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Definition of frontman in English: frontmannounPlural frontmenˈfrʌntmanˈfrəntˌmæn 1The lead singer of a pop or rock group. Example sentencesExamples - They are essentially a band who understand the simple joy and beauty of a killer tune, led by a frontman who seems to mean every word he sings.
- Face the Truth, the third solo release from Stephen Malkmus, is ‘The Hero and the Madman’ of the former Pavement frontman's catalog.
- At one point during the performance, Stones frontman Mick Jagger said the band would take a break, but didn't say why.
- It was time for the band's frontman, E, to break it down and tell the audience that tonight - in harmony with his own atypically good mood - everybody had to treat themselves right.
- The group's frontman has as much as admitted that this conscious move represents their reaction against the arty-whiteboys-with-guitars pigeonhole they sit in.
- Perry Farrell, best known as the frontman for iconic alt-rock act Jane's Addiction, has spent the past three years putting together ‘Ultra Payloaded,’ the debut album from his new musical project, Satellite Party.
- The problem with these two roles is that the requirements of a frontman decisively separate the singer from the other band members.
- The singer has a fascinating voice and could be a great frontman.
- Here, for the first time, he goes outside the very extended Guided by Voices family to choose Superchunk frontman McCaughan as a collaborator.
- Similarly and singularly, 1980s Men at Work hits return on Man at Work, an acoustic paring down by the band's former frontman Colin Hay.
- While I was thumbing through I ran across an article about the 50 greatest rock frontmen of all time.
- The metal faithful congregated at Toronto's Docks to see the diminutive frontman, whose small stature misrepresents his powerful set of pipes.
- The latter can be overbearing, it's true, but that's a central function of rock frontmen.
- Doug Martsch, best known as frontman for indie outfit Built to Spill, is a man with a plan.
- But he's not a tough-guy thug frontman, because his lyrics come from the worldview of a perpetual 13-year-old boy.
- The tape captures the band and frontman Ronnie James Dio being unable to erase the misery of Ozzy's departure, and to make peace with the democratic revolt of their audience.
- He fostered a look similar to that of the Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain, who was Jodi's particular idol.
- In that respect, frontman John Schmersal's hypothesis that this album may sound ‘more like a cohesive record’ than any other Enon disc rings true.
- The flamboyant frontman of rock group Queen will be remembered at the concert at The Barbican in York on Saturday November 24.
- The frontmen for these two indie bands lead their respective cadres forward in the murky and windy forest of Canadian indie rock, an admittedly poorly defined genre, perhaps not a genre at all.
- 1.1British A presenter of a television programme.
Example sentencesExamples - Soon perhaps to be the frontman for a TV series, he is every blue stocking's dream of a sex symbol: tallish, precocious, dark, and self-deprecatingly humorous.
- The media moralist and TV frontman has a long track record of preaching about the evils of child abuse and individual irresponsibility.
- It will be no less devastating for the flagship show's engaging frontman.
- He mentions every single paper and important television journalist, with the amazing exception of the frontman of Channel Four News.
- If you could get past that, he really was the perfect current-affairs frontman for these fictitious times.
- He has won millions of fans as a frontman for a string of programmes including The Antiques Roadshow.
- Their costumes were based on cult Channel 4 programme Trigger Happy TV, in which the frontman does strange stunts dressed as a dog.
- The Granada TV frontman is the master of ceremonies who will introduce an action-packed programme.
- He now edits Rip It Up and is frontman for TV3's hidden-camera show Stakeout.
- I wondered how easily he had slipped from player to television frontman and commentator.
- The former Gardener's World presenter will be the frontman for the programme.
2A person who represents an organization and works to make its image more appealing to the public. Harry wanted Teddy to act as the respectable frontman for his business interests Example sentencesExamples - He has been forced into being a frontman for a bunch of modern-day American scoundrels.
- Many remain suspicious, accusing the scholar of being a front man for a military-backed bid to promote a hand-picked caretaker administration over an elected government.
- He has been the blunt frontman of a bid to make suburban growth pay its full freight, and has drawn the ire and political activism of major home builders in so doing.
- The man clearly stands for nothing; he's a chancer, a frontman for a political party that is dying.
- He talks at Watford's training ground, having been installed as a most charming front man for a controversial project.
- They view him as the philosophical front man for a movement to transfer entitlement spending for the poor and working class back to the wealthy.
- One school sees him as the leading cheerleader, a laughing and smiling front man for a company that has been struggling more than usual the past few years.
- They see themselves as men of destiny, when they're actually front men for a massive scam that has been going on long before their grandparents got out of diapers.
- She thinks he is just the frontman for the competition which has been criticised for ruining the music industry.
- New disruption tactics have seen regulators used to strip the frontmen of organised crime of their licences to carry out MOTs or operate in the sector.
- Stop being a front man for a bunch of investors!
Synonyms spokesperson, spokesman, spokeswoman, agent 3(in soccer) a forward or attacker. once again, Wigan's frontmen failed to take their chances Example sentencesExamples - "You just can't legislate for pace like that," you'll often hear them conclude, as a pair of lightning slow centre halves trail in the wake of a pacy frontman.
- He takes over the role of lone frontman for Liverpool.
- Although his favourite position is as a frontman, he played in various roles, most notably the season before last.
- The striker was keen for his fellow French frontman to join him.
- A strike partner for him was the most difficult decision, seeing as there have been so many excellent displays by frontmen this season.
