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Mine is probably pretty obvious.  I'm a huge U2 fan but beyond that Edge really gave back to my community following hurricane Katrina though his Music Rising foundation.

James,
I'm glad that you let this thread continue.  Personally, I feel that the "hey I'm a teenager are there any other teenager's on this site, if so instant message or email me" posts are probably more dangerous than this one.  Watch one of those to catch an online predator news shows if you don't know what I mean.  For good or bad those of us who are a little bit older (I'm 40) have lived our lives and had experiences that have made us who we are today.  I did not for one second think that mhebert or chordie was condoning the use of drugs.  I'll even spare you my views on lives and health ruined from legal alcohol and tobacco compared to the "Devil's Weed"and simply answer the question:
almost anything by the Doors.

EF

My reasons were pretty much summed up by Detman.  To me there is no sound like the sound of an amplified electric guitar.  I grew up listening to Rock and I always wanted to emulate the sounds I heard from the guitar.  I would like to get an acoustic one day but only after an upgrade on the electric side of things.

Hey Jaygordon & Bootlegger,
Now You're talking in my price range.

EF

Hi Guys,
Thanks for all of the responses.  I've got to try to not be so static and play something only one way but be able to change techniques depending on the situation.  The more I play the more I relax about what's "right" and "wrong".
Later.
EF

Try the Bm in the chord dictionary under resources on this site.  That's the one that I started with and just learned.  Don't worry if it doesn't sound great right away, build up that hand strength by practicing.

One thing that I like to do is take a song that I already know and like and try playing it using different strumming patterns.  I used the chords that were posted on Chordie for "Country Roads"  and with some palm muting and nice distortion  for the chorus came up with a modern sounding piece that sounds nothing like the original.  Have fun and don't be afraid to try different things.

Two that I could listen to all day would be Eddie Vetter and Bono.  Bono singing, not talking politics that is.   <img src="images/smiley_icons/icon_lol.gif" border=0 alt="Laughing">

Great topic.  Once I got started it was hard to keep it to ten.  I couldn't rank them once I got down to ten but here they are in no particular order:

Voodoo Child - Jimi Hendrix

Eruption - Van Halen

Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana

Burning For You - Blue Oyster Cult

Crazy Train - Ozzy Osbourne

Dancing Days - Led Zeppelin

Santa Monica - Everclear

All Because of You - U2

Yellow Ledbetter - Pearl Jam

Tumbling Dice - Rolling Stones