Many people seem to be quite curious about the death of celebrities, especially those musicians. Under the reports of the media's indiscriminate bombing, the daily life of these musicians began to enter the field of vision of the general public. Their past has been criticized, and their love history, imprisonment, education and age have become the objects of public discussion and consumption. The death of a rock musician has had the greatest impact on public opinion among all musicians. There is no doubt that these rock fans not only like their works, but also love the creators themselves. And most rock musicians have unusual causes of death, such as murder, suicide, drug abuse, overdose, alcoholism, plane crash, etc., which are more likely to become the headlines of the media, so under the magnifying glass of the media, the death of rock musicians is infinitely magnified.
Diana, a professor of psychology and music at the University of Sydney? Theodora? Dianna Theodora Kenny recently published a series of articles on the study of musicians' causes of death. She reviewed 12,665 musicians' files that died between 195 and 214, and made statistics and collated data on the causes of death and the age of death. As a result, many amazing findings were made.
From her first article Stairway to hell: life and death in the pop music? It can be seen from the data analysis of industry that the age at which musicians die is much lower than that of ordinary people. This seems to prove the old saying in China: Heaven envies talents.
Then Professor Diana analyzed the causes of these musicians' deaths from the data, and the proportion of their deaths. What is the reason that killed these excellent music? Please look at the following data analysis diagram:
As can be seen from the legend, the proportion of accidents, suicides and murders is many times higher than that of ordinary people, which is also an important cause of musicians' death. From the psychological point of view, the psychological pressure of public figures is many times that of ordinary people, and in the face of external doubts and pressures, their psychological endurance will decline, which often leads to suicide. As can be seen from the data, in the early 196 s, the number of musicians who died unexpectedly was five times that of ordinary people; Musicians who committed suicide in the early 199 s were eight times as many as ordinary people; Musicians killed by murder are six times as many as ordinary people.
among the musicians we are familiar with, Brian Jones and Jimmy? Jimi Hendrix, Janice? Janis Joplin, Jim? Jim Morrison and Amy? Amy Winehouse and others died in an accident; And Kurt? Ke Ben, Pete Ham, Alexander Bachura and others committed suicide. Mia Zapata, rapper Freaky Tah, Fat Pat and others were shot for unknown reasons. The most famous shooting of a musician in history belongs to John Lennon's death, of course. Although he is not among the "Club 27", on the 3th anniversary of Lennon's death, his wife Yoko Ono Lennon is still calling on the United States to strengthen gun control and prevent the tragedy from repeating itself.
Professor Diana wrote in her second article, Music to die for: How to Genre Affects Popular Musicians' Life? Expectancy studies the types of music these musicians are engaged in and analyzes the causes of death of musicians engaged in different types of music. According to the existing data analysis, she classified the types of music and the causes of death of these musicians. From these data, it seems that the death rate of musicians who play rock, punk and metal is higher than that of other types of musicians.
(The red font in the table is significantly higher than the average, the blue font is significantly higher than the average, and the green font is significantly lower than the average)
As can be seen from the table, the proportion of accidental death and suicide of musicians in three music types, rock, punk and metal, is higher than other music types. There are many people who committed suicide in the hands of our favorite rock music, such as Sid Vicious, Ian Curtis, Bon Scott, Danny Rapp, Tom Evans, kurt cobain, and so on. Rock musicians are often associated with sex, drugs and alcohol, and these bad habits also make them more likely to die than ordinary people. Among them, the suicide rate of punk and metal is also higher than the ordinary value. On the contrary, the proportion of those gospel singers is very low. Here to remind those friends who play rock and roll, physical fitness is the biggest capital of music! Presumably, if rock musicians read this article, they will secretly regret that they did not cherish their bodies when they were young!
Professor Diana wrote in the third article "The 27 club is a myth: 56 is the bump note for? In musicians, the research turned to the famous rock legend-"Club 27", which was composed of many rock musicians who died at the age of 27, including Amy? Winehouse, Kurt? Ke Ben and Jimmy? Hendricks, Janice? Joplin and Jim? Musicians such as Morrison.
As can be seen from the chart, there are actually more musicians who died at the age of 28 or 3 than at the age of 27, but the musicians who died at the age of 56 account for the largest proportion in the chart. But why is there no "56 Club"? She speculates that, from the mass psychological level, 27 years old is the golden age of life for most ordinary people. Saying goodbye to life at this age has left more regrets and regrets. Moreover, these musicians who happened to die at the age of 27 are more famous and talented than others, so their death is also of special concern.
After reading the article, please don't worry too much, panic and fear. Music creation is not a high-risk industry. We should treat it with a normal heart. Not all rock musicians will die young, except for all. Look, mick jagger, the lead singer of the Rolling Stones, is still alive and kicking on the stage. It's fine! Moreover, these studies often have great limitations. If your idols cherish themselves or are lucky, they are bound to go further on the road of music.
note: this article was inspired by Diana? Theodora? Kenny's research articles also dabble in and draw lessons from some articles about this content at home and abroad. At the same time, readers are recommended to watch the original research of Professor Diana.