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Title: Best Frontman Ever
Post by: Spiraling Leopard on December 27, 2010, 05:44:53 PM
David Lee Roth:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_KeCa9MmTY
Title: Re: Best Frontman Ever
Post by: Zelhar on December 27, 2010, 06:44:39 PM
Thanks god the 80s are gone.
Title: Re: Best Frontman Ever
Post by: muman613 on December 27, 2010, 07:34:30 PM
Van Halen was hot in the 80s... Never seen them though...

Title: Re: Best Frontman Ever
Post by: Secularbeliever on December 27, 2010, 08:11:58 PM
Van Halen was hot in the 80s... Never seen them though...



I saw Sammy Hagar for the first time six months ago.  I won't say he is a great musician but you get your money's worth at his show.  Also he is in his sixties, meaning he has been abusing his body for at least four (probably five) decades and he still has tremendous energy.  Hard to believe, then again who thought Keith Richards would still be alive by now and getting hurt climbing trees.
Title: Re: Best Frontman Ever
Post by: Spiraling Leopard on December 28, 2010, 03:23:53 AM
Van Halen was hot in the 80s... Never seen them though...



David Lee Roth was leadsinger of Van Halen before Sammy Hagar took over.
Title: Re: Best Frontman Ever
Post by: muman613 on December 28, 2010, 03:26:56 AM
Van Halen was hot in the 80s... Never seen them though...



David Lee Roth was leadsinger of Van Halen before Sammy Hagar took over.

I most certainly knew that... I 1st heard Van Halen in 1983 and vividly remember when the video for Jump from the 1984 album was on MTV all the time...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8LdRJqjjRM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Halen_1984
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/88/VanHalen_1984_fcover.jpg)


Never forget Panama:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-NshzYK9y0
Title: Re: Best Frontman Ever
Post by: mord on December 28, 2010, 05:36:41 PM
He's a black belt
Title: Re: Best Frontman Ever
Post by: Ari Ben-Canaan on December 29, 2010, 12:52:59 AM
(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/21/27424207_08ae13f738.jpg)

I vote for Devon Townsend from Strapping Young Lad!  ;D
Title: Re: Best Frontman Ever
Post by: Secularbeliever on December 29, 2010, 07:44:35 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyJWVw6xqY0

Here's Sammy Hagar at his best, showing his unassuming beach boy side and his rock star who connects with his audience side.  This performance was impressive because it was not his crowd, this was a country concert mainly.
Title: Re: Best Frontman Ever
Post by: briann on December 29, 2010, 10:32:34 PM
Roth is a cartoonish character, but he was entertaining nonetheless.   Personally, I think Hagar was boring and generic.

Title: Re: Best Frontman Ever
Post by: briann on December 29, 2010, 10:39:26 PM
By the way, This video epitomized Roth's obsession with his own ass.
Title: Re: Best Frontman Ever
Post by: muman613 on December 30, 2010, 12:11:15 AM
Roth is a cartoonish character, but he was entertaining nonetheless.   Personally, I think Hagar was boring and generic.



I always thought that Eddie Van Halen always wanted Hagar to be boring and generic thereby shining the spotlight on himself. Eddie did play a mean guitar though...
Title: Re: Best Frontman Ever
Post by: RussianLeo777 on December 30, 2010, 12:28:33 AM
Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden!   ;D
Title: Re: Best Frontman Ever
Post by: muman613 on December 30, 2010, 12:51:04 AM
Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden!   ;D

I saw Iron Maiden in the late 80s... Actually I saw a lot of Metal bands between 1983-1997....

Let me see if I can remember:

Iron Maiden
Judas Priest
Black Sabbath
Ozzy Osbourne
Scorpions
Metallica
Pantera
Alice Cooper
Jethro Tull {actually was classified as metal in the 80s}
Yngwie Malmsteen


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpDblDia5TE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIQosjGs3VA
Title: Re: Best Frontman Ever
Post by: briann on December 30, 2010, 01:34:30 AM
I was really into Maiden in the 1980's..  I loved their songs, they were really unique, and the lyrics were not the typical crap from that genre.

Aces High was a great song about the battle of Britain.  Run to the hills was about the Europeans conquesting America.  The Number of the Beast was about Dantes Inferno.  I'll admit that a lot of the material was kinda dark, but it was still quite good.

Title: Re: Best Frontman Ever
Post by: Spiraling Leopard on December 30, 2010, 05:05:20 AM
(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/21/27424207_08ae13f738.jpg)

I vote for Devon Townsend from Strapping Young Lad!  ;D

He sings on one of Steve Vai's albums.
Title: Re: Best Frontman Ever
Post by: briann on December 31, 2010, 04:20:56 PM
(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/21/27424207_08ae13f738.jpg)

I vote for Devon Townsend from Strapping Young Lad!  ;D

He sings on one of Steve Vai's albums.

Speaking of Steve Vai, he was certainly one of the best guitarists of that era.