Bruce Dickinson 8th Greatest Frontman Ever
In a list featured in the July 2004 issue of the UK Rock magazine Classic Rock, Bruce Dickinson was featured as number 8 in a list of the 100 greatest frontmen ever!Top 10 greatest frontmen were listed as follows:
1. Bon Scott (AC/DC)
2. Freddie Mercury (QUEEN)
3. Robert Plant (LED ZEPPELIN)
4. Dave Lee Roth (VAN HALEN)
5. Steven Tyler (AEROSMITH)
6. Ozzy Osbourne (BLACK SABBATH)
7. Axl Rose (GUNS N' ROSES)
8. Bruce Dickinson (IRON MAIDEN)
9. Roger Daltrey (THE WHO)
10. Phil Lynott (THIN LIZZY)
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fuck em all. bruces # 1 alrite
For me it's number 1.
alright for Bon,freddy and plant but Tyler, axl and ozzy my god 
Bruce it's the number one anyway but where is RJ Dio 
Freddie is #1 for me, Bruce #2
For me Bruce is also the greatest.
Axl Rose 7th place??? BEFORE BRUCE????!!!!?.
That's stupid. He can't be even in the Top 20!!
Freddie is #1 for me
Robert is #2
and Bruce is#3
but Steven,Ozzy and Axl before Bruce???
That´s a bad joke
freddie? you mean that poof?
look at all those guys and compare their looks, performances and voices.
bruce is absolut no. 1!
YEah #1 all the way!!!!!!!!!!!!
Depends on what qualities they consider for a frontman (voice, crowd interaction, stage presence, etc.).
For me, Bruce should at least be in the top 3. I understand that Bon Scott is a legend, but he can't be number one, please... And Axl Rose ? I won't even enter into that one.
Everything's a matter of taste.
Cheers
all of those mentioned should be in the top ten, but bruce... should be at number shouldnt he.
I'm with German Eddie:
For me:
Freddie is #1
Robert is #2
and Bruce is#3
Even with the list in general, BUT AXL 7º!!!!!!! that's really incredible...
He can't be there......
And I think about that list... in the top 10 they have forgot Mick Jagger... I believe he surely must to be there.
Bruce should definitely be in the top 3...hey they did leave Mick off the list did'nt they?
They put Steve Tyler and A$$hole Rose before bruce and did'nt even include Mick...they gotta put the crackpipe down!!
Robert is a great singer (I'm a huge LedZep fan, so don't get me wrong), but IMHO he is not as much a showman as Freddie was, or Bruce is.
yeah i'm ok with all of u but what about the Metal god!!! he's not on the list !!!
Bruce on 8th......... awfull.
Who is the best frontman, including the dead ones ? FREDDIE MERCURY BY FAR !!!
Who is the best frontman in these days ? BRUCE DICKINSON !
Axl Rose 7th place??? BEFORE BRUCE????!!!!?.
That's stupid. He can't be even in the Top 20!!
i was thinking the same thing bruce should of been before axl
I'll agree Axl is a bad choice and Jagger should be up there. But have any of you ever been to an Ozzy or Aerosmith concert? Both Ozzy and Tyler are incredible showmen who give you 110% at every show. Tyler in particular is amazing onstage, full of non-stop energy ... while Ozzy is a master at working a crowd into a rabid frenzy.
Bruce not #1 ![guns[1].gif](style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/guns[1].gif)
He is the very greatest frontman the world has never seen!!!![cussing[1].gif](style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cussing[1].gif)
Who is the best frontman, including the dead ones ? FREDDIE MERCURY BY FAR !!!
Who is the best frontman in these days ? BRUCE DICKINSON !
Exactly, and for Bruce, Freddie is an exemple!!!
Of all time I'd say Freddie Mercury is 1. Then Bruce Dickinson. Then OZZY!
Freddie only had to go onstage and it was already a show. His style was unmistakeable. You could spot him out of a million showmen with ease. He was so terrific that when watching him, you could almost forget the music, if it wouldn't have been so brilliant as well.
Don't forget its about the best "Frontman" : Bruce stay behind the drums half the time during the shows. 
So I think that the 8th position in a list of 100, it's very good !!
Bruce does a great show IMHO.
Of course, frontman is not immediately 'showman', but it is an essential part of it. Otherwise the question would have been 'best singer'.
WHAT THE HELL AXL ROSE BEET BRUCE THATS THE STUPIDEST THING I'VE EVER SEEN! BRUCE IS #1!!!
AXL ROSE SHOULDN'T EVEN BE UP THERE!!!! THE DUDES AN ASS HOLE!
i think that you can be a great singer but a poor showman (or frontman, or backman, or what-you-want-man) if, for example, you always look at your feet and never look the fans in the eyes, etc...
And I prefer Robert Plant as a showman than as a singer.
Of course, as a Maiden fan, I think Bruce is the best, then Blaze, then Paul, then Denis Wilcock, then Paul Day.
But for the general opinion, with all the singers, dead or alive, retired or not, I think 8/100 is amazing !
THATS THE STUPIDEST THING I'VE EVER SEEN! BRUCE IS #1!!! Maybe they think that the number of different clothes during a show is the most important.
So Axl Rose is #1, and Jagger is very close !!!
Rob Halford did that during the Priest concert I was to lately, and he still did a great show (of course, it depends on your intention and how you do it, I was just being picky
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Bruce it's the number one anyway but where is RJ Dio Indeed Bon, Freddie and Steven. But Bruce is superior to both Axl & Ozzy vocally as well as on stage. Phil Lynott RIP - a great songwriter but I wouldnt call him a great frontman, certainly not in a top 10. Indeed where the hell is RJD? That man deserves more respect in those circles.