The 27 Club: Death of a Rockstar (Infographic)
By aaronpylinski
There is some debate as to the criterion used to include musicians who died at the age of 27 in “The 27 Club”. The impetus for the informal club’s creation were the deaths of a seemingly unusual number of 27-year-old musicians in a two-year period of time. The list includes (but is not limited to): Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, and Kurt Cobain. While rockstardom is cool, death by asphyxiating on your own vomit isn’t. If you’re going to overdo it, at least make sure you have term life insurance for those you’ll leave behind.
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Source: Term Life Insurance Blog
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Monday, September 27, 2010 3:59PM
This poster needs Robert Johnson, he was the father of the blues who sold his soul to the devil and STARTED THE 27 CLUB. The whole folklore of the 27 club is that when Johnson sold his soul the consequence was that he and his greatest progenies were cursed to die at 27. I like the poster though even if Morrison's face is a bit fucked
Tuesday, September 28, 2010 12:52AM
Ron "Pigpen" McKernan is ALWAYS left out of this list….WTF
Tuesday, September 28, 2010 6:36AM
Never thought about it that way before, makes sense.
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Tuesday, September 28, 2010 7:26AM
thanks for drawing kurt cobain wearing a fucking crucifix.. might as well draw jim morrison wearing a clerical collar.. cause you know that's what he was way into.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010 5:00PM
Did you just paste Kurt's head onto a second drawing of Morrison's body?
Friday, October 1, 2010 11:20AM
Funny stuff – My girlfriend gave me The 27s last year for Christmas. By far the coolest thing I've read or seen on the 27 club. Haven't seen the movie – worth seeing?
Sunday, April 8, 2012 10:51PM
interesting facts about 27, my uncle died in a 27 he was in a rock band in my country