harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy 1,464 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 1,618 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 10,017 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
