1.Brian Jones A founder member of the Rolling Stones, who reportedly named the band, Brian Jones became a drug abuser, and slowly became less and less important in the band. He played guitar and harmonica, and was called “extremely intelligent” by his band members. However, his drug addiction led to the band asking him to leave in 1969, and Mick Taylor taking his place in the band. Jones was found lying motionless on the bottom of his swimming pool on midnight of July 2nd, 1969, less than a month after leaving The Rolling Stones. He was declared dead on the scene, and a later coroner’s report said his heart and liver and been enlarged with alcohol and drugs at the time of his death.

2. Jimi Hendrix The man Rolling Stone named as the greatest guitarist of all time, Jimi Hendrix, died on September 18, 1970, in London. His death still remains a mystery. His girlfriend, Monika Dannemann, claimed he took 9 of her extremely powerful Vesparax sleeping pills; not reading that the dose was only a half of a pill. The doctor who attended Hendrix, John Bannister, claimed he had died after choking on his own vomit which was mainly red wine. Bannister was later found guilty of two accounts of malpractice for not performing a tracheotomy on Hendrix. A popular conspiracy theory claims that Hendrix’s manager, Mike Jeffrey killed him because the rock star wanted to end his contract.

3. Janis Joplin While never commercially successful, Janis Joplin became famous through her electric live performances, and became the main attraction for Woodstock. Her music career only lasted four years, and in that time she managed to win over millions of fans with her soulful voice and powerful stage presence. She was even known as the “Queen of Rock and Roll” during her career. On October 4th, 1970, she was found dead in her hotel room, of a heroin overdose, coupled with the effects of alcohol. It is believed Joplin had been mistakenly given a much more powerful supply of heroin than normal by her drug dealer. Her legacy continues to live on, as she was named in the top 30 of Rolling Stone’s Top 100 Singers of All Time list.

4. Jim Morrison Was The Doors. The band was famous for their energetic and genius frontman. He still features on lists of the greatest singers of all time. But, like many rock stars, Morrison had drug and alcohol addiction problems. He was once arrested for drunkenly pulling a prank at a football game, and frequently had loud arguments with his long-term companion, Pamela Courson. He never married Courson, although she adopted his last name. His risky lifestyle finally got the best of him on July 3rd, 1971, when he was believed died from a heroin overdose, while in a bathtub in an apartment in Paris. An autopsy was never performed, and his death still cannot be confirmed as an overdose.

5. Kurt Cobain Is the man who started the whole idea of the 27 club in the media. When he committed suicide on April 8th, 1994, using a shotgun, the media linked his death to the deaths of Morrison, Hendrix, and Joplin. In fact, a conspiracy theory claims Cobain timed his death so that he could join the 27 Club. A month before he had shot himself in the head, Cobain’s wife, Courtney Love, had found him overdosed on champagne and Rohypnol. He spent five days in the hospital, and Love later said that it was a suicide attempt. He was well known to be a heroin addict, and also struggled with depression due to the constant spotlight on his life. His death has in time become a warning for all musicians.

6. Amy Winehouse The most recent musician to join the 27 Club, Winehouse won five Grammy Awards in her career, and became famous for her deep, blues voice. Sadly, she was also famous for her drug and alcohol abuse, which overshadowed her talent throughout her career. On July 23rd, 2011, Winehouse was found dead in her home in Camden, London. It was later revealed that she her blood content was five times the legal driving limit and she also had drugs in her body at the time. Her death was officially listed alcohol poisoning. Her parents set up a foundation in her name afterwards, to help those with drug addiction problems.