Guitar legends Jimi Hendrix and Pete Townshend of the Who had a rivalry that predated California’s Monterey Pop Festival in 1967. So when the festival scheduled their sets back to back to end the festival, it set the stage for an epic battle of one-upmanship. Townshend went first, ending his performance by smashing his guitar, his signature move. Hendrix’s performance followed; after a 45-min. set, he bent over his guitar, doused it with lighter fluid and set it alight — all before pummeling it to pieces. The performance entered the annals of rock history, although the LSD Hendrix allegedly took before the show may have provided more than a little creative inspiration.