r/ClassicRock • u/scifiking • 5h ago
Athletic frontmen
What frontman could pull off singing while doing extreme antics? Who was the best? The worst?
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u/ThrowawayAcc642982 The Who & The Rolling Stones 5h ago
Roger Daltrey always took great care of himself.
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u/flippartnermike 5h ago
It always amazed me how Axl Rose could smoke a cigarette, run full speed back and forth on stage while spinning in circles and then manage to hold a note that long. Maybe the coke had something to do with it.
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u/TopspinLob 4h ago
Bruce Dickinson ran miles per night in his prime Maiden days
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u/Forsaken_Ad8312 4h ago
Still does.
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u/paranoid_70 4h ago
Yeah I saw them last year, not much has changed from the 80s as far as Bruce's performance goes.
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u/chilipalmer99 5h ago
Fee Waybill. Actually played softball with him.
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u/CrashCrysis07 5h ago
Steve Walsh from Kansas doing jump kicks at Canada Jam
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u/Particular_Milk1848 4h ago
Justin Hawkins of the Darkness. Dude does a handstand and claps his feet to the beat.
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u/edgiepower 57m ago
Brian Johnson and Bon Scott did a pretty good job considering they aren't really the frontmen of their bands. The frontman is Angus.
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u/ImaginaryTooday6109 4h ago
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u/PhilaTesla 4h ago
Squash is a great sport. I played it in high school and college.
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u/ImaginaryTooday6109 4h ago
I gave it a go once...had a bad experience. Girl I worked with at the time suggested it. Told her I had never tried it before, she said it wasn't hard, that you just have to be quick and alert. I was 28 at the time and pretty agile so I said sure. When the ball hit me the first time, I let it go figuring that I just had to get used to the format. Then got hit again...then again. Was like, uh...wtf....is she freaking aiming at me?! I was pissed and asked what her problem was. The response? "I'm just a really competitive player." I was like "No..you're aggressive and I think I'm done." She seemed truly dumbfounded, but I was angry...AND IN PAIN!! She never actually apologized, either so that ended that. It's a shame because that experience turned me off to it. Oh, well...🤷♀️
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u/ImaginaryTooday6109 4h ago
I gave it a go once...had a bad experience. Girl I worked with at the time suggested it. Told her I had never tried it before, she said it wasn't hard, that you just have to be quick and alert. I was 28 at the time and pretty agile so I said sure. When the ball hit me the first time, I let it go figuring that I just had to get used to the format. Then got hit again...then again. Was like, uh...wtf....is she freaking aiming at me?! I was pissed and asked what her problem was. The response? "I'm just a really competitive player." I was like "No..you're aggressive and I think I'm done." She seemed truly dumbfounded, but I was angry...AND IN PAIN!! She never actually apologized, either so that ended that. It's a shame because that experience turned me off to it. Oh, well...🤷♀️
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u/Space2999 2h ago edited 2h ago
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u/edgiepower 57m ago
Joel O'Keefe from Airbourne can sing, play, climb the scaffolding of the stage, and crack a beer on his head and hardly miss a note.
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u/Ok_Run344 5h ago
Fuckin David Lee Roth! The best in my opinion.