The Cultural Phenomenon of the 27 Club which dates back to 1892 when the “first” unfortunate talented mortal died at the age of 27, Alexandre Levy (January 17th 1892, Cause of death not recorded) who was a Pianist & Composer.
The Club grew and so did the mystery and the conspiracy stories, by the time it got to Jimi Hendrix in 1970 the club had grown to 14, all died at the age of 27.
Why do Firevolt Rock festival use aspects of the 27 Club and who is Voltairre and what is she to do with the 27 Club?
The connection is purely fictional, when Stret & Bev created the festival they were looking for a mascot/character to be recognisable with the festival, Stret remembered a very vivid event that happened to him when he was just 16
When Bev & I started to discuss a Character for the festival, I remembered that girl with the pole on fire behind her as Slade blew everyone away. We named her ‘Voltairre’ after sketching some images of which she had a lance that lighting volts shot out of…….weirdly we had to change the name of the festival and FireVOLT fitted perfectly!
For us, its again fictional that “Voltairre” is going round killing talented Rock n Rollers to put in her 27 Club but what we do know is……something weird is going on there
Better To Burn Out Than Fade Away……..
#4 Robert Johnson
16.8.1938 I Drugged Him
#11 Brian Jones (The Rolling Stones)
3.7.1968 I Drowned Him
#12 Alan Wilson (Canned Heat)
3.9.1970 I Drugged Him
#13 Jimi Hendrix (The Jimi Hendrix Experience)
18.9.1970 I Drugged Him
#14 Janis Joplin
14.10.1970 I Drugged Her
#16 Jim Morrison (The Doors)
3.7.1971 I Stopped His Heart
#18 Ron McKernan (The Grateful Dead)
8.3.1973 I Gave Him Internal Bleeding
#21 Dave Alexander (The Stooges)
10.2.1975 I Put Fluid Into His Lungs
#22 Peter Ham (Badfinger)
24.4.1975 I Hung Him
#23 Gary Thain (Uriah Heep)
8.12.1975 I Drugged Him
#25 Helmut Kollen (Triumvirat)
3.5.1977 I Poisoned Him (Car Fumes)
#26 Chris Bell (Big Star)
27.12.1978 I Crashed His Car
#27 Zenon De Fleur (The Count Bishops)
17.3.1979 I Crashed His Car
#28 Dennes Moon (The Minutemen)
22.12.1985 I Crashed His Car
#29 Alexander Bashlachev
17.2.1988 I Pushed Him From His Window
#32 Pete De Freitas (Echo & The Bunnymen)
14.6.1989 I Crashed His Motorbike
#33 Finbarr Donelly (Five Go Down To The Sea)
18.6.1989 I Drowned Him
#36 Mia Zapata (The Gits)
7.7.1993 I Raped & Murdered Her
#38 Kurt Cobain (Nirvana)
8.4.1994 I Made Him Shoot Himself
#39 Kristen Plaff (Hole)
16.6.1994 I Drugged Him
#40 Richey Edwards (Manic Street Preachers)
2008 (Presumed Dead) I Still Have Him
#46 Sean Patrick McCabe (Ink & Dagger)
28.8.2000 I Got Him Drunk & Killed Him With His Own Vomit
#50 Jeremy Ward (The Mars Volta)
25.5.2003 I Drugged Him
#51 Bryan Ottoson (American Head Charge)
19.5.2005 I Drugged Him
#52 Damian Morris (The Red Shore)
19.12.2007 I Crashed His Tour Bus
#59 ThomasFekete (Surfer Blood)
30.5.2016 I Gave Him Cancer
YOU COULD BE MINE!
Check out some of the fictional stories about Voltairre & some of the 27 Club Members,written by Firevolters
Written by
Stret
Written by
Paul Cash
Written by
Judy Forrister
Written by
Pete “Fascinator”
Gifford
Written by
Rob Wilkins
Written by
David & Karen Pickles
Written by
Judy Forrister
Written by
Richard & Heather McClaren
Written by
Bev Stretford
