Origin: Seattle, WA

Decades: 1960's and 1970's

In his brief four-year reign as a superstar, Jimi Hendrix expanded the vocabulary of the electric rock guitar more than anyone before or since. Hendrix was a master at coaxing all manner of unforeseen sonics from his instrument, often with innovative amplification experiments that produced astral-quality feedback and roaring distortion. His frequent hurricane blasts of noise and dazzling showmanship -- he could and would play behind his back and with his teeth and set his guitar on fire -- has sometimes obs... Read More

Bob Dylan, Chuck Berry, Muddy Waters, The Beatles, Cream, Howlin' Wolf, The Impressions, Robert Johnson, T-Bone Walker, Bo Diddley, Jimmy Reed, Little Walter, Freddie King and The Yardbirds

Adrian Belew, Aerosmith, Alice Cooper, Kiss, Lenny Kravitz, Pearl Jam, Prince, Queen, Rush, Soundgarden, The Smashing Pumpkins, The Stone Roses, The Wailers, Van Halen, T. Rex, Mazzy Star, MC5, Meat Puppets, Queens of the Stone Age, Iron Maiden, Jane's Addiction, Patti Smith, Pere Ubu, Santana, Derek and The Dominos, Digital Underground, ZZ Top, Yngwie J. Malmsteen, The Pretenders, The Verve, Sting, Shuggie Otis, Blind Melon, Llama, Michelle Branch, The Mars Volta, The Stooges, Black Sabbath, Blind Faith, Judas Priest, Michael Brecker, Funkadelic, Seal, Groundhogs, Johnny Winter, Robert Cray, Chambers Brothers, Ted Nugent, Peter Frampton, Brian May, Deep Purple, Free, Gary Moore, Chris Thomas King, Jimmy Page, Marc Bolan and Tom Morello