Mix Mistress Aliceđź’„Feb 8, 2025

"Across the seven decades studied, popular musicians’ lifespans were up to 25 years shorter than the comparable US population. Accidental death rates were between five and 10 times greater. Suicide rates were between two and seven times greater; and homicide rates were up to eight times greater than the US population.
This is clear evidence that all is not well in pop music land."—Dianna Theadora Kenny

Stairway To Hell: Life And Death In The Pop Music Industry >

https://theconversation.com/stairway-to-hell-life-and-death-in-the-pop-music-industry-32735

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Stairway to hell: life and death in the pop music industry

Art is a cry of distress from those who live out within themselves the destiny of humanity … Inside them turns the movement of the world; only an echo of it leaks out – the work of art Arnold Schoenberg…

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Show threadMix Mistress Aliceđź’„Feb 8, 2025

"While the actual numbers of pop musician deaths don’t show a spike in deaths at age 27 and hence do not support the 27 Club, there appear to be qualities shared by the 27-ers that stand them apart from many other deceased young pop musicians, which may go some way to understanding how this club entered the pop culture psyche.
These qualities include exceptional talent, the contribution of groundbreaking innovations in their musical genre, intense psychological pain, a squalid death at their peak, and immortalisation – each of “the tragic six” has become a cult figure."—Dianna Theadora Kenny

The 27 Club is a Myth: 56 is the Bum Note for Musicians >

https://theconversation.com/the-27-club-is-a-myth-56-is-the-bum-note-for-musicians-33586

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The 27 Club is a myth: 56 is the bum note for musicians

I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member. – Groucho Marx Now he’s gone and joined that stupid club. I told him not to … – Kurt Cobain’s mother upon hearing of the death of her son What…

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"Do all popular musicians live hard and fast, take risks and die young?
Many musicians from younger genres – Rock, Electronic, Punk, Metal, Rap, and Hip-Hop – appear unlikely to live long enough to acquire the illnesses of middle and old age."—Dianna Theadora Kenny

Music to Die For: How Genre Affects Popular Musicians’ Life Expectancy >

https://theconversation.com/music-to-die-for-how-genre-affects-popular-musicians-life-expectancy-36660

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Music to die for: how genre affects popular musicians’ life expectancy

We all know the rock adage of “live fast, die young” but is membership of different music genres associated with different risks of early death and different causes of death? Surprisingly, yes …

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