G&B Classics: Legendary Guitar Destroyers

The maltreatment of the electric guitar came in the 60s in rock music downright fashion. Pete Townshend, Jimi Hendrix, Ritchie Blackmore and later Kurt Cobain also publicly crushed their instruments - and these spectacular moments have remained in the memory of rock chroniclers and fans. Even if such an action is rather smiled at today and has congealed into a ritual: back then it was a sensation.