Pete townsend (for the whole guitar smashing), Hendrix (again for the smashing, AND the burning, and the great gritty-roar of a guitar sound, which later guitarist like Yingwie took and steralised, which was a shame)... One of the sonic youth boys has to be in there... Iggy Pop (he does play guitar even though he's not know for it, but he's miles ahead, for the whole rolling around on broken glass, and smearing peanut butter on himself... I saw him on tv recently, he was in his mid fifties at the time, and he made a lot of much younger lead singers look like rugs on valium, the Guy refused to stay on the same spot, and he staged dived... goddam)... Kurt Cobain (though the not most technically gifted, he has some great riffs, and great live sound, wich is raw and gritty, oh yeah and how could i forget the smashing)..