here you go miss winehouse...

...your free membership to the 27 club, i hope you will enjoy your stay. oh amy, we all hoped you'd pull through but i guess the iron grip of drink and drugs had you too firmly in it's grasp. i will challenge anybody who says she deserved her fate and the fact that the sad news came on the same day as the tragic attacks in oslo casts no shadow over the impact of a brilliant musician's untimely death. it's a terrible loss to the music industry, the girl knew her shit. rewind 8 years when the nu-indie scene dominated music, amy blew a breath of fresh air through the charts with her first album 'frank'.

the sun, 2011

fast forward a couple and (with the trumpety input of mark ronson) 'back to black' was released which, and i don't say this lightly, in my opinion is one of the best albums of the last ten years. however with this came the beginning of the end. a very new look encompassed a a very new career height. tattoos, a shockingly skinny body and a narcotics addiction just. ruined. everything.

mail online, 2008

anyways, i doubt there's any need for further details. you know what happens at the end of this story. on the 23rd july 2011, aged 27, amy winehouse was found dead in her north london home and joined the notorious "27" club. here's a quick appreciation of the elite membership so far...

in.com, 2011

1943 - 1971 The Doors frontman Jim Morrison. A massive influence on...well...every rock band since the seventies. The three D's, drink, drugs, depression equaled the big O, overdose.

listal.com, 2011

1967 - 1994. this blog is called kurtcouture. if you're reading this i'd expect you to know the story of this guy. nuff said

michaelarnoldart.com, 2011

1943 - 1970. you know you've got it...waaaa aaaah!!!! dead at 27 is what you get from shooting smack. poor janis found out the hard way. absolute fucking waste of a talent.

my sixties love.blogspot.com, 2011

1942 - 1969. "i hope you went out smiling like a child into the cool remnant of a dream" jim morrison's words about the death of rolling stones original brian jones. ironically morrison died two years later on the same date.

rogerogreen.com, 2011

1911 - 1938. musician's who die young are not only linked with rock music. blues great robert johnson also bit the dust at the tender age of 27. details of his death are poorly documented but it's believed he was poisoned.

clashmusic.com, 2010

1942 - 1970. jimi. greatest electric guitar player who ever lived. he became the greatest electric guitar player who ever died aged 27.

so many greats with so many problems in so little time. and with amy winehouse becoming the latest victim we can only speculate as to why 27 has spelt the coincidental end for so much talent. however one thing is obvious, addiction is at the root of the tragedy. a path to self destruction has robbed us of too many special people and in a media obsessed society i suspect this will only worsen. but that's just my opinion...x