"Plant “looked amazing, great hair…stood on stage with one hand raised and sang his ass off. Not a frontman in my opinion,” the Twisted Sister frontman said."
Dee Snider ignited the debate on New Year’s Eve on Twitter, after a fan’s reply to a tweet that praised Dio as the second greatest frontman in rock following Freddie Mercury.
“You are confusing singing with performing. There is a huge difference between a great frontman & a great singer,” Snider wrote in reply to the fan. “Ronnie was one of the greatest singers of all time, but as a frontman, he pretty much just stood on stage & sang. Freddie was an amazing singer AND frontman.
Robert Plant, claiming “he showed” “nothing as a performer”, despite Snider being a fan of his vocal talent. “Looked amazing, great hair…stood on stage with one hand raised and sang his ass off. Not a frontman in my opinion,” he said, later specifying his favourite frontmen were “showmen” that interacted with the crowd.
Naming his favourite frontmen, Snider cited the likes of David Lee Roth, Paul Stanley, Mick Jagger, Freddie Mercury, and Axl Rose. In particular, Snider praised James Brown, who he considered to be the greatest frontman of all time. (NME)
Jay Jay French during an interview he gave to Ultimateguitar.com shoot heavily on Rock icons. During a Q&A session on Spooky Empire convention, Twisted Sister guitarist Jay Jay French had some pretty interesting comments about bands that are continuing to play despite their old age. He said (via Blabbermouth)
"If The Stones were smart, they'd hire two 25-year-old guys from Nashville who know how to play their song parts and let these two cadavers walk around on stage and fucking act like Johnny Depp in fucking 'Pirates Of The Caribbean'. They can't fucking play."
"And it bothers me they charge eight hundred dollars [for a ticket]. At least when you go to see The Eagles, there's 45 guys on stage, 'cause you want the [band] to sound like The Eagles. And when you see go see Roger Waters, there's 45 guys on stage, 'cause you wanna hear what 'The Wall' sounds like. But The Stones insist that you watch them decompose in front of your eyes for a high ticket price. And they suck so bad"
"I get annoyed only because we work so hard to be perfect every night,"
