# Best Frontman/Woman (sans Freddie Mercury): Round of Sixteen **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 12, 2013, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-frontman-woman-sans-freddie-mercury-round-of-sixteen/652729 "2013-03-12T17:31:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-frontman-woman-sans-freddie-mercury-round-of-sixteen/652729/1 "2013-03-12T17:31:09Z")
The results of the previous round: 15) Cobain 8 Reznor 3 16) Strummer 8 Rotten 3 Round of 16 matchups (seedings based on previous voting): 1. Mick Jagger vs 16) Joe Strummer 2. David Lee Roth vs 15) Kurt Cobain 3. Robert Plant vs 14) Anne Wilson 4. Roger Daltry vs 13) Joey Ramone 5. Peter Gabriel vs 12) Debbie Harry 6. David Byrne vs 11) Bono 7. Jim Morrison vs 10) Eddie Vedder 8. Axl Rose vs 9) Bruce Dickenson ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-frontman-woman-sans-freddie-mercury-round-of-sixteen/652729/2 "2013-03-12T17:36:02Z")
1. Mick Jagger 2. David Lee Roth 3. Robert Plant 4. Roger Daltry 5. Debbie Harry 6. Bono 7. Jim Morrison 8. Bruce Dickenson ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-frontman-woman-sans-freddie-mercury-round-of-sixteen/652729/3 "2013-03-12T17:39:19Z")
1. Mick Jagger 2. David Lee Roth 3. Anne Wilson 4. Roger Daltry 5. Debbie Harry 6. David Byrne 7. Jim Morrison 8. Bruce Dick **i** nson ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-frontman-woman-sans-freddie-mercury-round-of-sixteen/652729/4 "2013-03-12T17:45:04Z")
Mick Jagger David Lee Roth Robert Plant Roger Daltry Peter Gabriel David Byrne Jim Morrison Bruce Dickenson ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-frontman-woman-sans-freddie-mercury-round-of-sixteen/652729/5 "2013-03-12T17:47:09Z")
1. Mick Jagger 2. Kurt Cobain 3. Robert Plant 4. Roger Daltry 5. Debbie Harry 6. Bono 7. Eddie Vedder 8. Axl Rose ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-frontman-woman-sans-freddie-mercury-round-of-sixteen/652729/6 "2013-03-12T17:48:29Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > 1. Mick Jagger > > 2. David Lee Roth > > 3. Anne Wilson > > 4. Roger Daltry > > 5. Debbie Harry > > 6. David Byrne > > 7. Jim Morrison > > 8. Bruce Dick **i** nson Ann Wilson over Robert Plant? What in the Wide World of Sport are you thinking? ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-frontman-woman-sans-freddie-mercury-round-of-sixteen/652729/7 "2013-03-12T18:07:04Z")
1. Mick Jagger 2. Kurt Cobain 3. Robert Plant 4. Roger Daltry 5. Debbie Harry 6. Bono 7. Jim Morrison 8. Axl Rose ---
**Author:** ![Nuveena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a587f6/32.png) [@Nuveena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nuveena)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-frontman-woman-sans-freddie-mercury-round-of-sixteen/652729/8 "2013-03-12T18:22:42Z")
1. Mick Jagger 2. Kurt Cobain 3. Robert Plant 4. Roger Daltry 5. Peter Gabriel vs 12) Debbie Harry no vote 6. Bono 7. Jim Morrison 8. Axl Rose ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-frontman-woman-sans-freddie-mercury-round-of-sixteen/652729/9 "2013-03-12T19:36:34Z")
1. Jagger 2. Roth 3. Plant 4. Daltrey 5. Harry 6. Bono 7. Morrison 8. Rose > [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > The results of the previous round: > 15) Cobain 8 Reznor 3 > 16) Strummer 8 Rotten 3 > Round of 16 matchups (seedings based on previous voting): > > 1. Mick Jagger vs 16) Joe Strummer > > 2. David Lee Roth vs 15) Kurt Cobain > > 3. Robert Plant vs 14) Anne Wilson > > 4. Roger Daltry vs 13) Joey Ramone > > 5. Peter Gabriel vs 12) Debbie Harry > > 6. David Byrne vs 11) Bono > > 7. Jim Morrison vs 10) Eddie Vedder > > 8. Axl Rose vs 9) Bruce Dickenson ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-frontman-woman-sans-freddie-mercury-round-of-sixteen/652729/10 "2013-03-12T19:43:35Z")
