Music in general causes us feelings rarely an object, situation or person can give ... majestic topics Stairway To Heaven, the work of Robert Plant and Jimmy Page, lead us to strange worlds, literally taking us to heaven ... or powerful rock anthems such as Back In Black (Young brothers of AC / DC) or Ace Of Spades by Motörhead remind us of the powerful force of Rock & Roll, even riffs with few notes, but unforgettable to 100% ... also worth mentioning great musicians and songwriters as Chuck Berry, Johnny Cash, some contemporary ones like Eddie Vedder, Björk, progressive rock geniuses like Ian Anderson or Robert Fripp, or the famous pairs of composition as the Jagger / Richards Lennon / McCartney, Tyler / Perry and Gilmour / Waters ....
Today we remember those composers who have everything to gain by writing a song or composing a tune on his guitar, but nothing referring to contemporary music (certainly do not want to give me lessons of history by not giving Mozart or Bach), and eye, I mean not only to composers of ROCK, but contemporary music in general ....
BOB DYLAN: In any list, top ten, counting or collection of the best composers should always be this lyrical genius, despite not having a divine voice, his lyrics and crude tone singing will always twist the mind and get you to think its wonderful and even critical issues. Mr. Zimmerman can claim to change the way you see music changing the environment "partying, womanizing, drug addict and alcoholic" Rock & Roll, a Rock more Protestant, liberal, antiwar and critical. Topics such as "Blowin 'In The Wind" or "Like A Rolling Stone" permanently changed the history of music ....
BOB DYLAN: In any list, top ten, counting or collection of the best composers should always be this lyrical genius, despite not having a divine voice, his lyrics and crude tone singing will always twist the mind and get you to think its wonderful and even critical issues. Mr. Zimmerman can claim to change the way you see music changing the environment "partying, womanizing, drug addict and alcoholic" Rock & Roll, a Rock more Protestant, liberal, antiwar and critical. Topics such as "Blowin 'In The Wind" or "Like A Rolling Stone" permanently changed the history of music .... 
JOHN LENNON: Creative Soul The Beatles , who along with Paul McCartney, wrote (composed) of more great melodies and some of the most memorable themes in the history of rock music in general, and All You Need Is Love, the great ideas of the White Album and Sgt Pepper's, or the topic initiator of Beatlemania: I Want To Hold Your Hand. Also in his solo career created great works, including the track Imagine, which has been loved and criticized by all world, a topic dismissed as pretentious, when in reality, we must admitrlo, is a masterpiece ... 
BRIAN WILSON: Wilson was the soul of The Beach Boys , and was admired and adored by great musicians like Pete Townshend and Paul McCartney, the latter inspired in his work Pet Sounds (for Sgt Pepper's), Wilson worked for years with the Beach Boys, and one of his best works, Good Vibrations had the best reviews, overtook The Beatles in several countries and even received congratulations from the Beatles themselves. Wilson is quite a talented musician and composer despite suffering from deafness in his right ear ... 
FRANK ZAPPA: The great composer and guitarist, leader of The Mothers , a real genius covering all music genres and experimental transformed its influence to the creation of other genres, which today even heard. Zappa's genius was his experimental creativity, and even avant-garde sounds, music and created a disc full of strange magic, which today are still misunderstood and indigestible for some people that do not capture 100% of the experimental genius and insanity Frank Zappa a lover of freedom of expression ... 
ROGER WATERS : How would your poster of his last concerts: The creative genius of Pink Floyd . The creator of great albums like The Dark Side Of The Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals and The Wall (just to name a few of his works), after the departure of the enigmatic Syd Barrett, and a torturous experiments by the band finding its sound, Waters would take command of the band, and compose with their colleagues the greatest works of progressive rock. But apart from Pink Floyd, Roger boasts an excellent, very discreet, solo career, with his ever-critical style, depressive and anti-war ... 
FREDDIE MERCURY : His genius and talent, as well as their creativity has been so for years has been to Freddie Mercury, lead singer of great Queen, at the top of the vanguard of the Rock, with an imagination and a wonderful creativity that was able to translate it into their records, in the Queen logo and even their clothes and style. Guitar, piano and her beautiful voice, have been the tools with which he composed his greatest works, such as Bohemian Rhapsody and We Are The Champions ... 
