"White lighter myth The white lighter myth or white lighter curse is an urban legend based on the 27 Club in which it is claimed several musicians and artists died while in possession of a white lighter, causing white lighters to be attributed to bad fortune. The myth is primarily based on the deaths of Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Patrick Hafner, Jim Morrison and Kurt Cobain. The myth has been integrated with cannabis culture. In 2017, Snopes.com published an article discrediting the theory, noting that Bic did not begin producing white disposable lighters until several years after the deaths of"
"intentionally timed his death so he could join the 27 Club"". In 2011, seventeen years after Cobain's death, Amy Winehouse died at the age of 27, prompting a renewed swell of media attention devoted to the club once again. Three years earlier, she had expressed a fear of dying at that age. An individual does not necessarily have to be a musician to qualify as a member of the 27 Club. ""Rolling Stone"" included television actor Jonathan Brandis, who committed suicide in 2003, in a list of ""members"" of the 27 Club. Anton Yelchin, who had played in a punk"
"risk is not limited to age 27"". The ""club"" has been repeatedly cited in music magazines, journals and the daily press. Several exhibitions have been devoted to the idea, as well as novels, films and stage plays. There have been many different theories and speculations about the causes of such early deaths and their possible connections. Cobain and Hendrix biographer Charles R. Cross wrote, four years before the ""BMJ"" study was published, ""The number of musicians who died at 27 is truly remarkable by any standard. [Although] humans die regularly at all ages, there is a statistical spike for musicians"
"in Brazil as on the Asian island."" Hobsbawm writes on Post-war modernist art practice: Hobsbawm also comments on popular culture, a subject he has left alone in other books. He writes, ""Buddy Holly, Janis Joplin, Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones, Bob Marley, Jimi Hendrix and a number of other popular divinities fell victim of a life-style designed for early death. What made such deaths symbolic was that youth, which they represented, was impermanent by definition."" Of these, Joplin's and Hendrix's deaths were drug-related; Jones's may have been (the coroner's verdict was ""death by misadventure""; there has been much controversy"
"the age of 27. A 2015 article in ""The Independent"" also provided statistical evidence that popular musicians are not more likely to die at the age of 27. 27 Club The 27 Club is a group consisting mostly of popular musicians, artists, or actors who died at age 27. It originated with a claimed ""statistical spike"" for the death of musicians at that age, but this has been repeatedly disproved by research. It remains a cultural meme, documenting the deaths of celebrities, some noted for their high-risk lifestyles. Names are often put forward for inclusion, but because the club is"
"27 Club The 27 Club is a group consisting mostly of popular musicians, artists, or actors who died at age 27. It originated with a claimed ""statistical spike"" for the death of musicians at that age, but this has been repeatedly disproved by research. It remains a cultural meme, documenting the deaths of celebrities, some noted for their high-risk lifestyles. Names are often put forward for inclusion, but because the club is entirely notional, there is no official membership. The 27 Club includes popular musicians, artists, actors and athletes who have died at age 27, often as a result of"
"Cobain's mother, Wendy Fradenburg Cobain O'Connor, made in the Aberdeen, Washington, newspaper ""The Daily World""—""Now he's gone and joined that stupid club. I told him not to join that stupid club.""—referred to Hendrix, Joplin, and Morrison dying at the same age, according to Cross. Other authors share his view. On the other hand, Eric Segalstad, writer of """", assumed that Cobain's mother referred to the death of his two uncles and his great-uncle, all of whom had also committed suicide. According to Cross, the events have led a ""set of conspiracy theorists [to suggest] the absurd notion that Kurt Cobain"
"figures. Some groups, such as the Jimi Hendrix Experience and Cream, broke up. Hendrix died in London in September 1970, shortly after recording ""Band of Gypsys"" (1970), Janis Joplin died of a heroin overdose in October 1970 and they were closely followed by Jim Morrison of the Doors, who died in Paris in July 1971. By this point, many surviving acts had moved away from psychedelia into either more back-to-basics ""roots rock"", traditional-based, pastoral or whimsical folk, the wider experimentation of progressive rock, or riff-based heavy rock. Following the lead of Hendrix in rock, psychedelia began to influence African American"
