harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy 1,704 Posted September 9, 2022 On 02/06/2013 at 10:28, Book said: As I checked some celebrity birthdays I noticed that actually there are several potential new members for the very famous Club 27 - but there is no topic! This special club contains musicians who died at the age of 27. With the dead of Kurt Cobain in 1994 the idea of the Club 27 was spread out to public because connections were made with the deaths of Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison – musicians who has died between 1969 and 1971 under tragic circumstances. A myth was build around the club and with the dead of Amy Winehouse in 2011 there was a large amount of media attention devoted to the club once again. These five musicians are always credited as the official or the main members of the Club 27 because of their parallel life lines (rock stars, icons, addictions, tragic deaths): Brian Jones (28.02.1942-03.07.1969), guitarist of the Rolling Stones, drowned at the age of 27 years and 125 days Jimi Hendrix (27.11.1942-18.09.1970), influential musician and pioneering guitarist, asphyxiation at the age of 27 years and 295 days Janis Joplin (19.01.1943-04.10.1970), the Queen of Psychedelic Soul, heroin overdose at the age of 27 years and 258 days Jim Morrison (08.12.1943-03.07.1971), poet and singer of The Doors, heart failure/heroin overdose at the age of 27 years and 207 days Kurt Cobain (20.02.1967-05.04.1994), singer/songwriter of Nirvana, suicide by gunshot at the age of 27 years and 44 days Amy Winehouse is often named as an equal member because of her popularity, her addictions and her tragic life: (14.09.1983-23.07.2011), singer/songwriter, alcohol poisoning at the age of 27 years and 312 days Please feel free to pay tribute to other “members” or name the unnamed! Watch out for future members! Surprisingly, till today I'd not come across Arlester 'Dyke' Christian, I guess a kind of minor James Brown funk pioneer, who was shot in a 1971 drug deal aged...34! 27. His Clyde Stubblefield equivalent was James Gadson, likewise sampled by the hip hop brigade and still with us at 83. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Summer in Transylvania 2,208 Posted July 12, 2023 Japanese television personality and LGBTQ+ activist Ryuchell has been found dead by suicide, in doing so joining the 27 club. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,684 Posted October 25, 2023 About as much common sense and genuine evidence for the 27 Club being a proper thing as you're likely to find in one short podcast, here: https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4907 Spoiler alert, the 27 Club isn't provably a significant thing, but working live musicians live shorter lives than most Americans - so likely useful deadpooling insights to be had! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LWCZ 218 Posted October 9 Czech rapper Protiva joins the club after his "sudden" passing. Protiva had a history of drugs and mental issues, so possibly an overdose or suicide. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,844 Posted October 9 Just now, LWCZ said: Czech rapper Protiva joins the club after his "sudden" passing. Protiva had a history of drugs and mental issues, so possibly an overdose or suicide. Surely criteria of said club states that you have to be notable first? 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LWCZ 218 Posted October 9 Just now, Ulitzer95 said: Surely criteria of said club states that you have to be notable first? I mean, he was fairly notable in Czechia and Slovakia. I understand that people outside those countries wouldn't really know about him, but I felt it was more appropriate to post about his death here than the foreign personalities thread. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,844 Posted October 9 13 minutes ago, LWCZ said: I mean, he was fairly notable in Czechia and Slovakia. I understand that people outside those countries wouldn't really know about him, but I felt it was more appropriate to post about his death here than the foreign personalities thread. Jade Goody was 27 and "notable" when she died. There's also a ridiculous Wikipedia page for the 27 Club (not "Club 27" as this thread is erroneously called). It's ridiculous because it has a table that literally lists anyone ever who has died aged 27, which negates the entire purpose of the phenomenon, which was to point out that a collection of giant artists all died aged 27. IMO, that list is exclusively limited to about 7/8 huge individuals (give or take), and can include Kurt Cobain, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Amy Winehouse, Jimi Hendrix, Brian Jones, Robert Johnson, and Jean-Michel Basquiat. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,232 Posted October 9 26 minutes ago, LWCZ said: I mean, he was fairly notable in Czechia and Slovakia. I understand that people outside those countries wouldn't really know about him, but I felt it was more appropriate to post about his death here than the foreign personalities thread. Never mind, I haven't even heard of the notable ones these days. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,628 Posted October 12 On 09/10/2024 at 18:32, Ulitzer95 said: Jade Goody was 27 and "notable" when she died. There's also a ridiculous Wikipedia page for the 27 Club (not "Club 27" as this thread is erroneously called). It's ridiculous because it has a table that literally lists anyone ever who has died aged 27, which negates the entire purpose of the phenomenon, which was to point out that a collection of giant artists all died aged 27. IMO, that list is exclusively limited to about 7/8 huge individuals (give or take), and can include Kurt Cobain, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Amy Winehouse, Jimi Hendrix, Brian Jones, Robert Johnson, and Jean-Michel Basquiat. Maybe Richey Edwards as well as he was 27 when he disappeared. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,844 Posted October 12 4 minutes ago, The Old Crem said: Maybe Richey Edwards as well as he was 27 when he disappeared. I want to see a body. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arrowsmith 458 Posted October 13 56 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said: I want to see a body. Ugh. Who doesn’t? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
