front man
noun
1
: a person serving as a front or figurehead
2
: the lead performer in a musical group
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An energetic crowd swayed, sang and moshed along to the iconic 14 tracks while cheering along front man Gerard Way, who played the part of the album’s protagonist in a redemptive and fatalistic arc.
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Andrew McGowan, Variety, 28 July 2025
Sharon pitched him to former Jane’s Addiction front man Perry Farrell’s seminal traveling alternative-rock showcase around 1995’s Ozzmosis, which maneuvered out of the glam adjacency of 1991’s killer No More Tears.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 25 July 2025
The Black Sabbath front man, who died yesterday at age 76, helped invent heavy metal—a sound and a countercultural identity with terrifying connotations.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 23 July 2025
Ozzy Osbourne, who died Tuesday, July 22, at 76, was famous for being the epitome of the heavy-metal front man, a wild-child rock star whose antics and exploits sometimes threatened to overshadow his musical gifts.
—Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 22 July 2025
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Andrew McGowan, Variety, 28 July 2025
Sharon pitched him to former Jane’s Addiction front man Perry Farrell’s seminal traveling alternative-rock showcase around 1995’s Ozzmosis, which maneuvered out of the glam adjacency of 1991’s killer No More Tears.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 25 July 2025
The Black Sabbath front man, who died yesterday at age 76, helped invent heavy metal—a sound and a countercultural identity with terrifying connotations.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 23 July 2025
Ozzy Osbourne, who died Tuesday, July 22, at 76, was famous for being the epitome of the heavy-metal front man, a wild-child rock star whose antics and exploits sometimes threatened to overshadow his musical gifts.
—Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 22 July 2025
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“Front man.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/front%20man. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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