The Forever 27 Club, Rock Stars Who Died at 27 Years Old

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

10. Peter Ham: Keyboardist and singer from Badfinger, hanged himself.

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