10 Most Iconic British Frontmen Of 1990s Rock Music

10. Brett Anderson - Suede

The alternative revolution wasn't all that kind to the concept of the frontman. Unless you were willing to lay your life on the line like Eddie Vedder, the kind of macho posturing going on back in the '80s was long gone. Once the Britpop movement got back into full swing, we got a man straight out of the post punk world with Brett Anderson.

Then again, it feels wrong classifying Suede's sound as completely Britpop at the end of the day. When listening to tracks off of Dog Man Star, you can hear Brett channeling some of the more epic sounds of someone like U2, albeit if Bono was more keen to talk about his addictions to drugs. Considering this was the time when the hardest thing on the scene was probably Green Day, this was the return to roots that no one really saw coming.

And Brett hasn't let that kind of spark dull with age either. As Suede has continued on, you can hear him settling into his natural baritone, making his sound much more seductive. When he flips to falsetto though, you can almost feel like you're floating on air for a few seconds before his words bring you back down to Earth. It might be a little rough around the edges, but Suede's journey over multiple decades comes from just how much Brett has worked on his instrument.