'''Klub 27''' refererer til en samling af kendte såvel som ukendte musikere, der entendum efter at have levet efter devisen 'lev stærkt, dø ung', eller som følge af [[drab]] eller [[selvmord]] døde i en alder af 27 år. <ref name="BBC2">{{cite web|title=After Nirvan' Show airs on Saturday 3rd April 2100 – 2200|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/r2music/documentaries/nirvana_27.shtml|work=BBC|accessdate=August 29, 2011}}</ref> Antallet af musikere der er afgået ved døden i denne alder og de mystiske omstændigheder ved mange af disse dødsfald har givet næring til en myte om, at der er en unaturlignaturlig baggrundbadgrund for berømte musikeresheldig død i netop denne alder. <ref>{{cite web|last=Weiss|first=David|title=Amy Winehouse & The 27 Club|url=http://play.lifegoesstrong.com/amy-winehouse-27-club|work=Life Goes Strong|accessdate=August 18, 2011}}</ref> Denne "klub" nævneshund ofte i musiklitteraturen og af og til i dagspressen. Adskillige dokumentarer, såvel som [[roman]]er, [[film]] og [[teater]]stykker omhandler dette fænomen.<ref name="history-of-the-27-club-book">{{cite web|title=27: A History of the 27 Club through the Lives of Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, and Amy Winehouse|url=http://www.amazon.com/27-History-through-Morrison-Winehouse/dp/0306821680}}</ref><ref name="the-27-club-book">{{cite web|title=The 27 Club: Why Age 27 Is Important|url=http://www.amazon.com/27-Club-Why-Age-Important/dp/0473206846}}</ref><ref name="the-27s">{{cite web|title=The 27s: The Greatest Myth of Rock & Roll|url=http://www.amazon.com/27s-Greatest-Myth-Rock-Roll/dp/0615189644}}</ref><ref name="curse-of-27-book">{{cite web|title=The Curse of 27: They Have Three Things in Common. Talent, Fame... and a Tragic Death at the Age of 27. the 27 Club. Forever 27.|url=http://www.amazon.com/Curse-27-Things-Common-Forever/dp/1907823220}}</ref><ref name="27-club-movie">{{cite web|title=The 27 Club (Movie)|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0906783/}}</ref> [[Charles R. Cross]], som har udgivet biografier om [[Kurt Cobain]] og [[Jimi Hendrix]] skriver således:
:"The number of musicians who died at 27 is truly remarkable by any standard. [Although] humans die regularly at all ages, there is a statistical spike for musicians who die at 27."<ref name="cross-seattlepi">{{cite web |url= http://www.seattlepi.com/writers/304767_writer23.html |title= P-I's Writer in Residence Charles R. Cross explores the darker side of 'only the good die young' | publisher = [[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]] | date = February 22, 2007 | author = Charles R. Cross | accessdate =September 18, 2010}}</ref>
