Music
Gallows' Frank Carter tops NME Cool List
Published Wednesday, Nov 7 2007, 11:20 GMT | By Alex Fletcher
Gallows singer Frank Carter has been named the coolest man in rock 'n' roll in NME's 2007 Cool List.
The annual poll, which has been won by Beth Ditto, Pete Doherty and Arctic Monkeys' Alex Turner in previous years, was headed by the punk band's heavily-tattooed frontman.
Carter has hit the headlines during the year for his various onstage antics, such as getting a tattoo live onstage at the Reading Festival.
The rocker revealed in September that he was planning to design a series of Alan Partridge-themed tattoos.
However, Carter's band's last single, 'In The Belly Of A Shark', failed to break into the UK top 40, charting at number 56.
Entries from Noel Gallagher (16), Prince (14), Thom Yorke (12) and Keith Richards (10), made it the oldest ever Cool List.
Conor McNicholas, the magazine's editor, said of the list: "Thirty years after the height of punk there are a whole load of new bands making wild and passionate noise.
"But it takes more than just great music to make it to the top of the Cool List - these people effortlessly set trends with every breath they take."
The magazine also released a list of stars, who they believe have 'lost it' in the past year, which was headed up by Hard-Fi frontman Richard Archer and the Sugababes.
The Cool List in full:
1. Frank Carter - Gallows
2. Jamie Reynolds - Klaxons
3. Lovefoxxx - CSS
4. Ryan Jarman - The Cribs
5. Lethal Bizzle
6. Alex Turner - Arctic Monkeys
7. Kate Nash
8. Amy Winehouse
9. Beth Ditto -The Gossip
10. Keith Richards -The Rolling Stones
The 'Had it lost it' list in full:
1. Richard Archer
2. Sugababes
3. Donny Tourette
4. The Libertines
5. Kanye West
6. Iggy Pop
7. Mystery Jets
8. Paul Smith, Maximo Park
9. Paul Mullen
The annual poll, which has been won by Beth Ditto, Pete Doherty and Arctic Monkeys' Alex Turner in previous years, was headed by the punk band's heavily-tattooed frontman.
Carter has hit the headlines during the year for his various onstage antics, such as getting a tattoo live onstage at the Reading Festival.
The rocker revealed in September that he was planning to design a series of Alan Partridge-themed tattoos.
However, Carter's band's last single, 'In The Belly Of A Shark', failed to break into the UK top 40, charting at number 56.
Entries from Noel Gallagher (16), Prince (14), Thom Yorke (12) and Keith Richards (10), made it the oldest ever Cool List.
Conor McNicholas, the magazine's editor, said of the list: "Thirty years after the height of punk there are a whole load of new bands making wild and passionate noise.
"But it takes more than just great music to make it to the top of the Cool List - these people effortlessly set trends with every breath they take."
The magazine also released a list of stars, who they believe have 'lost it' in the past year, which was headed up by Hard-Fi frontman Richard Archer and the Sugababes.
The Cool List in full:
1. Frank Carter - Gallows
2. Jamie Reynolds - Klaxons
3. Lovefoxxx - CSS
4. Ryan Jarman - The Cribs
5. Lethal Bizzle
6. Alex Turner - Arctic Monkeys
7. Kate Nash
8. Amy Winehouse
9. Beth Ditto -The Gossip
10. Keith Richards -The Rolling Stones
The 'Had it lost it' list in full:
1. Richard Archer
2. Sugababes
3. Donny Tourette
4. The Libertines
5. Kanye West
6. Iggy Pop
7. Mystery Jets
8. Paul Smith, Maximo Park
9. Paul Mullen
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