Jimi Hendrix, Kurt Cobain, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin and Brian Jones. These are just a few of the musical phenomena’s whose talents were ripped from the world when their lives ended at the age of just 27. The cause? Rock ‘n’ Roll.
In the 60’s, when Rock ‘n’ Roll really took off it was liberating. It stood for everything that wasn’t right, rebelled against society and gave people a voice. More than this, it gave people power. Rockstars were worshipped and everyone craved for a piece of the Rock ‘n’ Roll lifestyle.
The 27 Club consists of more than three-dozen musicians, who were all trapped in the Rock ‘n’ Roll lifestyle and died at 27, hence the title. People could say it was the fear of failure that led these musicians to take their own lives, Kurt Cobain in particular. He died tragically on April 5, 1994 by a gunshot to the head. Strangely this occured at the height of his career and the thought of loosing that could have possibly scared Cobain, making him believe the only way out was suicide. In the suicide note that Cobain left he quoted “it’s better to burn out than to fade away.” Cobain also talked about how performing didn’t feel the same anymore. He says, “The fact is, I can’t fool you, any one of you. It simply isn’t fair to you or me. The worst crime I can think of would be to rip people off by faking it and pretending as if I'm having 100% fun” Music was such a huge of Cobain’s life, he was almost forced into this sad ending.
According to statistics the average age at death of a rockstar is 36 years old, and the average age of death of an American is 78 years old.
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