Liam Gallagher Is The Greatest Frontman In Rock History

*buys a hot tub to prevent the Gallaghers' conception, but mistakenly gets rid of the prop comic*

ok then, who's the best frontman?

i don't know right now, bit drunk and sleepy, will decide in the morning.

your choices are genesis p orridge, will sheff or tiny from ultrasound

liam gallagher is a v good frontman. wouldn't say he is 'the greatest' personally but he's not terrible. struggling to think of anyone better from the uk since the 90s.

oh, dude.

Barney Greenway!

don't forget, it's "best in rock history"
when did rock begin btw?

Immediately after the Earth solidified, Immanuel and God created the various forms of mineral, plant and animal life. Then shortly thereafter they created the first physical bodies for human beings on Earth, which means this happened approximately 5 billion years ago.

not "a rock", "the rock"

Actually, I had the phrasing wrong. The official title bestowed on LG is "Greatest Frontman Of All Time." Don't know if that cuts anyone out who was previously in the running (Bing Crosby, maybe? Frank Sinatra fronted a band at one point before going solo...), but there you go.

My candidate for Greatest (UK-Based) Frontman Of All Time is probably Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden. The guy is a fucking showman.

his cousin's pretty good too

I seriously wish Oasis had never existed. Or "Q" magazine.

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Reference to Q readers not listening to anything post-1994, surely it's the other way around? Whatever his dubious qualities he's the obvious ''rock and roll'' choice esp. amongst the UK contingent. Who else, Chris martin? This is kinda the anti-Mojo poll result.

Anyway this is the same myopic bullshit as when Radiohead won the 1998 Greatest Album Ever poll with their 1997 album.

But y'know, Q and all that. Sorry, Q

Q readers even.

Whatever his dubious qualities he's the obvious ''rock and roll'' choice esp. amongst the UK contingent

Not getting this at all. He's boring to watch, surely a frontman should deport himself in an exciting "rock and roll" manner like, I dunno, Roger Daltrey or someone.

CAN'T BELIEVE Q READERS VOTED FOR SOMETHING

THIS IS LIKE WHEN NME JOURNALISTS LIKE SOMETHING

Not getting this at all. He's boring to watch, surely a frontman should deport himself in an exciting "rock and roll" manner like, I dunno, Roger Daltrey or someone

Agreed, but according to this poll Q readers' knowledge of frontmen goes back as far as Ian Brown or something.

They've obviously forgotten Ian Brown...

I dunno, I remember going to see Badly Drawn Boy at the albert hall, he played for 3 hours plus and not once did I check my watch during it.

But then 1) That's just me (and possibly other people who were there), 2) It comes down to the gig you are at anyway...

Absolutely not. His brother is a great songwriter though.

correct answer = Iggy Stooge

OK, I know that you lot are just going to write this off as "angry feminist complaining again" but I'm actually LOL-ing over this.

1) Liam Gallagher
2) Bono
3) Freddie Mercury
4) Damon Albarn
5) Chris Martin
6) Matt Bellamy
7) Jim Morrison
8) Bob Marley
9) Paul McCartney
10) John Lennon
11) Robbie Williams
12) Debbie Harry
13) Mick Jagger
14) Morrissey
15) John Lydon
16) James Brown
17) Bruce Springsteen
18) Robert Plant
19) Tom Meighan
20) Joe Strummer

Debbie Harry is a man?

I mean, seriously, I'm just LOL-ing so hard over this because it proves something I've thought for quite some time.

19 men, 1 woman, in a list of frontMEN. Like, did someone in a panic notice that the list was all-male and rush to insert a token woman, without realising that it was actually a LIST OF MEN by its very definition?

I mean, yeah, the list is o_0 on so many levels, but that did actually make me laugh quite hard yesterday.

Tom Meighan

Who he?

LOL

surprised they went for him over Alex Turner

http://www.kinkerbelle.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/davidleeroth.jpg

WOW that list

Tom Meighan

Who he?

Lead singer of Kasabian AKA the band that has so little stage presence, replacing them with Weebles would be an improvement.

I can understand the Q readership voting for LG but I think I've misjudged what their readership is given that I've just seen Robbie Williams above a whole bunch of what I thought were legendary Q rock dudes (and that Harry Debbie bloke).

http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/images/artists/542x305/e135d690-9c53-4333-8f11-98aec8c9f434.jpg

^ bit of a Paul McCartney thing going on there!

did someone in a panic notice that the list was all-male and rush to insert a token woman,

Also, did someone in a panic notice that everyone on the list was white and rush to insert a token reggae artist and a token R&B/funk/soul artist?

