See "heroes" I guess. Oh, Jeremiah Johnson, so he could teach me about living in the mountains.
In no particular order... Jeff Buckley, Neil Young, The Verve, The Faces, The Rolling Stones, Beatles, Hole, Nirvana, Alice in Chains, Rage Against the Machine, Manic Street Preachers, Therapy?, Placebo, Lemonheads, Bob Marley, Supergrass, Joy Division, Cat Stevens, Pulp, Suede, Blur, Warren Zevon, George Harrison, Grateful Dead, The Doors, PJ Harvey, Bush, The Goats...
Trailer Park Boys,The Simpsons, Family Guy, Daily Show, MASH, Oh, and The Prisoner (best TV show ever).
Catch 22, Of Mice and Men, Brave New World, the obligitory 1984. Mainly internet research these days...
Just not a hero kind of guy. No one is perfect.