LOU REED: Call right "Father of Rock Alternativo" the former leader of the avant-garde band The Velvet Underground (led by Andy Warhol himself) was a composer who led the experimental rock to alternative limits, and with the band (and Nico) released the album "The Velvet Underground & Nico", in which all lyrics and most of the music, are Reed. It would also have a successful solo career, which stands out "Turn" album which was being produced by David Bowie ... 
Marc Bolan: One of the main and largest creators of Glam-Rock, leader of the band Tyrannosaurus Rex , later called T. Rex has been for years musician and composer most forgotten, when in fact their influence was the strongest, more than anything for the world of Glam, Art, Experimental and Progressive, creator of songs like Get It On, Hot Love and Metal Guru. He died in a car accident in 1977, his compositions changed the world of glam with his album Electric Warrior ... 
DAVID BOWIE : Here the versatile, one of the greatest glam rock in general, the White Duke, the chameleon of rock, Bowie during the 70's created the most impressive and it, more great discs, creating stories and making spectacles that changed the mode of action on stage in music of that decade. It is considered one of the most influential and important composers of art-rock scene, in 1972 released his masterpiece "The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From ".... 
BRIAN ENO: Who was a member of Roxy Music, Brian Eno has been one of the leading composers of music in general, especially in the New Wave, electronica, ambient and experimental in their earlier worked with Roxy Music Bryan Ferry, giving the familiar sound of the band and creating a large New Wave sound to the later work with David Bowie in the famous "Berlin Trilogy" (Disks Low, Heroes and Lodger), David Byrne (ex-Talking Heads), Robert Fripp (King Crimson), Ultravox!, U2, Luciano Pavarotti and Coldplay, is considered a visionary futuristic music ... 
SYD BARRETT: The legendary composer, guitarist and lead singer of Pink Floyd , that only from 1965 to 1968 had a short career with the band that made him a legend, but later launched a pair of solo albums (with the help of old friends like Gilmour and Waters), almost avant-garde style and a great psychedelic touches led to what is now one of the best composers of music British psychedelic ... 
TOM PETTY: Soul Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers for years had a small dumbbell in the great Dylan, and is considered one of the best lyricists, and musical work and influence, Tom was part of the Traveling Wiburys, banda in which were great as George Harrison, Jeff Lyne, Roy Orbison and Bob Dylan ... 
JIM MORRISON: As a lyricist was complex, as a musician was very unsuccessful as a poet was difficult, but as vocalist and frontman of The Doors was a legend, and is still in force after more than 38 years of dead remains in force among young people (well, not that I was too old) as a whole cult artist, a poet is not well remembered, perhaps, only for his fateful and innesperada death .. . 
PETER GABRIEL: The first leader of the band Genesis when they were progressive, and the poppy was well behind Phil Collins .... being the drummer, Gabriel gave him a touch of magic to the live shows, creating plays, using exaggerated costumes and composing most of the music and lyrics for the band, then angry and would continue with a successful solo career ... 
PETE TOWNSHEND: Creator of the rock opera Tommy, songwriter and guitarist for The Who, it's bad that Tommy was the first opera history Rock (the first was SF Sorrow by The Pretty Things ... You knew? oh great), but Townshend had this great influence and created several works and his concept albums full of Hard Rocker power, by the way, Townshend had just 18 when he wrote My Generation, Punk anthem and Hard Rock .. . 
KURT COBAIN: Do not be surprised, be the icon of Generation X and leader of the Grunge movement, and also a singer, guitarist and songwriter for Nirvana was not easy, and all because Kurt wrote his legendary "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (name taken from a graffiti ... Teen Spirit which incidentally was the name of a feminine deodorant), this issue influenced an entire generation of young repressed, and some other things up his sleeve, Cobain became a legend after his suicide ... 
MICHAEL JACKSON: Yeah, can back up and see that I said that was just for rockers, here the King of Pop (deceased king of pop) we remember the thousands and thousands of subjects and compositions about love, activism, children, happiness, save world and equality, this officially makes it all a great composer, even when I was in the Jackson 5 ... 
BONO: What? Bono does not seem a great composer? who do you think? Bethoveen?, Bono, though many doubt it is a great activist, a great singer, great songwriter and great leader of U2 has made thousands of memorable songs, hymns to love, equality, and one that other junk out there, but certainly is big Bon ... already good enough ... ================== certainly missing some many, I simply mention honoricia to: Paul McCartney
Tom Yorke
Sting Etc.. etc ...
