# Frontman/Woman Bracket (sans Freddie Mercury): Play-in Games **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 8, 2013, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frontman-woman-bracket-sans-freddie-mercury-play-in-games/652409 "2013-03-08T18:54:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **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 8, 2013, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frontman-woman-bracket-sans-freddie-mercury-play-in-games/652409/1 "2013-03-08T18:54:22Z")
OK folks, I ma putting together the bracket. I decided this is for the Best Frontman/Woman Who Isn’t Freddie Mercury, since he basically ran away with the straight up voting. I have ranked these basically based on how many votes they got. This thread is for the play-in games for seed 15 and 16. This way I have included everyone who got a vote (except other). This is just for fun, so please don’t take it too personally. 🙂 The seeding: 1. Mick Jagger 2. David Lee Roth 3. Robert Plant 4. Roger Daltry 5. Peter Gabriel 6. David Byrne 7. Jim Morrison 8. Axl Rose 9. Bruce Dickenson 10. Eddie Vedder 11. Bono 12. Debbie Harry 13. Joey Ramone 14. Anne Wilson 15. Kurt Cobain /Trent Reznor 16. Joe Strummer / Johnny Rotten So for this round you need to place votes for Kurt Cobain vs. Trent Reznor Joe Strummer vs. Johnny Rotten ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2013, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frontman-woman-bracket-sans-freddie-mercury-play-in-games/652409/2 "2013-03-08T18:58:41Z")
1. Kurt Kobain 2. Joe Strummer ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2013, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frontman-woman-bracket-sans-freddie-mercury-play-in-games/652409/3 "2013-03-08T19:39:01Z")
Cobain and Strummer ---
**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 10, 2013, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frontman-woman-bracket-sans-freddie-mercury-play-in-games/652409/4 "2013-03-10T23:28:08Z")
Ditto ---
**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 10, 2013, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frontman-woman-bracket-sans-freddie-mercury-play-in-games/652409/5 "2013-03-10T23:43:56Z")
Contain & Strummer ---
**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 10, 2013, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frontman-woman-bracket-sans-freddie-mercury-play-in-games/652409/6 "2013-03-10T23:51:57Z")
Cobain and Rotten. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2013, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frontman-woman-bracket-sans-freddie-mercury-play-in-games/652409/7 "2013-03-11T10:52:25Z")
Reznor and Rotten Reasoning for first choice: Reznor much more charismatic than Cobain IMO. e.g. compare the Nirvana vs Pearl Jam MTV Unplugged sessions. See also Reznor’s work with other groups like Pigface. Reasoning for second choice: PIL. That’s all, just PIL. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2013, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frontman-woman-bracket-sans-freddie-mercury-play-in-games/652409/8 "2013-03-11T11:48:51Z")
Rotten and Cobain ---
**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 11, 2013, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frontman-woman-bracket-sans-freddie-mercury-play-in-games/652409/9 "2013-03-11T13:40:59Z")
There’s nothing good about Johnny Rotten. Cobain / Strummer. ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2013, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frontman-woman-bracket-sans-freddie-mercury-play-in-games/652409/10 "2013-03-11T13:44:02Z")
Cobain / Strummer ---
**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 11, 2013, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frontman-woman-bracket-sans-freddie-mercury-play-in-games/652409/11 "2013-03-11T14:26:37Z")
I liked Cobain better than Reznor, but Reznor was a better front man. Reznor / Strummer ---
**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 11, 2013, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frontman-woman-bracket-sans-freddie-mercury-play-in-games/652409/12 "2013-03-11T14:35:24Z")
Reznor Strummer