On July 23, 2011 Amy Winehouse became the latest member of the 27 Club. Her very public battles with substance abuse often overshadowed her distinctive, sultry voice and mesmerizing performances. Amy’s tale–peppered with notes of tragedy and unfulfilled...
Conspiracy theories have always been an integral part of the 27 Club’s mythology. Was Robert Johnson poisoned by a jealous rival? Did Brian Jones drown in his own swimming pool, or was he murdered? Just the idea of the Club itself is a search for hidden...
Every member of the 27 Club left behind a timeless body of music, but some inspired even more important legacies. Mia Zapata has influenced many women to follow their rock-n-roll dreams, but her violent, tragic death led to the creation of Home Alive, a self-defense...
Brian Jones has the unfortunate honor of being overshadowed by his fellow rock-n-rollers, both in life and death. After founding the Rolling Stones, Jones gradually lost influence to Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, finally leaving the band shortly before his death on...
August 18, 1969–the final hours of The Woodstock Music and Arts Fair. Rain delays had caused “Three Days of Peace and Music”to bleed into the early morning of the fourth day. The crowd was tired, dirty, and had dwindled from an estimated 400,000 to...
1969 to 1971 was a rough few years for Rock & Roll. In that short span, we lost Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison. Though they left behind a timeless musical legacy, their deaths also gave rise to another legend that still endures. The...
The idea of the 27 Club–a legend that young rock-stars are more likely to die at age 27–originated decades ago, but many credit the suicide of Nirvana front-man Kurt Cobain with bringing the concept into mainstream consciousness. Cobain has become the...
The front man (or woman) stands in the spotlight, but it’s the bass line that holds a band together. That’s why we’re paying tribute to Kristen Pfaff, who joined the 27 Club on June 16, 1994. Trained in piano and cello, Kristen taught herself how to...
As the band unloads the gear for Special Edition: NYC, it’s time to announce ANOTHER special edition—-make that a “Rock Hard” edition! For the past several months, Red Stylo has been crooning about 27: A Comic Anthology, the latest and greatest hit in our annual...