For a man who can pump out such blistering, no-nonsense post-punk hard rock, the air of the more mannered art-school rocker hangs thickly around Jack White.

BBC: Jack White's meaningful style

Headbanging rocker Andrew W.K., whose songs include "Party Hard, " "It's Time to Party" and "Party 'Til You Puke, " thinks the music of Johann Sebastian Bach stands among humankind's greatest accomplishments.

NPR: Headbanger Andrew W.K. Rocks Out ?? To Bach

Unlike many of his hard-rocking peers, Lynott thought about his lyrics: He was a romantic poet in rocker garb, whose stories of restless teenagers scheming for escape, as on "Southbound" (audio), depend upon zinging, deftly choreographed twin-guitar leads.

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