Top otherworldly curses inextricably linked to the music industry

Curious, but in the "canvas". music industry intertwined with many curses, superstitions and eerie coincidences.... Glory - a strange and fickle mistress that exists between the material world and the land of the unknown... And while we don't want to scare you, some of the curses on our list are super-demonic in nature (although most of them, we have to admit, are just creepy coincidences). We've compiled a selection of the most interesting and rather creepy curses and superstitions rampant in the music industry! Let's get started...

The curse of Robert Johnson

The iconic bluesman is one of the most famous who lived in the 20th century - Robert Leroy Johnson is known for his curse almost as much as his music! Legend has it that Johnson traded his soul for fame after meeting the Devil himself at a crossroads on the outskirts of some unknown southern town... Actually, if it was true, this story explains the mysterious death of the musician at the age of 27 years old…

A lot of people were convinced that the song "Crossroads." cursed and supposedly the curse was passed on to all those artists who recorded it for their albums... Perhaps it's just a coincidence, but it's worth remembering that both Lynyrd Skynyrd, и The Allman Brothers have really survived the tragedy. А Eric Claptonwho recorded this song as a song with Creamand solo, lost his son in a fall from a window.....

The legendary Club 27

The so-called "Club 27." - is a kind of club for musicians who flashed brightly but left too soon. It was set up after the death in of the '60s and '70s real geniuses of the music scene, such as Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix. And others...

By the way, the first person to join this club was. Brian Jones, guitarist Rolling Stoneswho was found dead in his swimming pool in 1969 year. He was followed by guitar virtuoso Jimi Hendrixand then, a month later, a delightful Janis Joplin... Curiously, even as the new millennium dawns, the list of Club 27 members continues to grow: a prime example is the Amy Winehouse, who passed away in 2011 at the age of 27....

Fleetwood Mac and the "guitarist's curse."

Over the course of the band's career. Fleetwood Mac has changed a lot of guitarists... Perhaps it's not so much a curse as an inevitability, however, it all started with the guitarist Peter Green - who actually founded the band - left Fleetwood Mac due to his mental health. He was soon followed by slide guitarist Jerry Spencer. But the story doesn't end there, but takes a really unexpected turn ....

В 1972 the year the then guitarist Danny Kirwan began acting strangely during a concert on the eve of their tour, smashing his head against a wall and then taunting the band from the audience... He later passed away after serious problems related to mental illness. Many years later, in 2012, guitarist Bob Weston suffered a fatal aneurysm, and later that year, guitarist Bob Welch took his own life after receiving the news that he would never walk again.....

The day the music died

Date 3 February 1959. is commonly referred to as the day the music died. It was on that fateful day Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and the Big Bopper. were killed in a plane crash while on tour. Winter Dance Party... But that day, later on, became known for its curse.

"The Curse of Buddy Holly." began with the fact that many musicians and ordinary people who knew Holly suffered untimely deaths shortly after the musician himself... So, for example, Ronnie Smith - The singer - who was hired to replace Holly on the tour - ended up in a psychiatric hospital after the last show, where he took his own life....

"The Curse of the White Lighter"

It is, rather, not so much a curse as a series of coincidences. However - the legend deserves attention... For many years now, a common myth has been circulating that says: anyone who uses a white lighter is cursed. What does this have to do with music? It has everything to do with music.

Kurt Cobain, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison. were found with a white lighter...

The Curse of Led Zeppelin

Rumour has it that three members of the iconic band. Led Zeppelin - namely Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and John Bonham. - made a bargain with the Devil for fame, and their lives have been cursed ever since, appeared a very long time ago, the

Nevertheless: when the band was at the height of its popularity, Robert Plante and his family were involved in a serious car accident that left Plant unable to walk unaided for some time. Later, his 6-year-old son died of an unspecified stomach virus... As for Page, at one point his addiction literally consumed him! John Bonham passed away in September 1980...

John Lennon and the number 9

I think, number 9 pursued John Lennon throughout his life... The musician was born 9 October 1940 years in Liverpooland I spent my childhood in a house with the number 9. The group was accidentally discovered 9 November 1961.. The Beatles played on The Ed Sullivan Show 9 February 1964.. Lennon met Yoko Ono 9 February 1964. And yes: his youngest son Shawn was born too. 9 October. Sure, it all sounds good, but at some point the myth starts to take a darker turn... .

The Beatles broke up after nine years together, and unfortunately, Lennon was killed 8 December 1980. But in Liverpoolwhere he was born, it was already 9 December…

The Curse of the Ninth Symphony

For many years now, the world of classical music has been dominated by something known as the "The Curse of the Ninth Symphony.". It is, by and large, a superstition which began with the Beethoven: the point is that any composer who wrote the 9th symphony dies shortly afterwards.....

Glass harmonica

The glass harmonica is a rare musical instrument made by by Benjamin Franklin in 1761.. It has a recognisable, haunting sound that has been compared to "rubbing your finger on the rim of a glass".

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By the way: in the 18th century there were strange rumours that the use of the instrument drove both musicians and their listeners mad...