Amy Winehouse Becomes Most Recent Member of 27 Club
Submitted on July 30, 2011
By Kristen Gwynne - AlterNet
For rebellious teens and fans to whom rock stars offer a sense of belonging and righteousness denied by our parents -- and adults in general -- the Twenty-Sevens never grew old enough to move away from the edge. Instead, they hurled themselves over it, and their permanent youth is (perhaps creepily) comforting, especially to those for whom rock and roll is a lone sign of hope that we are not all doomed to be dull, that the mainstream fueling our angst is not the only future.