"Club-member deaths of Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison. Although some amount of drug use remained common among rock musicians, a greater respect for the dangers of drug consumption was observed, and many anti-drug songs became part of the rock lexicon, notably ""The Needle and the Damage Done"" by Neil Young (1972). Many rock musicians, including John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan, Jerry Garcia, Stevie Nicks, Jimmy Page, Keith Richards, Bon Scott, Eric Clapton, Pete Townshend, Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Steven Tyler, Scott Weiland, Sly Stone, Madonna, Ozzy Osbourne, Mötley Crüe, Layne Staley, Kurt Cobain, Courtney Love,"
"Morrison was also well known for improvising spoken word poetry passages while the band played live. Morrison was ranked #47 on ""Rolling Stone""s list of the ""100 Greatest Singers of All Time"", and number 22 on ""Classic Rock"" magazine's ""50 Greatest Singers in Rock."" Ray Manzarek, who co-founded the Doors with him, said Morrison ""embodied hippie counterculture rebellion."" Morrison developed an alcohol dependency during the 1960s, which at times affected his performances on stage. He died unexpectedly at the age of 27 in Paris. As no autopsy was performed, the cause of Morrison's death remains unknown. James Douglas Morrison was"
"of 73. On November 29, 2001, George Harrison – an English musician best known of the guitarist of the Beatles died of lung cancer at the age of 58. Innovator, inventor, performer and guitar virtuoso Les Paul also died on August 12, 2009, at the age of 94. In 2002, Robbie Williams signed a record-breaking £80 million contract with EMI. So far it is the biggest music deal in British history. In Alternative rock, the garage rock revival and Post-punk revival entered the mainstream, with bands such as The Strokes, Interpol, The Killers, Arctic Monkeys and The White Stripes seeing"
"William Mizell (Jam Master Jay) of the hip hop group Run-D.M.C was shot and killed in a Merrick Boulevard recording studio in Jamaica, Queens. On December 25, 2006, James Brown – an American recording artist known as the ""Godfather of Soul"" died of pneumonia at the age of 73. On September 12, 2003, Johnny Cash – an American musician known as the ""Man in Black"" died of diabetes at the age of 71. On June 10, 2004, Ray Charles – an American musician best known as one of the pioneers of soul music died of liver failure at the age"
"guitarist Jimi Hendrix, which was released after Hendrix's death on the album ""Nine to the Universe"". In March 1978 he checked into the hospital for stomach pains. He died there on March 30, 1978, while being treated for what is said to be pneumonia. However, the actual cause of his death is unclear. With Joe Chambers With Miles Davis With Jimmy Forrest With Grant Green With Etta Jones With Gildo Mahones With John McLaughlin With Pony Poindexter and Booker Ervin With Woody Shaw With Thornel Schwartz With Buddy Terry With The Tony Williams Lifetime With Love Cry Want Larry Young"
"a received, mediated memory"". However, ""this involved not simply the utopian but also the dystopian and that while festivals such as those held at Monterey and Woodstock might appear to embrace the former, the deaths of such iconic figures as Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison and Janis Joplin, the nihilistic mayhem at Altamont, and the shadowy figure of Charles Manson cast a darker light on its underlying agenda, one that reminds us that ‘pathological issues [are] still very much at large in today's world"". The counterculture of the 1960s and early 1970s generated its own unique brand of notable"
"much between the group's many songs, and some records feature complex meanings beyond being just 'anti-drugs' or 'pro-drugs'. For example, 1965's ""Day Tripper"" focuses lyrically on criticizing a woman who's ""taking the easy way out"" of her life's troubles and is ""a big teaser"" while musically being an upbeat, poppy track. Songwriters John Lennon and Paul McCartney later commented that the record criticized ""weekend hippies"" from their then position of being ""full-time trippers"" committed to using drugs experimentally. Eventually, however, the deaths of prominent musical artists such as Jimi Hendrix, Brian Jones, Janis Joplin, and Jim Morrison, all of which"
"late 1960s and early 1970s. Johnny Jones died on October 14, 2009, at age 73. Johnny Jones and the King Casuals Johnny Jones and the King Casuals were a Nashville, Tennessee, rhythm and blues group active in the 1960s. They were regular performers at the North Nashville club district, Printer's Alley clubs, as well as often serving as the house band for the local television program, ""Night Train"". The band, which was originally named 'The King Kasuals', was founded in 1962 by Jimi Hendrix and bassist Billy Cox in Clarksville, Tennessee, United States, after the two were discharged from the"
"of alcohol and barbiturates found in her blood. Ostensibly, she was in Rome to patch up her marriage. She died within the same 12-month period as Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Edie Sedgwick and, as noted, Jim Morrison, other cultural icons of the 1960s. Her friend Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones, with whom she had spent time in Marrakesh, had predeceased Hendrix by a little over a year. Talitha Getty Talitha Getty (18 October 1940 – 11 July 1971) was an actress and model of Dutch extraction, born in the former Dutch East Indies, who was regarded as a style"
