10 Greatest Hard Rock Frontmen Of All Time

Long before Freddie Mercury had even started out in music, hard rock didn't really have a name just yet. With the British Invasion still in full swing, most bands were just interested in exploring whatever side of rock and roll would win them good favor with their rock peers. Jimmy Page already had a pretty stable career in the Yardbirds at this point, and yet the moment he sealed his fate was when he hooked up with the greatest hard rock frontmen of all time.

Forming Led Zeppelin in the late '60s, Page's drafting of Robert Plant was destined to be huge from the moment that first record came out. While it's easy to talk up every musician in this band as being at the top of their game, Plant really had an enormous set of pipes, almost like he fit somewhere between the blues wail of Janis Joplin an the primal rock and roll attitude of Little Richard.

Going throughout Zeppelin's discography, there's a practical guidebook to how a rock frontman is supposed to be, whether it's the off-handed charisma of Rock and Roll or the proper epic of Kashmir. There have been a lot of kickass lead singers at the front of the hard rock stage, but even if you asked them how to learn their trade, chances are they would say to study Robert Plant.