the most charismatic lead singer

PETER GABRIEL

Though Tull are far from my fave band, I love Anderson as a front man..

I always thought they should do an album with no music, just the stuff he says between songs, its hysterical.

Jim Morrison

King of Loss wrote: Daniel Gildenlow

Charisma? Je ne sais quoi? Must be Freddie surely.....

From the list I can't vote for anyone else than Peter Gabriel, but Ian Anderson has his merits as well. Most of all, when I think of Ian Anderson as a performer, I appreciate his great sense of humour. He's also good at making a Tull concert somewhat a cozy experience, mainly by talking a lot to the audience.
But as a performer, I think Gabriel surpasses even Anderson. He had a lot of courage to do all the bizarre costume changes and telling all the absurd stories between the songs, and I like him "acting" the songs instead of just singing them. Of course it's all so silly, but so enjoyable, entertaining.
Where's Fish from the list? I think he's the only frontman, especially in his Marillion days, who could challenge Gabriel as a charismatic frontman. When I first saw a video of Recital of the Script, I thought "he could have a career as an actor". At that time I didn't know he had actually thought of becoming an actor (but choosing music when Marillion started to gain some popularity) - and now performing in films once in a while. Recital, Live from Loreley and Fool's Company (a DVD in which his band performs Misplaced Childhood and some other Marillion classics) are all aggravating evidence of his charisma in front of an audience.

                                                     Robert Plant. 

Zeppelin is my favorite "non-prog" band, and (being a woman) I'd have to say that Robert just does it for me. Great voice, great stage presence, great.....*sigh*..... 

Peter Gabriel definitely. Just listen to "the battle of epping forest", "Get em out by Friday" and "The return of the giant hogweed", among many more. As much as I like Ian Anderson´s interpretations, they would hardly show that diversity.

 However...Man ¡¡¡. Roger Waters is probably the best, with that monotonous, simplistic and generic tone.

Derek Shulman