeeeeeeeee!"

Although I had to admit, the VW commercial with the guy sitting in the parking lot at 2:00 in the morning robot dancing to Mr. Roboto was pretty awesome.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

74. "Too Much Time on My Hands is Shaw, and it's awesome...."

Thank you. I love Styx.

[ghostsinthemachine]

24. Steven Tyler

Hate Steve " that non playing mother fucker" Miller. (The quote is from Miles Davis).
Not a fan of Toots Hibbard of Toots and the Maytals.
Al Green.

[mr_lebowski]

38. Wait ... THIS non-playing mother fucker?

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Uhhh ... yeah. Okay Miles.

Not saying he's a phenomenal technical guitarist but he wrote and played all the classic guitar riffs from tunes like Jet Airliner and Jungle Love ... and when you see 'em in concert, he IS the primary guitarist of his band. He'll have a rhythm guy too but the 'guitar show' of a Miller concert ... entirely features HIM, and he's pretty damn passable.

He was a douche about how long it took him to get into the R&R HoF by all accounts but calling him 'non-playing' is bullshit.

And hating on Steven Tyler?

Sheeeeeit. Steven is a damn national treasure, man.

Just saw them a few months back and to my ear, he sounds better than almost anyone left from the era of 70's rock aside from Lindsay Buckingham and Don Henley (and Frey when he was with us) ... but significantly better than Jagger, Plant, Daltrey & Townsend do nowadays ... to name a few.

[geardaddy]

106. I love Toots!

[Hayduke Bomgarte]

25. Axel Rose

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[highmindedhavi]

75. Yep, walked out twice on Guns show

He would stop the music during a song to complain. Walked out both times during the Metallica/Guns tour at the LA Coliseum and The Rose Bowl.

[withoutapaddle]

85. Ditto

I even liked g and r better when Buckethead played with them

[VMA131Marine]

30. Mick Jagger

Sorry, he just annoys the crap out of me.

[Leith]

46. Glad I Wasn't the First to Say It

I like the Rolling Stones and I have several of their albums. But, damn! Mick Jagger is not someone I would like to know in real life.

Same for Shane MacGowan.

[geardaddy]

107. Aww c'mon!

Shane's the best!

[Canoe52]

68. Mick is top of my list for most annoying. nt

[SCantiGOP]

31. The first chair violinist

of the Boston Symphony.

Just kidding.

[Botany]

84. Tamara Smirnova .... is a rock God

Especially when she does her violin solos w/the laser lights and the fireworks.

[SCantiGOP]

87. Love Debussy

Some of his music, like this piece, is as soothing as a Xanax or 3 Scotch and waters.

[Iggo]

33. Now that I actually read your premise....

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Blackie Lawless
Brian Johnson
Dee Snider
Cinderella guy
David Coverdale

And oh god, Dave Motherfucking Mustaine. Dude! You're a shredder, not a singer!

[bullimiami]

34. Dale Bozzio

[Kali]

41. whoever it is

polyfuckingphonicspree

[mr_lebowski]

45. Wayne Cohn of The Flaming Lips is a uh ... acquired taste, for sure ...

I adore a couple of their albums like The Soft Bulletin and Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots but that's mostly cause Pete Drozd (sp?) the multi-instrumentalist/music writer was so f***ing brilliant on those albums, and Wayne came up with some cool lyrics so I love the whole package but that dude can't sing to save his life.

Others I could also see being annoyed by (though I personally love them) are Morrissey (The Smiths) and Robert Smith (The Cure) and Peter Murphy (Bauhaus).

Some 'actually annoying' front-people to me are Darius Rucker (Hootie) & Rob Thomas (Matchbox 20, with his 'I'm so alternative' tone) & Axl Rose.

And I'll be shocked if nobody says Geddy Lee at some point on this thread.

[Initech]

50. They can be hot or cold. There is no in between.

When the Flaming Lips do original material, a lot of it can be really great. But when they do covers or experimental stuff, that can be really terrible. So I would say hit or miss.

[mr_lebowski]

66. Oh, for sure ... those two albums though ... for me, The Soft Bulletin especially ...

Are just friggin' brilliant ...

It's right up there with the awesome that was Mercury Rev's "Deserter's Songs" ... it was just before Pro Tools and they made it on a shoestring budget with tech that wasn't that far advanced from what was used to make music in the 1970's even though it was 1999 ... and Pete was all on Heroin and stuff ... and after having their biggest 'hit' in 'She Don't Use Jelly' a number of years earlier ... they just pulled The Soft Bulletin out of friggin' NOWHERE ... and totally blew my mind.

