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The Musicians Who Died in Their 27s
Robert Johnson , a
famous song writer and singer, who died in 16 August 1938 started the 'Death
Chain 27'.There are 28 legendary musicians and artists in their genres and their
common point is; they died in their 27s.Bad habits caused some of this
deaths, some of them were dead because of their unfortunate destiny...So who
are they ? Let's take a look and learn;
1)Jim Morrison: A famous rock singer.Founder of the
legendary band 'The Doors'.
Cause of Death:Heart Attack
2)Brian Jones:One of the founder member and lead guitar of
'Rolling Stones'
Cause of
Death:Smothered in swimming pool
3)Jimi Hendrix:World's best guitar player,and founder of
'The Jimi Hendrix Experience'
Cause of
Death:Alcohol and excessive dose sleeping pills
4)Janis Joplin:A famous singer
Cause of
Death:Excessive dose heroin
5)Kurt Cobain:Lead vocal and
lead guitar of the band 'Nirvana'
Cause of Death:Killed
himself with a shotgun
6)Alexander Baschlachev:Russian songwriter and poet
Cause of Death:Killed himself jumping from his house
7)Pete de Freitas:Drummer of 'Echo&And The Bunnymen'
Cause of Death:Motorcyle accident
8)Chris Bell:American singer,songwriter and musician
Cause of Death:Car accident
9)Kristen Pfaff:Bassist of the band 'Hole'
Cause of Death:Accidently excessive dose heroin
10)Jeremy Michael Ward:
was the sound technician and vocal operator for 'The Mars Volta'
Cause of Death:Excessive dose heroin
11)Basquiat: An American artist
Cause of Death:Excessive dose heroin
12)Bryan Ottoson:Lead guitar of the band 'American Head
Charge'
Cause of Death:Excessive dose drugs
13)Dickie Pride:A British Rock and Roll singer
Cause of Death:Excessive dose sleeping pill
14)Arlester 'Dyke'
Christian:Founder of the band 'Dyke And The Blazers'
Cause of Death:Gun shooting
15)Mia Zapta:Lead vocal of the band 'The Gits'
Cause of Death:Murdered
16)Jesse Belvin:An American R&B Singer
Cause of Death:Car accident
17)Linda Jones:An American
soul singer
Cause of Death:Candy coma
18)Alan Blind Owl Wilson:Leader,singer and primary composer
of the band 'Canned Heat'
Cause of Death:Killed himself with excessive dose drugs
19)Ron McKernan:Founder member of the band 'Greatful Dead'
Cause of Death:Bleeding in digestive system due to
alcoholism
20)Valentine Elizalde:A Mexican songwriter
Cause of Death:Murdered
21)Peter Ham:Songwriter and the guitarist of the band
'Badfinger'
Cause of Death:Killed himself
22)Rudy Lewis:An American blues and rythm singer
Cause of Death:Excessive dose drugs
23)Robert Jonshon:An American blues singer and musician
Cause of Death:Claiming killed with poisoning
24)D.Boon:Guitarist and vocalist of the band 'Minuteman'
Cause of Death:Traffic accident
25)Jacob Miller:A Jamaican reggea artist
Cause of Death:Traffic accident
26)Sean Patrick McCabbe:Vocalist of the band
'Ink&Dagger'
Cause of Death:Excessive alcohol
27)Gry Thain:Bassist of the band 'Uriah Heep'
Cause of Death:Excessive dose drugs
28)Amy Winehouse:A British rock singer
Cause of Death:Alcohol Poisoning
As we see there are many people who had scarred in music
world, they were talented and some of them had bad habits or an unfortunate
destiny but we must judge them with their achievements not with their bad
habits.If Kurt Cobain did not not kill
himself world may have more songs like ; Smells Like Teen Spirit,if Jim Morrison did not have a
heart attack we could have more songs like ; Love Her Madly and if Jimi Hendrix did not take this
sleeping pills everyday we could say Hey Joe more...
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They betrayed their talent and gifts from God. They are guilty because they deprived us from their magnificent art :(
ReplyDeleteAmy Winehouse was not a "rock" singer. Her genre was soul/jazz/R&B.
ReplyDeleteWhy 27?
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