Post by baldvinny on Mar 10, 2008 14:53:28 GMT -5
The Forever 27 Club is a term that refers to the strangely large number of rock stars who died at the tender age of 27 years. It makes for a pretty tragic list
1. Kurt Cobain: he was made into a popular saint after his death from a self-inflicted gun shot wound in 1994. Bizzarely he expressed a desire to join the 27 club as a young teenager
2. Janis Joplin: Heroin overdose, a magical singer, originally with Big Brother and the Holding Company, her version of Summertime is incredible
3. Jim Morrisson: listed as dying from heart failure but almost definitely OD'd, massively influential, including inspiration for Iggy Pop
4. Brian Jones: drowned in his swimming pool under mysterious circumstances; one of the most dangerous characters around if you were his girlfriend, lots of domestic violence and paranoia overshadowed his brilliance as a musician. Predicted the world music scene with his Moroccan experiments
5. Jimi Hendrix: asphyxiated in his own vomit after an OD on sleeping pills
6. Robert Johnson: pneumonia from strychnine poisoning, 1938; the Father of the Blues would never see 30
7. Alan Wilson: Possible sucide, leader of blues outfit Canned Heat
8. Ron 'Pigpen' McKernan: alchohol related hemorrage, founding member of the Grateful Dead
9. Gary Thain: Bassist of Uriah Heep - Heroin overdose.
10. Peter Ham: Keyboardist and singer from Badfinger, hanged himself.
11. Mia Zapata - Singer from the band called the Gits....a punk version of Janis Joplin. Was brutally murdered by a pyscho while walking home from club.
1. Kurt Cobain: he was made into a popular saint after his death from a self-inflicted gun shot wound in 1994. Bizzarely he expressed a desire to join the 27 club as a young teenager
2. Janis Joplin: Heroin overdose, a magical singer, originally with Big Brother and the Holding Company, her version of Summertime is incredible
3. Jim Morrisson: listed as dying from heart failure but almost definitely OD'd, massively influential, including inspiration for Iggy Pop
4. Brian Jones: drowned in his swimming pool under mysterious circumstances; one of the most dangerous characters around if you were his girlfriend, lots of domestic violence and paranoia overshadowed his brilliance as a musician. Predicted the world music scene with his Moroccan experiments
5. Jimi Hendrix: asphyxiated in his own vomit after an OD on sleeping pills
6. Robert Johnson: pneumonia from strychnine poisoning, 1938; the Father of the Blues would never see 30
7. Alan Wilson: Possible sucide, leader of blues outfit Canned Heat
8. Ron 'Pigpen' McKernan: alchohol related hemorrage, founding member of the Grateful Dead
9. Gary Thain: Bassist of Uriah Heep - Heroin overdose.
10. Peter Ham: Keyboardist and singer from Badfinger, hanged himself.
11. Mia Zapata - Singer from the band called the Gits....a punk version of Janis Joplin. Was brutally murdered by a pyscho while walking home from club.