Jimi Hendrix and Pete Townshend changed how rock stars moved on stage and left chaos in their wake. Hendrix mesmerized crowds by setting guitars on fire and playing with his teeth while bending sound into something unheard of. His performances felt like rituals of pure electricity. Townshend meanwhile brought violence and theater to The Who. His windmill strums and smashing guitars gave rock concerts a sense of destruction and danger. Hendrix was the shaman of sound. Townshend was the wrecking b