- He begins the campaign as the club's only fit frontman.
- The veteran frontman revealed that he plans to continue playing until he is 45.
- After being released by Bristol Rovers, just over a year ago, the Welsh Under 21 international player has successfully rebuilt his career and developed into his new club's first choice frontman.
- The former frontman came back into the minds of UK fans when he made several appearances as a substitute in Holland's Euro 2004 campaign.
- The experienced frontman took time out to discuss England's chances of reaching the quarter finals in Portugal, as well as his own plans for next season.
Definition of frontman in US English: frontmannounˈfrəntˌmanˈfrəntˌmæn 1The lead singer of a pop or rock group. Example sentencesExamples - At one point during the performance, Stones frontman Mick Jagger said the band would take a break, but didn't say why.
- The metal faithful congregated at Toronto's Docks to see the diminutive frontman, whose small stature misrepresents his powerful set of pipes.
- The flamboyant frontman of rock group Queen will be remembered at the concert at The Barbican in York on Saturday November 24.
- The singer has a fascinating voice and could be a great frontman.
- The tape captures the band and frontman Ronnie James Dio being unable to erase the misery of Ozzy's departure, and to make peace with the democratic revolt of their audience.
- They are essentially a band who understand the simple joy and beauty of a killer tune, led by a frontman who seems to mean every word he sings.
- The frontmen for these two indie bands lead their respective cadres forward in the murky and windy forest of Canadian indie rock, an admittedly poorly defined genre, perhaps not a genre at all.
- It was time for the band's frontman, E, to break it down and tell the audience that tonight - in harmony with his own atypically good mood - everybody had to treat themselves right.
- The problem with these two roles is that the requirements of a frontman decisively separate the singer from the other band members.
- The latter can be overbearing, it's true, but that's a central function of rock frontmen.
- He fostered a look similar to that of the Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain, who was Jodi's particular idol.
- Doug Martsch, best known as frontman for indie outfit Built to Spill, is a man with a plan.
- Face the Truth, the third solo release from Stephen Malkmus, is ‘The Hero and the Madman’ of the former Pavement frontman's catalog.
- The group's frontman has as much as admitted that this conscious move represents their reaction against the arty-whiteboys-with-guitars pigeonhole they sit in.
- In that respect, frontman John Schmersal's hypothesis that this album may sound ‘more like a cohesive record’ than any other Enon disc rings true.
- But he's not a tough-guy thug frontman, because his lyrics come from the worldview of a perpetual 13-year-old boy.
- While I was thumbing through I ran across an article about the 50 greatest rock frontmen of all time.
- Here, for the first time, he goes outside the very extended Guided by Voices family to choose Superchunk frontman McCaughan as a collaborator.
- Perry Farrell, best known as the frontman for iconic alt-rock act Jane's Addiction, has spent the past three years putting together ‘Ultra Payloaded,’ the debut album from his new musical project, Satellite Party.
- Similarly and singularly, 1980s Men at Work hits return on Man at Work, an acoustic paring down by the band's former frontman Colin Hay.
2A person who represents an organization and works to make its image more appealing to the public. Harry wanted Teddy to act as the respectable frontman for his business interests Example sentencesExamples - He talks at Watford's training ground, having been installed as a most charming front man for a controversial project.
- New disruption tactics have seen regulators used to strip the frontmen of organised crime of their licences to carry out MOTs or operate in the sector.
- He has been the blunt frontman of a bid to make suburban growth pay its full freight, and has drawn the ire and political activism of major home builders in so doing.
- One school sees him as the leading cheerleader, a laughing and smiling front man for a company that has been struggling more than usual the past few years.
- They view him as the philosophical front man for a movement to transfer entitlement spending for the poor and working class back to the wealthy.
- She thinks he is just the frontman for the competition which has been criticised for ruining the music industry.
- Stop being a front man for a bunch of investors!
- He has been forced into being a frontman for a bunch of modern-day American scoundrels.
- Many remain suspicious, accusing the scholar of being a front man for a military-backed bid to promote a hand-picked caretaker administration over an elected government.
- They see themselves as men of destiny, when they're actually front men for a massive scam that has been going on long before their grandparents got out of diapers.
- The man clearly stands for nothing; he's a chancer, a frontman for a political party that is dying.
Synonyms spokesperson, spokesman, spokeswoman, agent 3(in soccer) a forward or attacker. once again, Wigan's frontmen failed to take their chances Example sentencesExamples - He takes over the role of lone frontman for Liverpool.
- The former frontman came back into the minds of UK fans when he made several appearances as a substitute in Holland's Euro 2004 campaign.
- Although his favourite position is as a frontman, he played in various roles, most notably the season before last.
- After being released by Bristol Rovers, just over a year ago, the Welsh Under 21 international player has successfully rebuilt his career and developed into his new club's first choice frontman.
- "You just can't legislate for pace like that," you'll often hear them conclude, as a pair of lightning slow centre halves trail in the wake of a pacy frontman.
- A strike partner for him was the most difficult decision, seeing as there have been so many excellent displays by frontmen this season.
- He begins the campaign as the club's only fit frontman.
- The experienced frontman took time out to discuss England's chances of reaching the quarter finals in Portugal, as well as his own plans for next season.
- The striker was keen for his fellow French frontman to join him.
- The veteran frontman revealed that he plans to continue playing until he is 45.
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