Wait, let me take that back ... it is probably the single album that I changed my initial opinion about THE MOST ... from the first time I listened ... vs the 3rd time I listened. EVER. And I've heard a lot of music in my day. It still trips me out that the first time I heard it I thought ... this is SHIT, why did I waste my money? But since I'd spent the money, I tried it again ... eh ... I guess a couple songs are cool ... Waiting on A Superman was kinda catchy ... 3rd time, once I sorta 'knew it' and started focusing on what was going on ... I realized ... holy SHIT ... this is actually really amazing stuff.

On edit ... oh, yeah ... just remembered ... that 3rd time was the first time I put myself into the proper 'environment' for full appreciation. Headphones ... and my cannabinoid receptors properly stimulated. It was then that I realized ... holy shit, this is Dark Side of the Moon & Sgt. Peppers ... rolled into an alt-rock package ... I think I had to listen to it couple times first sober though so as to give the tunes some familiarity to have the transcendental experience I had the third time. It's really ridiculously catchy throughout ... but your brain will NOT hear it that way the first time through.

Nearly 20 years later, I think it was a landmark album in music history. Yeah, it's overshadowed a bit by what Radiohead was doing around that time, but still great in it's own right.

[cemaphonic]

76. Oh, god yes Morrissey

I'm only now beginning to appreciate the brilliant and inventive guitar of Johnny Marr, just because everything about Morrissey is so insufferable that I never gave The Smiths a second listen.

I'll bite though - Why Darius Rucker? His music, both in Hootie and his current country career, is bland as hell, but he's always come across as a pretty humble and decent guy to me.

[hatrack]

77. As a friend's mother said once when a Smiths video was on TV . .. .

"Greg, why does that boy always sing sharp?"

Bingo.

As noted, Johnny Marr is God and without so much as a single dudula-dudula-dudula "lead guitar" moment.

[OilemFirchen]

48. Robbie Robertson:

The Mike Love of The Band.

Also, Mike Love: The Robbie Robertson of The Beach Boys.

[jcboon]

53. Agree completely

[mr_lebowski]

63. I still love Robbie's first solo album ... mainly cause Daniel Lanois ...

He did a phenomenal job on the production of that disc ... made Robbie actually sound pretty good.

That disc came out circa 1988, when I was in college ... in fact, the first time I ever heard it was the first time I ever dropped 'e' (this a true story I swear) ... and my buddy who gave me the hit ... handed me headphones and told me to listen ... and he'd put on the opener "Showdown At Big Sky" really loud, just as it was kicking in and I was like ... WOW, that's AWESOME ... then when I was fully loaded about 10 mins later he put on "Testimony" and I was like WAIT, is that ... BONO on backing vocals (who he knew I really loved)?!? And he's smiling and going 'you know it!' and ... then he played 'Sweet Fire of Love' which is basically U2 w/Robbie and also a great tune ... and well ... lets just say, I fell in love with that disc ... and it was a really fun night

Good times. It's really a pretty solid album ... U2 are on a couple songs, Sting is on one ... and the whole thing has a 'Peter Gabriel - So' vibe to it cause of Lanois and some of Gabriels bandmates play on a lot of it ... and although RR's a pretty terrible singer, there's not a 'bad song' on the whole thing, nevertheless. A mostly forgotten classic, IMHO ...

[MissMillie]

108. It's a great CD

It was one of my favorites of that year.

"Showdown at Big Sky" good stuff

His second one was pretty good too.

[ms liberty]

109. Yes, yes, yes. That album is a classic.

Broken Arrow, Crazy River, and Testimony . It is perfect. I love the man, and he wrote some of the great rock songs.

[Initech]

49. Kid Rock

I watched the NHL All Star Game and then skipped over the part where he showed up.

[kysrsoze]

54. The singer from Counting Crows. Hes an ass.

He acts like he’s the greatest singer on earth and berates his band with comments like, “You’re out of tune.”

[TexasBushwhacker]

57. And dreadlocks on white people look stupid n/t

[mr_lebowski]

64. August and Everything After is brilliant, I don't care what anyone says ...

Recovering the Satellites is pretty damn solid too, though his histrionics on a few songs really grate on me. After that ... meh.

I often used to see Adam at the West Side club at Oakland Raider games around 1997, and he had seats just like 2 rows back and a couple of seats over from where I used to sit.

I tried to talk to him a couple different times and yeah, he was pretty douchey.

I told him I had seen 'em open for Jellyfish at the Warfield when they were NOBODY, before the A&EA album even came out. I told him I still had my promo cassette tape I got at Tower Records with Mr. Jones on one side and A Murder Of One on the other side ... and I was like 'you remember that promo cassette?' and he was like 'yeah' ... and then I told him I was in a cover band that I sang in and played in circa 1994 and we had 4 songs in our setlist from A&EA ...

