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1. There is no doubt the success of U2 is in no small way to the charismatic frontman called Bono. What is his real name?
2. Bruce Springsteen was a solo artist in his own right but he also played out front of which great New Jersey band?
3. Pete Townshend got the glory for writing most of The Who's songs but who was the frontman?
4. Kurt Cobain was the charismatic frontman of Nirvana but drummer Dave Grohl had his fans too. The two came to fisticuffs but Dave Grohl got to sing lead on two numbers of their debut album, "Bleach". True or false?
5. Perhaps Freddie Mercury was the archetype of the rock frontman. His performance out front of Queen at Wembley for the "Live Aid" concert in 1985 proved that once and for all. Freddie Mercury also wrote all of Queen's songs. True or false?
6. Michael Hutchence was a dynamic frontman for one of one of Australia's most successful rock acts. Which one?
7. Led Zeppelin were arguably the biggest rock band of the 70s and Robert Plant was their frontman. However, co-songwriter guitarist Jimmy Page was just as well known. In fact it was Plant who recruited Page to join the New Yardbirds, the forerunner of Led Zeppelin. True or false?
8. Brian Johnson did the impossible and successfully took over frontmen duties for AC/DC when their previous frontman died in 1980. What was his name?
9. Perhaps Jim Morrison's premature death added to his persona as a frontman for The Doors, the group he formed in 1965. What did he want to call the group?
10. Mick Jagger and Keith Richards were the creative forces behind the Rolling Stones with Jagger, arguably, the person who defined "frontman'. But who is credited with giving the group its name?
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