Mick Jagger Kurt Cobain Robert Plant Roger Daltry Peter Gabriel Bono Eddie Vedder Bruce Dickenson (_THE Bruce Dickenson!_) ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-frontman-woman-sans-freddie-mercury-round-of-sixteen/652729/11 "2013-03-12T19:46:50Z")
BTW, it’s spelled Daltrey. ---
**Author:** ![ads95](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5daacb/32.png) [@ads95](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ads95)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-frontman-woman-sans-freddie-mercury-round-of-sixteen/652729/12 "2013-03-12T19:50:23Z")
not sure if I’m allowed, as I didn’t vote in the previous rounds…but just in case Strummer Roth Plant Daltrey Gabriel Bono Vedder Rose ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-frontman-woman-sans-freddie-mercury-round-of-sixteen/652729/13 "2013-03-12T19:51:02Z")
Mick Jagger David Lee Roth Robert Plant Roger Daltrey Debbie Harry David Byrne Jim Morrison Bruce Dickenson ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-frontman-woman-sans-freddie-mercury-round-of-sixteen/652729/14 "2013-03-12T19:56:20Z")
> [@Hamlet](#): > > Ann Wilson over Robert Plant? What in the Wide World of Sport are you thinking? If we’re talking about singer, Plant wins. But we’re talking about frontmen. Wilson was an entertainer. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-frontman-woman-sans-freddie-mercury-round-of-sixteen/652729/15 "2013-03-12T19:58:12Z")
On edit - I may have been thinking of the wrong Wilson sister. Ah well, I already voted. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-frontman-woman-sans-freddie-mercury-round-of-sixteen/652729/16 "2013-03-12T20:00:13Z")
1. Mick Jagger 2. David Lee Roth 3. Robert Plant 4. Roger Daltry 5. Debbie Harry 6. Bono 7. Jim Morrison 8. Bruce Dickenson ---
**Author:** ![jools](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b3f665/32.png) [@jools](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jools)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-frontman-woman-sans-freddie-mercury-round-of-sixteen/652729/17 "2013-03-12T20:06:07Z")
nm ---
**Author:** ![jools](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b3f665/32.png) [@jools](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jools)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-frontman-woman-sans-freddie-mercury-round-of-sixteen/652729/18 "2013-03-12T20:07:42Z")
Mick Jagger David Lee Roth Robert Plant Roger Daltry Peter Gabriel Bono Jim Morrison Bruce Dickenson ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-frontman-woman-sans-freddie-mercury-round-of-sixteen/652729/19 "2013-03-12T20:10:32Z")
Round of 16 matchups (seedings based on previous voting): 1. Mick Jagger vs 16) Joe Strummer Jagger 2. David Lee Roth vs 15) Kurt Cobain Roth 3. Robert Plant vs 14) Anne Wilson Wilson 4. Roger Daltry vs 13) Joey Ramone Daltry 5. Peter Gabriel vs 12) Debbie Harry Harry 6. David Byrne vs 11) Bono Bono 7. Jim Morrison vs 10) Eddie Vedder Morrison 8. Axl Rose vs 9) Bruce Dickenson Rose ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-frontman-woman-sans-freddie-mercury-round-of-sixteen/652729/20 "2013-03-12T20:26:16Z")
1. Mick Jagger 2. David Lee Roth 3. Robert Plant 4. Roger Daltry 5. Debbie Harry 6. Bono 7. Jim Morrison 8. Axl Rose [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-frontman-woman-sans-freddie-mercury-round-of-sixteen/652729.md?page=2)