10 Greatest Rock Music Frontmen Of The 60s

Where did Iggy learn his craft from? Well, watching The Doors. Jim Morrison has been caricatured over the years and can come across a little un-self aware at times. He riled the crowd up too, but it felt less an act of creative rebellion and more the aftermath of his pretentious and unprofessional streak.

Still, on his day there was no one like him. A striking mystical presence with astonishing self belief, Morrison had awesome stage presence from the off, sending crowds wild on the L.A scene as the conduit for his band’s mixture of rock, psych, and art.

Few performers could pull off a track like “The End”, a tune which desires absolute unblinking commitment from its singer. Morrison believed deeply in his poetic ability, and was so hypnotic a frontman that he’d have you believing, too, even if his lyrics on the page could look like the scrawlings of a moody 14 year old.

Morrison could send crowds rioting with a shake of his leather clad hips, and still remains a reference point for rock stars today. By his death at 27, he’d packed in two or three lives’ worth of antics.