"television on the Nirvana front-man, Kurt Cobain. The film experienced wide success in television worldwide as well as in Home Entertainment, especially in America, England, France and Japan.[1] The Classic Artists Series, followed with 8 Episodes beginning with the band Cream, and later chronicling the careers of The Moody Blues, Yes, Jethro Tull, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, and Bad Company (which also featured on CLASSIC ROCK magazine as a special edit). The Classic Artists Series was released on TV and DVD worldwide and continues to be highly revered and known for its timeless reference to those artists that sadly continue"
"for many years and influenced a number of popular spin-off acts and subgenres across the world. Pearl Jam has recorded five #1 albums featured on the Billboard Top 200 between 1993 and 2013, including ""Vs."" (1993), and also had a #2 Hot 100 hit with their cover of ""Last Kiss"" in 1999. Nirvana (Kurt Cobain died in 1994) had four #1 albums, Alice in Chains (Layne Staley died in 2002) had two, including ""Jar of Flies"" (1994), and Soundgarden (Chris Cornell died in 2017. Guitarist Kim Thayil graduated from the University of Washington in Seattle) had one, ""Superunknown"" (1994). Later"
"called ""One Step Beyond"". This performance has been released as ""Psychotic Reunion LIVE!"". The song ""Psychotic Reaction"" can be heard playing on the jukebox in an early scene in Wim Wenders' film ""Alice in the Cities"" (1974) and in the party scene in ""The Sense of an Ending"" (2017). It can also be heard on the season one finale of the HBO drama series ""Vinyl"". Craig Atkinson died on October 13, 1998 and John ""Sean"" Byrne died on December 15, 2008 at 61 from cirrhosis of the liver. Roy Chaney formed a new band in the 1990s called The Count"
"fashion."" According to Keith Caulfield, chart manager for ""Billboard"", ""Because of Amy, or the lack thereof, the marketplace was able to get singers like Adele, Estelle and Duffy,"" ""Now those ladies have brought on the new ones, like Eliza Doolittle, Rumer and Ellie."" After the singer's death by alcohol intoxication in July 2011, the Amy Winehouse Foundation was set up by Winehouse's family and launched on 14 September 2011 (which would have been Winehouse's 28th birthday). Its aim is to help young people and it works with other charitable organisations to provide frontline support. Its central office is in North"
"George Burns, Johnny Carson, Billy Crystal, Sammy Davis, Jr., Judy Garland, Bob Hope, Al Jolson, Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin, Stan Lee, the Marx Brothers, and Frank Sinatra, among many others. Like the New York club, for many years the Friars Club of Beverly Hills was known for its celebrity members and ""roasts"". From the summer of 1962 to the summer of 1966, John Roselli, Maurice Friedman, Manuel Jacobs, and others rigged high stake gin rummy games at the Friars Club. Over that period, the conspirators earned an estimated $400,000 in profits, and six defendants were ultimately convicted on various charges."
"essential"" and ""it sheds absolutely no new light on the guitarist's enduring legend"". Hendrix biographer Keith Shadwick wrote: Most of the releases of the Scene club jam use the following track names in the following order: Bleeding Heart (album) Bleeding Heart is one of several names given to albums of a 1968 jam session with Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, and others. The albums were fashioned from an informal two-track tape recording made by Hendrix that was subsequently stolen from his apartment. The jam took place at the Scene club in New York City and various dates and participants have been"
"the replacement was instigated by Britain's MI5 out of concern for the severe distress McCartney's death would cause the Beatles' audience.<ref name=""Shivani/Dawn""></ref> In this latter telling, the surviving Beatles were said to be wracked by guilt at their duplicity, and therefore left messages in their music and album artwork to communicate the truth to their fans. Hundreds of supposed clues to McCartney's death have been reported by fans and followers of the legend. These include messages perceived when listening to a song being played backwards and symbolic interpretations of both lyrics and album cover imagery. One frequently cited example is"
"Summer, Donn Thomas, Gábor Szabó, Gene Van Buren, Harvey Mason, Herbie Hancock, Hiroshima, Irene Cara, The Jacksons, James Ingram, John Mellencamp, Karen Carpenter, Kent Jordan, Kenny Loggins, Lee Ritenour, Leon Haywood, Lesley Gore, Makoto Izumitani, Natalie Cole, Patti Austin, Paul McCartney, Peabo Bryson, Peggy Lee, Phil Collins, Pointer Sisters, Randy Badazz, Rene & Angela, The Ritz, Rufus, Sérgio Mendes, Side Effect, Sister Sledge, Stevie Nicks, Stevie Wonder, Sweet Comfort Band, Temptations, Toshiki Kadomatsu, and Vanity 6. Louis Johnson died on May 21, 2015 at the age of 60. The cause of death was gastrointestinal bleeding of the esophagus. Louis Johnson"
