27

In the words of Ray, very interesting and very sad at the same time. The Doors were a group that was before it’s time.

This was a very well researched and written account of rock's main stars who died at the age of 27. I have read many books about all of them and I thought I knew just about everything there is to know about each of them, but I was wrong. I was pleased to read the many details in this book that I had never known before. I think this book is one of the more truthful books you will find. The author really did his homework and provides his sources at the end of the book, along with a long list of other musicians who also died at the age of 27! If you're into rock star biographies, this book is for you!

An interesting and accurate take on the alleged 27 Club and its members. Clear, concise writing that kept me interested.

My dust jacket was a copy very poor paper quality.

It’s been a while since I’ve read this book but boy did I love it! RIP to all of these musicians who died at the age of 27.

A MUST read

My biggest challenge with this book is that a few of the members of the 27 club (Morison, Jones, Hendrix) I'd already read full books about and so the cursory histories provided here were redundant for me. Others (Joplin and Cobain) I haven't and so these brief biographies felt insufficient. And the final member (Winehouse) I just didn't feel as if she belonged. In fact I felt at times that Sounes was basically writing a biography of Amy Winehouse yet didn't have enough material and so chose to weave in these other (more important) rock stars as a way of stretching a magazine-article length story into a book (along with somehow validating his theory that Winehouse belongs in this elite category).Overall I was satisfied with this quick read but not blown away by it.

havn't finished yet but recommend 2 avid readers who want to revisit history some information not known about but to all of us who evolve around music known facts are a turned page in history

Gibt tollen Überblick über das Leben der berühmten 27er. Ein Punkt Abzug, da es meiner Meinung nach nicht ganz so fesselnd geschrieben ist wie diverse andere Biographien. Trotzdem durchaus spannende und unterhaltsame Anekdoten.

unfortunately not the one I was looking for only prioritises select artists not sellers fault but I will keep searching..