# The best Rock star persona **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 6, 2000, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-rock-star-persona/21583 "2000-06-06T19:36:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Moe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moe/32/2972_2.png) [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2000, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-rock-star-persona/21583/1 "2000-06-06T19:36:20Z")
I always joke around with my friend and drummer about rock stars, not just famous people who play rock music, but those special rock guys that have a stage presence which you immediately recognize as being the way a rock star should be. Robert Plant is a great rock stage presence, KISS are all born Rock Stars. But my vote undoubtedly goes to David Lee Roth. I think he sets the standard for what it means to be a rock star. ---
**Author:** ![Spolvy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Spolvy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spolvy)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2000, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-rock-star-persona/21583/2 "2000-06-06T19:41:01Z")
Diamond Dave Rocks!!! (I always wanted to be Eddie though) Have to cast a vote for Steven Tyler anytime, the Crue about 10-15 years ago… ---
**Author:** ![JavaMaven1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@JavaMaven1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JavaMaven1)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2000, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-rock-star-persona/21583/3 "2000-06-06T19:45:16Z")
I do have to agree with you on David Lee Roth. He is the \* epitome \*of Rock Star Personality. Bono also has fantastic stage presence. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2000, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-rock-star-persona/21583/4 "2000-06-06T20:02:49Z")
Oh please! Could ANYONE be more perfect for the role of Rock Star than Dave? I think not! ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2000, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-rock-star-persona/21583/5 "2000-06-06T20:26:16Z")
Oh, you’re not REALLY a “rock star” till you’ve been found dead in a pool of your own vomit! Jimi Hendrix! Jim Morrison! Janis Joplin! Keith Richards (several times, at last count)! Who dies in their own vomit anymore? No one! Pantywaists, the lot of 'em. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2000, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-rock-star-persona/21583/6 "2000-06-06T21:24:34Z")
How about Britney Spears? ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2000, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-rock-star-persona/21583/7 "2000-06-06T21:40:37Z")
Pat Boone! No doubt in my mind! ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2000, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-rock-star-persona/21583/8 "2000-06-06T21:46:26Z")
**Ziggy Stardust** ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2000, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-rock-star-persona/21583/9 "2000-06-06T22:14:10Z")
Hmmm, does it fit the test? “General Mundane Pointless Questions I Must Debate?” Yep, off it goes to IMHO. Even though we all know the best rock star persona has to be Syd Barrett. You remember him, the founder and original sonwriter for Pink Floyd. Did a shitload of psychedelic drugs. Spent a few years in the nuthatch getting treated for a “nervous breakdown.” Now living a reclusive life as Roger Keith Barrett. Yep, that’s rock-n-roll, kids. ---
**Author:** ![GraceTX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c4cdca/32.png) [@GraceTX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GraceTX)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2000, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-rock-star-persona/21583/10 "2000-06-06T22:22:30Z")
Gotta cast my vote for Steven Tyler. One look at that man and you _know_ what he does. He’s got the looks, the attitude, the drug history, and that mouth…YOWZA! ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2000, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-rock-star-persona/21583/11 "2000-06-06T23:45:16Z")
**Lemmy fuckin’ Kilmister.** ---
**Author:** ![ThisYearsGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@ThisYearsGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisYearsGirl)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2000, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-rock-star-persona/21583/12 "2000-06-07T01:17:51Z")
David Bowie, no question. ---
**Author:** ![chief](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df788c/32.png) [@chief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chief)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2000, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-rock-star-persona/21583/13 "2000-06-07T07:06:39Z")
Mick Jagger Steven Tyler Robert Plant Axl Rose Jim Morrison Ozzy Osbourne ---
**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2000, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-rock-star-persona/21583/14 "2000-06-07T08:03:56Z")
Oh yes, Lemmy. The bass intro to Ace of Spades is the most rock thing ever. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2000, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-rock-star-persona/21583/15 "2000-06-07T08:29:17Z")
Two words. Iggy Pop. 'nuff said. ---
**Author:** ![Lux\_Fiat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bc79bd/32.png) [@Lux\_Fiat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lux_Fiat)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2000, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-rock-star-persona/21583/16 "2000-06-07T08:45:25Z")
> [@](#): > > Three words, folks. > Lemmy fuckin’ Kilmister. Coldfire, you made my night. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2000, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-rock-star-persona/21583/17 "2000-06-07T09:40:10Z")
I have that effect on people, Lux 😉 ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2000, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-rock-star-persona/21583/18 "2000-06-07T09:52:00Z")
**Freddie Mercury** made crowds come alive. If you ever come across a copy of Queen’s performance during Live Aid, you’ll see precisely what I mean. ---
**Author:** ![Edwardina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Edwardina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edwardina)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2000, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-rock-star-persona/21583/19 "2000-06-07T17:36:02Z")
Lenny Kravitz looks like a rock star Bono has the charisma Eddie Vedder has the brooding Steven Tyler (my personal favorite) survives into the nineties. They all have the requisite oddness that comes with stardom and marks the truly great among us . . . But no one in the last decade could ever vanquish the one and only David Lee Roth, who takes it by virtue of sheer showmanship, shamelessness, and relish! ---
**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2000, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-rock-star-persona/21583/20 "2000-06-07T19:03:21Z")
Bowie has the sex thing down. I mean, look at the man. He’s got to be as old as Iggy Pop, but he still looks amazing. Eddie Vedder has the reclusive thing going on. And Bono, just because anyone with the balls to take “Bono Vox” as their stage names gets the props.