I wanted to give the Hendrix Experience musicians their own post to themselves and if they come back around this year, I'll let everyone know.
Anyway, I grew up on Alice Cooper and have caught 3 shows of his in about a year's time. Loved the old stuff he plays, like '18', 'School's Out' but love the newer stuff too like 'Brutal Planet', 'Lost in America', 'Dragontown', etc. I think he has been the most consistent for generating music I like for my entire life. Besides, the older he gets, the better his character fits.
If The Who could have survived themselves, I believe I would have been able to say the same about them. You just can't replace Keith Moon and John Entwhistle and have the same band.
Also I found a little know band a few years back that I really like called 'Karma to Burn', they're more of a hard rock variety that delivers. Really good sound to them.
There's more but I want to read everyone else's posts.