Kurt Cobain: what is the “27 club” and who are its members?. On April 5, 1994, Kurt Cobain shot himself in the head and thus joined the infamous "27 club".
A nickname given to a group made up of several rock and blues artists who have the commonality of having died at the age of 27. Brian Jones, founder of the Rolling Stones and guitarist, Jimi Hendrix, guitarist-songwriter, Janis Joplin, singer, Jim Morrison... all died between July 1969 and July 1971.