Hidden Bibliographic Details
Varying Form of Title: | Twenty seven History of the 27 club through the lives of Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, and Amy Winehouse
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ISBN: | 9780306821684 (hc.) 0306821680 (hc.)
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Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary: | A history of the "27 Club" (music stars who died at 27), examining its six most iconic members. Imagine a club that people are dying to get into-- literally! Sounes examines the lives of six musicians and singers who died at the age of 27, plus other music industry figures who died at that age, to discover what-- apart from coincidence-- this phenomenon signifies. He discovers a common story of excess, madness, and self-destruction.
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