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Who's your favourite rock icon?
So, there is already a thread for your favourite pop icon, and I realised that I don't have any pop icons, only rock ones. So, i thought I'd make this opposing thread for anybody in the same position.
For me, it has to be David Bowie. Nobody else even comes close. That man managed to entertwine music and fashion better than anybody else, and he was what he was. And I thik you'll find many of the names mentioned in the pop icons thread were actually inspired by him. He is definitely the father of music and fashion, and a legend in himself. And I do think the word "legend" is thrown around to meaninglessly nowadays, but David Bowie definitely ticks that box. I also think that Noel Gallagher and Matt Bellamy are absolutely brilliant. Oasis songs actually stand for something, and Muse are just incredible live, and they play like their lives depend on it. Freddie Mercury was also incredible. |
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Bowie Bowie Bowie Bowie Bowie.
Agree with your post. Nobody comes close to him. He's just bloody amazing. |
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Freddie Mercury and Janis Joplin.
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Lil Chris.
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Freddie Mercury - no-one else exists.
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Greg Dulli.
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Freddie Mercury and Phil Lynnot,
I just wish I'd been born when they were at their height |
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Freddie Mercury and Phil Lynnot,
I just wish I'd been born when they were at their height
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Freddie Mercury.There quite simply hasn't been another frontman who came close to his stage presence.
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I'll actually add Freddie to mine to, he's wonderful.
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Bruce dickinson so talented and comes across as a very nice guy.
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David Bowie definitely. He has surely had more influence than just about anyone else and he was a real original.
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David Bowie is more pop and glam than rock, IMO, but that takes nothing away from how amazing he is. The ultimate rock icon is Jimi Hendrix - from the music, to the look, to the fashion.
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For me it has to be Ronnie James Dio and Rory Gallacher
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Isaac Brock
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I agree with all who have said Bowie, he is a complete and utter legend.
My personal icon is Morrissey although he doesn't seem to fit under 'pop icon' or rock icon' . |
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Lou Reed
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Jim Reid or Joe Strummer for me, I don't think either of them get any where near the recognition that they deserve.
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That's exactly how I feel about the majority of my favourite artists and bands, because I'm a big fan of 70's/80's music, so I missed it all being born in 89.
![]() ![]() For me it's Axl Rose and Slash. They've obviously gone their very separate ways these days, but in their own unique ways, they just epitomised rock n' roll. |
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Ann Wilson for me. Very underrated and the majority of people who know Heart will just know of their power ballads in the 80s, but for those that play Guitar Hero, they were/are a rock band, and Ann's vocals are just superb. To me, she is the best female vocalist, not just rock, but of all time.
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Bowie he's my number one always
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Paul McCartney, no competition.
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Paul McCartney, no competition.
![]() I am a big fan of Bowie as well. |
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Me too Cabledude, in all his incarnations. He has really stretched himself lately and always ready to try different genres.
I am a big fan of Bowie as well. |
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Mine is David Bowie, Peter Gabriel, Freddie Mercury & Jimi Hendrix
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