27 Club

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Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, Kurt Cobain, Amy Winehouse and many more musical icons all died at the age of 27. Scandalous, tortured, dramatic, incredibly talented, these artists torched a wild path to their early graves and shifted and shaped our culture along the way. 27 Club tells their stories. Season one tells the story of Jimi Hendrix in twelve episodes. 27 Club is hosted and created by Jake Brennan, host and creator of the explosive music and true crime podcast, DISGRACELAND.

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Amy Winehouse Episode 8: A ...

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One of Amy Winehouse’s final collaborators was Tony Bennett, who, unbeknownst to her, had his own stories to tell about struggling with addiction and fear. But no one, not even Tony Bennett, could help Amy Winehouse. A concert in Serbia ...

27 Club episodes:

01.13.2022 Amy Winehouse Episode 8: A Cocaine Overdose in the Bathtub, a Body in the Mirror, and Hacked by the Press One of Amy Winehouse’s final collaborators was Tony Bennett, who, unbeknownst to her, had his own stories to tell about struggling with addiction and fear. But no one, not even Tony Bennett, could help Amy Winehouse. A concert in Serbia ...
01.06.2022 Amy Winehouse Episode 7: The Only Rule Is That There Are No Rules Amy Winehouse wasn’t sure exactly what she was getting into when she accepted a £1million offer to play a private show for an anonymous Russian oligarch. Even more concerning was the uncertainty that lay ahead. After she squandered an opportunity ...
12.30.2021 Amy Winehouse Episode 6: Nursing Rodents, Mortifying the Fairy Godmother, and Hitting the Harder Stuff Amy Winehouse gravitated towards trouble like a moth to a flame. She hung out with the libertines of London’s seedy society, which regularly left her life in shambles. A multi-day drug binge left her on death’s door. She left decorum ...
12.23.2021 Amy Winehouse Episode 5: First Impressions with Mark Ronson, Hitting the Paparazzi Where It Hurts, and an Out of Control Hurricane When Amy Winehouse first met with producer Mark Ronson, their candid conversation would become a musical legend. That fateful meeting led to a career-defining song, a critically acclaimed album, and a creative vision that would cement her place in the ...
12.16.2021 Amy Winehouse Episode 4: Booed from the Stage, a Brawl with a Burlesque Dancer, and an Effigy in a Pool of Blood Amy Winehouse made music that sounded like alchemy, thanks in large part to collaborators like producer Salaam Remi. Alchemy was something that became increasingly absent from Amy’s time outside the studio; in its place were lurking paparazzi, incessant boos, cases ...
12.09.2021 Amy Winehouse Episode 3: A Punch-Up at Glastonbury, Heroin on Tour, and Calls for Help from the Pub Bathroom There were two sides to Amy Winehouse. One side was triumphant. The other side was a disaster. Two consecutive appearances at the Glastonbury Festival made that crystal clear; one presented Amy at her best, and the other presented her at ...
12.02.2021 Amy Winehouse Episode 2: A Bruised and Bloody Chase, Perverting the Course of Justice, and a Backdoor Police Raid Amy Winehouse didn’t compromise her sound for anyone. She had her creative vision under control. Meanwhile, her personal life spiraled out of control. She ran for her life down a dark London street following an unhinged and violent domestic dispute. ...
12.02.2021 Amy Winehouse Episode 1: Rehab, Camden Town Ain’t Burning Down, and a Violent Night of Bar Brawls and Street Fights Amy Winehouse fused the past with the present to make music for the future. Her own future was compromised by a series of escalating challenges that coincided with the worldwide success of her sophomore album, Back to Black. She accepted ...
11.23.2021 Amy Winehouse Episode 0: Season 4 Official Trailer Listen to Season 4 of the 27 Club to hear the insane details behind the life of one of rock's greatest icons — Amy Winehouse. With a voice that seemed to come from another time and an attitude that defied ...
11.16.2021 Double Elvis Presents: Sounds and Vision Season 2 (Trailer) Welcome to Season 2 of Sounds and Vision. Join Andrew Loog Oldham as he joins a new podchat network Double Elvis Productions, home of great podcasts like Disgraceland, 27 Club, Blood on the Tracks and many others. In season 2 ...