"united.. WOOO!!!"

(xpost natch)

can't wait for Rock Band: TG

"Hamburger Lady, Hamburger Lady/ Now stick your hands in the air like you just don't care!"

everybody gonna dance tonight
everybody gonna feel uni
-ted

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/49/We_All_Stand_Together.jpg
What a day
What a day
what...
what, what a day

(actually that pic has got me thinking of a live action Rupert reboot starring Tim Westwood)

"We all live in a Zyklon B Zombie,
Zyklon B Zombie, Zyklon B Zombie"

"I Wanna Hold You Hand" in the style of "Persuasion"

Holy fucking shit, this list:

1) Liam Gallagher
2) Bono
3) Freddie Mercury
4) Damon Albarn
5) Chris Martin
6) Matt Bellamy
7) Jim Morrison
8) Bob Marley
9) Paul McCartney
10) John Lennon
11) Robbie Williams
12) Debbie Harry
13) Mick Jagger
14) Morrissey
15) John Lydon
16) James Brown
17) Bruce Springsteen
18) Robert Plant
19) Tom Meighan
20) Joe Strummer

Somehow I thought you wouldn't approve, Bill

Chris Martin - regardless of whether you like his music - is...I don't even know where to start

Well, the bits I've seen of him, he's a frontman fair enough.

Still, though

Chris Martin - regardless of whether you like his music - is...

Not quite Lux Interior?

Lux Interior fronting Coldplay would have been pretty much the best thing ever

I-huh-I-uh neverrrrrrrr meant to *leans up right close to an audience member* cause ya TRROUBLLLEEEEEE

6) Matt Bellamy

10) John Lennon

I don't think John Lennon was a "great frontman"

Dispatches from the As You Were tour,

The Last Great Rock Star

Some stupid with a flare (Smoke Oan the Watter)

no pyro no party

Earth to noel listen up rkid I hear your doing gigs where people can't drink alcohol now that's the BeZarist thing you've done yet I forgive you now let's get the BIG O back together and stop fucking about the drinks are on me LG x

— Liam Gallagher (@liamgallagher) July 19, 2018

I don’t see the point of an Oasis come back since I suppose it would only be for a tour or one off gig, not a new album. If people want to hear Oasis songs live they just have to go to a LG gig. What’s the difference if it’s NG playing the basic chords with heavy distorsion in the back (and the rest of the band, no one cares surely...) ?
And for those who want to hear NG’s Oasis sung songs, same thing, they can go to his gigs, whatever his band’s name is atm.
That would the most useless come back ever imo (except for the bros who would make a mountain of pounds of course!)

there is a collossal audience of diehard oasis fans out there who are going to want to see this and will happily pay extraordinary amounts of cash to see it happen

cf. the denizens of this thread a mix between The Stone Roses and Primal Scream with the swagger of Oasis

precisely

Oh yeah I’m sure but that’s what I find silly.
It’s not I dunno, GnR for instance where it does make a difference to have Axl AND Slash on stage. Or Morrissey AND Marr, etc.

noel and liam ARE morrissey and marr to a lot of middle-aged mods and young people inexplicably trapped in 1995, tho

I was listening to the Big Star box set last night, and especially the version of Chris Bell's I Am The Cosmos (which I think is a slightly different mix from the version I know from the Rykodisc Bell collection). The singing sounds like, well, Big Star, but the guitar playing and instrumental passages really reminded me of Oasis. Of course both Bell and the Gallaghers are well known Beatle worshippers, but it brought home to me just how much of a Creation band Oasis actually could be at times - betcha McGee played the Bell song to Noel at some point or other.

https://i.imgur.com/WzHevae.jpg

Guess the reunion's off then

I don’t wish AIDS on people I turn up and play the MUSIC for the people of MANCHESTER who have just had a terror attack while you sit on your dingy sipping champagne and you got the audacity to call me a COWARD sit down you 🛎 end

— Liam Gallagher (@liamgallagher) May 24, 2023

the interior life of liam gallagher

https://i.imgur.com/OoryPPn.png

Shiv--My Old Man

whoops wrong thread

not if you knew his relationship with his father tbf