Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, Kurt Cobain, and Amy Winehouse are some of the many who are a part of the 27 Club. 27 Club is used to refer to famous or well known music artists who have all died at the young age of 27!
Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison coincidentally died between 1969 and 1971 at the same age. In fact, Hendrix died 16 days before Joplin in the 1970s, followed by Morrison in 1971. Only after Morrison’s death did the public come up with the idea of labeling this uncommon coincidence as the 27 Club.
Brian Jones was a multi-instrumentalist of the Rolling Stones but was kicked out of the group because he couldn’t manage his drug intake. He eventually died, but from drowning in a swimming pool. Jimi Hendrix, died from choking on his own vomit due to alcohol and drugs and Janis Joplin died from a synergistic effect of a combination of heroin and alcohol. Jim Morrison died from a heart failure in the bath, claimed to be caused by heroin but there was no autopsy for proof. Kurt Cobain took a shotgun to the head after a heroin binge. One conspiracy claimed he was killed by Courtney Love. Lastly, Amy Winehouse, died in 2011, was found dead in her apartment from what appeared to be the cause of excessive alcohol abuse.
These artists will be remembered throughout time as well as teach us valuable life lessons.
Purple Haze (Jimi Hendrix, 1967)
Want to know more about some of these legendary Rock icons and their music? Join us on the 26th and 27th of April 2013 for ICOM’s Tribute to Classic Rock at KLPac.
Written by: Caitlynn Vidya Savari
