The 27 Club: The curse that takes away stars at the age of 27

     Rock stars sure lead a dangerous lifestyle, with all those drugs, tours, and excessively energetic live performances. But these guys went a little bit too early than what you might expect. Some relate their deaths to a myth, a story hard to believe but that sure is interesting. Today we’re tackling a deadly topic, we’re looking at “The 27 Club”:




Robert Johnson:

   The whole story started when Blues’ artist Robert Johnson falling asleep on a crossroad, a few moments after he was woken up by a mysterious shadow who offered him a deal, the shadow told him that it would make him a legendary guitarist in exchange for his soul that it would come to take at age 27. Johnson accepted the deal, turned out the shadow was Lucifer himself who took Robert’s guitar, tuned it, played few notes and returned it to him before disappearing once and for all. Robert Johnson recorded 30 songs that made a major impact on Blues’ music and were a source of inspiration for many artist. When he was 27 of age, Robert Johnson died in some very mysterious circumstances that many claim it was Devil who came to take what belongs to him.

Brian Jones:

   Second victim of this myth was Rolling Stones’ guitarist and sitar player, Brian Jones. Many of you thought about Mick Jagger when I said Rolling Stones, but believe it or not, Jones was the most talented of them all, and he was the reason behind all their success. Strangely, the most talented of them all, and even more weird, the guitarist, died at age 27 after he drowned in his own swimming pool.

Jimi Hendrix:

   Leading us to the Golden age of Rock N’ Roll, the 70’s were marked by the appearance of the best guitarist of all times, Jimi Hendrix. Sure he was talented enough to play guitar with his teeth, but Jimi also left this world at age 27 after drowning too, except that he drowned is his own vomit.

Janis Joplin:

   Always in this 70’s atmosphere, Janis Joplin was to follow them after dying on a heroin overdose. Many claim that is was Janis that started this whole “Feminine Rock stars” thing, and opened the door to other women in this music genre.

Jim Morrison:

   Talking of doors, vocalist of the amazing group “The Doors”, Jim Morrison was also known for his legendary poems and his ability to come up with fabulous lyrics. He also died at age 27, but many claim that he faked his own death to get away from this whole atmosphere.

Kurt Cobain:

   This story continued with many other artists, the most famous and worldwide known of them all is Nirvana’s vocalist, lead guitar player and founder, Kurt Cobain. Born Kurt Donald Cobain, Kurt had a lot of psychological issue during his life due to his harsh childhood. He started smoking Marijuana and drinking alcohol at age 12, but none of these were enough to make him escape his reality, that’s why he started listening to punk rock and started playing his guitar. When Kurt founded Nirvana, the world was happy because this marked the return of Rock N’ Roll. But at age 27, Kurt died after shooting himself in the head. Many claim that he was brave enough to end his deal with Lucifer by himself, but many others claim that he was killed by his wife Courtney Love.

Pete Ham:

   April 24^th 1975 Pete Ham, the main guitarist and vocalist of the famous band “Badfinger” decided after many production problems and financial issue that he’d better hang himself up.

Amy Winehouse:

Another feminine presence in the 27 club, is legendary British soul artist Amy Winehouse. A lot of you might know her for her chart topping album Back to Black that had a huge impact, not only on Soul music, but also on Blue and Jazz. She was so talented that she could sing, play guitar and drums on a really high level. Like any other international artist, she was reported to have been hospitalized many times for overdose of heroin, ecstasy, cocaine and alcohol. This drugs and drinking problem, combined with her fragile health, led to her dying too early than expected, but still with all that talent, no doubt that Lucifer took her according to the pact.

Many other artists died at this age and most of them in very mysterious conditions. One question is asked here, what music would sound like if these guys didn’t die?

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