So I told him about this, to let him know I a fan ... and I was cool about it, not all fanboy or asking for anything ... I was just chattin' ... and he totally was like 'yeah dude whatever', laughing at me with his buddies ... so fuck him.

[underpants]

103. The thing that always cracked me up about them

was just when you'd forgotten about them they had another hit. My buddies and I used to laugh about this "THEYRE BACK!!"

Some pretty good songs but yes he is annoying. Had a helluva time in the 90's with the female cast members of "Friends" from what I've heard.

[kysrsoze]

55. Jared Leto

Jared Leto sucks ass. 30 Seconds to Mars mars is almost as shitty as Nickelback. He should have stuck to acting. Then again, his character in Blade Runner is himself.

[Glamrock]

58. Tom Waits

I love him. I love his music. Sincerely. But, I can't get through a whole album in one sitting. Too much Tom leaves me depressed.

[trc]

59. Carley Simon

ugh just can't even...and Yolandi Visser from Die Antwoord, frankly Die Antwoord anything is atrocious.

[Ohiya]

70. Oh trc...

...I fink you freaky

[rogerballard]

99. It's Carly....

ugh, just can't even what? Enjoy !

[Beaverhausen]

61. Mick Jagger

I know a lot of people find him sexy but I don’t see it. Plus I can only take one song of theirs at a time.

[Canoe52]

69. Saw him in concert, gf at the time loved him,

all I saw was a guy jumping around on stage flapping his arms like a chicken gone mad.

[Zoonart]

101. Me too.

Never a fan of the chicken strut.

[stonecutter357]

67. Maynard James Keenan .

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[aikoaiko]

71. Morrissey

Vacillates between two earnest and too pretentious.

I never understood why all the cool kids adored him so much.

[Codeine]

89. Because hes amazing.

All singers are pretentious. Standing up and singing in front of people is pretty much pretense defined.

[aikoaiko]

94. I don't agree. Lots of singers sing authentically.

I know we won't convince each other.


Lots of people I respect love Morrisey, but I can't stand him.

[Alpeduez21]

72. David Cassidy

couldn't sing, dance. or act. Saw him at the OH state fair when I was 8 or so. Tried to see some of his videos. Ugh.

Eddie Murphy, I don't care how often she wants to party.

[Iggo]

73. Even if she wants to party all the time party all the time party all the time?

[NewJeffCT]

79. Sammy Hagar

Van Halen just wasn't the same when he took over for David Lee Roth

[Aristus]

86. Axel Rose.

G&R had some good stuff that I listen to once in a while.

But Rose, jeez, his singing voice sounded like a bobcat being strangled with barbed wire. He was a jerk onstage and off. He was pretty full of himself, with no real reason to be. He was a boor and a bore.

[Act_of_Reparation]

88. Anthony Kiedis

Barely literate, can't carry a tune, and deep as piss on a rock.

[Codeine]

90. Megadeth.

Fuckin’ Mustaine, man. His vocals make me laugh.

[CTyankee]

92. what is a front man/woman?

[Miles Archer]

93. This

front·man
ˈfrəntˌman/
noun
noun: front-man

1.
the lead singer of a pop or rock group.
2.
a person who represents an organization and works to make its image more appealing to the public.
"Harry wanted Teddy to act as the respectable frontman for his business interests"

[jalan48]

95. Heart. Too much screeching for me.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

96. David Bowie

Nah, I'm just kiddin' nyuk nyuk

[progressoid]

98. Blasphemer!!

[Dulcinea]

100. Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins.

He's insufferably whiny. Listening to him makes me want to hit him with a blunt object.

[underpants]

102. Regular guest on Alex Jones InfoWars too

I'm still a Pumpkins fan regardless. He had two really good albums in him and then he wrote almost all of "Celebrity Skin" for Hole when he was dating Courtney Love.

[TlalocW]

104. G.E. Smith when he was in charge of the Saturday Night Live Band

His smarmy mugging for the cameras for the five seconds at a time the band was shown whenever the show went to commercial drove me crazy. If focus was on another band member because they were doing a solo or otherwise something special, he would get into the shot as quickly as possible and pick at his guitar while making a duck face like he was a rock god. Even now, my blood pressure goes up thinking about it.

TlalocW

[The Polack MSgt]

105. Am I the only person on this site that remebers how awful UDO was?

I mean I get that Accept was just one of the dozens of "Metal" bands that polluted the 80, but come on...

Udo Dirkschneider was so bad that Beavis and Butthead ragged on his ass unmercifully.