My list ain’t hard rock stuff, but -
(in no particular order)

1. Eddie Veddar (Pearl Jam) – Just revisit TEN and listen to “Alive”.

2. Jeff Buckley – that little sigh, that little breathe that kicks of his soaring rendition of Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah.

3. Thom Yorke – Little whining prick.

4. Damien Rice – Can’t think of anyone else who could start a song with “and so it is…” and repeat the line “can’t take my mind off you” ten million times and not ruining any second of it.

5. Neil Young – sounded so fragile when he sings about the needle and the damage done.

6. Bono.

7. Brett Anderson – Suede, Tears and now solo. Another whiner.

8. Rufus Wainwright.

9. Morrissey.

10. Mark Kozelek – Red House Painters