Star-struck,Struck Stars and Forever 27 Club

Janis Joplin, Kurt Cobain, Jimi Hendrix, Brian Jones, Jim Morrison...Names not only ringing with talent, but ones synonymous with tragedy. They also belong to "The 27 Club", "Club 27" or "Forever 27 Club", an exclusive club that houses only irreplaceable stars that have fallen victim to the "Dead at 27" curse.

For long this curse has followed the greatest prodigies of rock culture and dying at the peak of your career or passing on at 27 having lived your life on the pulse of bleeding guitar riffs, gut-splitting drum solos and enchanting vocals, would automatically earn you a nice spot in "Club 27".

Freaky Tah, though, of Legendary Hip Hop group "Lost Boyz" also died at the Rock Star age of 27. Hip Hop fans and Emcees alike, all over the world, suffered a huge uppercut in waking to such news.

12 Years later, just when we think we can debunk the Myth, on the other side of the world Saturn Returns and scoops Amy Winehouse...Another legend gone too soon!!!!

A friend of mine felt like crying at the thought of her being gone...Couldn't and still can't believe it...Like she lost a friend. She then understood how I felt when I caught sight of  "Zim Ngqawana dies at 52". It's an over-whelming sense of loss as if you personally knew the person and when you look at "Club 27", they were people that were so honest, open and human with their music that you can't help but feel broken. You feel even closer to them because they(away from their rockstar titles)are/were such poignant people and for someone to just expose that side of theirs is/was more sincere...Like a friend.

So I say cheers to friends. Those who were there in the beginning, who are still here physically and in spirit. I dedicate the only song that was looping in my mind as I wrote this. "Crazy" by Aerosmith
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