The 27 Club

A rocktörténet egyik hátborzongató, rejtélyes ténye, hogy több, mint húsz nagyszerű és híres zenész 27 éves korában halt meg - eddig.

Janis JoplinJimi HendrixKristen Pfaff
9. Alan Wilson
Brian JonesJim Morrison
2. Dave AlexanderKurt Cobain4. Ron "Pigpen" McKernan

Utoljára Amy Winehouse távozott az élők sorából - 27 évesen!
Tragédiája nem volt váratlan, de mégis megdöbbentő.

 Amy 20 évvel ezelőtt és nemsokkal halála előtt: 


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List of Members of The Forever 27 Club

Name
Date of Birth
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Reason for Fame
 
Alexandre Levy
November 10, 1864
January 17, 1892
Unknown
Brazilian composer, pianist and conductor
 
Louis Chauvin
March 13, 1881
March 26, 1908
Neurosyphilitic sclerosis
American ragtime musician
 
Robert Johnson
May 8, 1911
August 16, 1938
Unknown, but widely viewed as strychnine poisoning
Influential blues artist
 
Nat Jaffe
January 1, 1918
August 5, 1945
Complications from high blood pressure
American swing jazz pianist
 
Jesse Belvin
December 15, 1932
February 6, 1960
Car crash
R&B singer, pianist and songwriter
 
Rudy Lewis
August 23, 1936
May 20, 1964
Autopsy was never performed; probable drug overdose
Vocalist of The Drifters
 
Joe Henderson
April 24, 1937
October 25, 1964
Heart attack
Gospel and R&B singer
 
Malcolm Hale
May 17, 1941
October 30, 1968
Carbon monoxide poisoning
Original member and lead guitarist of Spanky and Our Gang
 
Dickie Pride
October 21, 1941
March 26, 1969
Overdose of sleeping pills
Rock and roll singer
 
Brian Jones
February 28, 1942
July 3, 1969
Drowned
Rolling Stones founder, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist
 
Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson
July 4, 1943
September 3, 1970
Barbiturate overdose, sometimes cited as suicide
Lead singer and primary songwriter of Canned Heat
 
Jimi Hendrix
November 27, 1942
September 18, 1970
Asphyxiation (which is disputed)
Electric guitar pioneer, singer and songwriter for The Jimi Hendrix Experience and Band of Gypsys
 
Janis Joplin
January 19, 1943
October 4, 1970
Probable heroin overdose
Front woman and songwriter for Big Brother and the Holding Company, The Kozmic Blues Band and Full Tilt Boogie Band
 
Arlester "Dyke" Christian
June 13, 1943
March 13, 1971
Murdered
Front man & bassist for influential American funk band Dyke & the Blazers
 
Jim Morrison
December 8, 1943
July 3, 1971
No Autopsy, cause of death disputed
Lead singer and lyricist for The Doors
 
Linda Jones
December 14, 1944
March 14, 1972
Diabetes
Soul Singer
 
Les Harvey
September 13, 1944
May 3, 1972
Electrocution
Guitarist for Stone the Crows
 
Ron "Pigpen" McKernan
September 8, 1945
March 8, 1973
Gastrointestinal hemorrhage
Founding member of the Grateful Dead
 
Roger Lee Durham
February 14, 1946
July 27, 1973
Injuries from falling off a horse
Singer and percussionist for R&B group Bloodstone
 
Wallace Yohn
January 12, 1947
August 12, 1974
Plane crash
Organist for jazz rock band Chase
 
Dave "Zander" Alexander
June 3, 1947
February 10, 1975
Pneumonia
Original bassist of influential proto-punk band The Stooges
 
Pete Ham
April 27, 1947
April 24, 1975
Suicide
Singer, guitar player, and songwriter for Badfinger
 
Gary Thain
May 15, 1948
December 15, 1975
Heroin overdose
Former bassist of Uriah Heep and The Keef Hartley Band
 
Cecilia
October 11, 1948
August 2, 1976
Car crash
Spanish singer-songwriter
 
Helmut Köllen
March 2, 1950
May 3, 1977
Carbon monoxide poisoning
Bassist for German prog rock group Triumvirat & solo
 
Chris Bell
January 25, 1951
December 27, 1978
Car crash
Songwriter and guitarist of power pop band Big Star and solo
 
Jacob Miller
May 4, 1952
March 23, 1980
Car crash
Reggae artist and lead singer for Inner Circle
 
D. Boon
April 1, 1958
December 22, 1985
Van crash
Guitarist, songwriter & lead singer of punk band the Minutemen
 
Alexander Bashlachev
May 27, 1960
February 17, 1988
Fall from 9th floor window, most likely suicide
Russian musician, guitarist, and singer-songwriter
 
Jean-Michel Basquiat
December 22, 1960
August 12, 1988
Speedball overdose
Painter and graffiti artist; formed the band Gray
 
Pete de Freitas
August 2, 1961
June 14, 1989
Motorcycle crash
Drummer for Echo & the Bunnymen
 
Mia Zapata
August 8, 1965
July 7, 1993
Murdered
Lead singer of punk band The Gits
 
Kurt Cobain
February 20, 1967
April 5, 1994
Suicide
Founding member, lead singer, guitarist and songwriter for Nirvana
 
Kristen Pfaff
May 26, 1967
June 16, 1994
Heroin overdose
Bass guitarist for Hole and Janitor Joe
 
Richey Edwards
December 22, 1967
February 1, 1995
Disappeared; officially presumed dead November 23, 2008
Lyricist and guitarist for Manic Street Preachers
 
Fat Pat
December 4, 1970
February 3, 1998
Murdered
Rapper and member of Screwed Up Click
 
Freaky Tah
May 14, 1971
March 28, 1999
Murdered
Rapper and member of the Lost Boyz
 
Kami
February 1, 1972
June 21, 1999
Subarachnoid hemorrhage
Drummer for Japanese visual kei rock band Malice Mizer
 
Rodrigo Bueno
May 24, 1973
June 24, 2000
Car crash
Cuarteto singer
 
Sean Patrick McCabe
November 13, 1972
August 28, 2000
Asphyxiation
Lead singer of Ink & Dagger
 
Maria Serrano Serrano
November 26, 1973
November 24, 2001
Plane crash
Background singer for Passion Fruit
 
Jeremy Michael Ward
May 5, 1976
May 25, 2003
Heroin overdose
The Mars Volta and De Facto sound manipulator
 
Bryan Ottoson
March 18, 1978
April 19, 2005
Prescription drug overdose
Guitarist for American Head Charge
 
Valentín Elizalde
February 1, 1979
November 26, 2006
Murdered
Mexican banda singer
 
Amy Winehouse
September 14, 1983
July 23, 2011
Alcohol poisoning
Singer-songwriter
 
Richard Turner
July 30, 1984
August 11, 2011
Heart attack while swimming
Trumpet player, collaborator with Friendly Fires
 
Nicole Bogner
March 22, 1984
January 6, 2012
Unspecified severe sickness
Former lead singer for Australian metal band Visions of Atlantis
 
Soroush "Looloosh" Farazmand
Novemeber 1, 1986
November 11, 2013
Murdered
Guitarist for The Yellow Dogs
 
Monkey Black
July 26, 1986
April 30, 2014
Murdered
Dominican rapper