"journey, and weaves the lives of Robert Johnson, Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain and more than two-dozen other musicians into a narrative. Josh Hunter told ""The Huffington Post"" that, ""The artwork tells its own story as well. There are these other layers, these hidden symbols and cryptic messages that, if you're alert to them, you're going to find we're packing-in as well."" In addition, ""The 27s"" feature twenty-two original portraits. The book's creators gave an example on how the art added more to the story in an interview with WNEW: ""We wanted visual stimulation. The"
"achieved sporadic interest. Concept albums in which drug references existed within song after song such as ""Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"" (also by The Beatles) and ""Tommy"" (by The Who) became popular, and the broader counterculture itself evolved in different, changing ways as the sixties went on. Drugs became much more common and easier to obtain in terms of mass production, and other, even newer subgenres of music such as acid rock picked up acclaim due to efforts by groups such as Cream (band), Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Doors, and the Grateful Dead. Mass media evolved to the point"
"simultaneously appear on the UK singles chart, with eight. A coroner's inquest reached a verdict of misadventure. The report released on 26 October 2011 explained that Winehouse's blood alcohol content was 416 per 100 (0.416%) at the time of her death, more than five times the legal drink-drive limit. According to the coroner, ""The unintended consequences of such potentially fatal levels was her sudden death."" Winehouse's record label, Universal Republic, released a statement that read in part: ""We are deeply saddened at the sudden loss of such a gifted musician, artist and performer."" Many musical artists have since paid tribute"
"50 recordings chosen by the Library of Congress in recognition of its cultural significance to be added to the National Recording Registry. Writer and archivist Reuben Jackson of the Smithsonian Institution wrote: ""it's still a landmark recording because it is of the rock, R&B, blues ... musical tradition. It altered the syntax of the music ... in a way I compare to James Joyce's ""Ulysses""."" By May 1966, Jimi Hendrix was struggling to earn a living playing the R&B circuit as a back-up guitarist. During a performance at one of New York City's most popular nightspots, the Cheetah Club, he"
"statue of Cornell was placed at Seattle Center in 2018. Music journalists noted apparently coincidental relationships between Cornell's suicide and those of two other rock singers, one in the past and another shortly afterward, who also hanged themselves. Theodore Decker of the ""Columbus Dispatch"", the daily newspaper in Columbus, Ohio, where Cornell was due to play his next show, noted that Ian Curtis, the lead singer of the British post-punk band, Joy Division, whom Cornell had said in a 1994 ""Rolling Stone"" interview was popular with the members of Soundgarden, took his life on May 18, 1980, exactly 37 years"
"of the road. The pole fell and killed him instantly. His death at the age of 27 earned him a place in the infamous 27 Club. His funeral was held the next day, December 28, the birthday of former band mate Alex Chilton. Bell's music and that of Big Star became popular with alternative rock musicians in the 1980s through word of mouth. Eventually, well known artists including R.E.M., Ian Moore, Teenage Fanclub, and The Replacements began touting the recordings of Big Star as significant works. This Mortal Coil, which had earlier recorded versions of post-Chris Bell Big Star songs,"
"1959. Then in April 1960, while touring with Gene Vincent in the UK, their taxi crashed into a concrete lamp post, killing Eddie at the young age of 21. The grim coincidence in this all was that his posthumous UK number-one hit was called ""Three Steps to Heaven"". Rockabilly music enjoyed great popularity in the United States during 1956 and 1957, but radio play declined after 1960. Factors contributing to this decline are usually cited as the 1959 death of Buddy Holly in an airplane crash (along with Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper), the induction of Elvis Presley into"
"at the time was already in progress. Justifying his decision, Goldman stated he intended the property to act as a Joy Division museum, and as a digital hub to support musicians and other artists worldwide. Ian Curtis Ian Kevin Curtis (15 July 1956 – 18 May 1980) was an English singer-songwriter and musician. He was the lead singer and lyricist of the post-punk band Joy Division. Joy Division released their debut album, ""Unknown Pleasures"", in 1979 and recorded their follow-up, ""Closer"", in 1980. Curtis, who suffered from epilepsy and depression, took his own life on 18 May 1980, on the"