Forever 27 Club

Musicians usually included in the 27 Club (Source: Beersting )

There are a lot of mysteries which are part of the complicated music world, and one of those is the 27 Club. What is it? Let me explain you.

I am sure that at least one time in your life you have listened Smells Like Teen Spirit and heard about the Kurt Cobain's sad suicide by gunshot, or Rehab by Amy Winehouse and her alcohol addiction.

Well, both of them are part of this famous group called the "27 Club". But, when did this group start and why?

Although artists like Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin also died at 27 it was not until the death of Kurt Cobain when his mother sentenced in an interview in The Daily World: "Now he’s gone and joined that stupid club. I told him not to join that stupid club.” (Source: Wikipedia ) when the people began to call this group of musicians "27 Club". Some experts as Charles R. Cross say that "The number of musicians who died at 27 is truly remarkable by any standard. [Although] humans die regularly at all ages, there is a statistical spike for musicians who die at 27"(source: Wikipedia)

Here appears again the mystery of the great world of music, why at age 27?

L-R] Brian Jones, Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Kurt Cobain (Source: BeerSting)

The next question is: Who belongs to this curious group?

There are many artists who belongs to this group and there are many reasons why these artists died, there is only  one common factor: they all died at 27.

Some of them are:

• Brian Jones (The Rolling Stones)
• Jimi Hendrix
• Janis Joplin 
• Jim Morrison (The Doors)

The mystery remains unsolved, in fact only raises more questions, one of them is: Who will be next?

Loreto Sesma Gotor.
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