If you are truly a beginner then I would recommend that you start with some of Nirvana's stuff. I also like just about all music (jazz, blues, classical, rock, hard rock, metal, heavy metal, alternative, thrash, etc...) and I think that Kurt Cobain ripped on that Fender Strat with some of the simplest yet coolest licks you could ever play. A little bit of the right crunch and the right kind of power and you are on your way...

Have fun!