09.29.2021 Jake Brennan and Double Elvis Present: 4 All-New Music Podcasts Jake Brennan, creator and host of the award-winning music and true crime podcast Disgraceland, introduces four new music-centric podcasts via his company Double Elvis. Home to podcasts such as 27 Club, Blood on the Tracks, Dear Young Rocker, About A ...
09.27.2021 Janis Joplin Ep. 1 (Special 3D Audio Re-release): Getting the Dead Drunk, Passing Jimi by, and Hanging with Austin Outlaws This special re-release of Janis Joplin Episode 1 is brought to you in iHeart 3D Audio. For maximum effect, headphones are recommended. When Janis Joplin died in 1970 at the age of 27, she was at the height of her ...
09.22.2021 Introducing BADLANDS Season 2: Sportsland (Trailer) BADLANDS is a true-crime anthology podcast from Jake Brennan, creator and host of the award-winning music and true crime podcast DISGRACELAND. BADLANDS Season 2: Sportsland is all about the shocking rise and fall of sports legends. Beginning September 22, 2021, ...
08.05.2021 Introducing: MTV Behind The Music MTV’s Behind the Music is back! The groundbreaking music documentary series returns with the best of the vault, updated and remastered for audio. Each episode profiles one of music’s most influential icons from 50 Cent to AC/DC, Courtney Love to ...
07.01.2021 Janis Joplin Episode 12: Who Killed Janis Joplin? When Janis Joplin turns up dead in her room at the Landmark Motor Hotel in Hollywood on October 4th, 1970, the pressure is on to walk backwards through that fateful day, into that past week, and even back through the ...
06.24.2021 Janis Joplin Episode 11: Racing on the PCH, Brawling with the Killer, and Late to the Last Session The final months of Janis Joplin’s life are a chaotic blend of ups and downs. She starts a relationship with a drug dealer she just met. She gets into a fight with Jerry Lee Lewis backstage at one of his ...
06.17.2021 Janis Joplin Episode 10: Cry Baby, Angels and Devils, and Playing for the Cheap Seats Janis’ relationship with the Hell’s Angels continues to sour. A violent altercation erupts during a show she’s headlining for the San Rafael chapter of the infamous motorcycle gang. Tensions run high at her sold-out shows in cities like Cambridge, Massachusetts, ...
06.10.2021 Janis Joplin Episode 9: Waiting for the Man, Cold Turkey in Rio, and the Great Tequila Boogie Janis discovers that kicking a habit is easier said than done. She escapes to Rio during Carnival and has an auspicious meeting with someone who helps her through the worst of her withdrawals. Back home, she welcomes unexpected visitors who ...
06.07.2021 Introducing About A Girl Season 2 About A Girl is back with 12 new stories about women who have played crucial roles in music history, but whose fascinating personal stories have been eclipsed by the legends of their famous romantic partners. Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithfull, ...
06.03.2021 Janis Joplin Episode 8: Me and Bobby McGee, Hunted by the FBI, and Hiding in Plain Sight J. Edgar Hoover digs into the Janis Joplin file on his desk. One of her bandmates goes missing with G-Men hot on his tail. The rest of the band is forced to don homemade disguises. And in the middle of ...
05.27.2021 Janis Joplin Episode 7: Revolution in Detroit, Disappointment in New York, and Breakdown in Minneapolis Tensions rise in the ranks of Big Brother and the Holding Company as it becomes increasingly obvious that Janis is looking to strike out on her own. The MC5 blow minds in Detroit. Leonard Cohen comes up short in New ...
05.20.2021 Janis Joplin Episode 6: San Antonio’s Narcotics Squad, Fighting Heroin Addiction, and Going Full Frontal in the Canyon In her quest to become a true boss like one of her musical idols, Etta James, Janis Joplin and her band cut the fat and hire a visionary manager. He promises to take them to the top of the rock ...
05.13.2021 Introducing Here Comes the Break, a new podcast from Double Elvis Here Comes the Break, a new podcast from Double Elvis and Def Jam, premieres on Thursday, May 13th. Executive produced by The 27 Club's Jake Brennan, Here Comes the Break features real interviews and exclusive new song drops from the ...
05.10.2021 Janis Joplin Episode 5: Shaking Off the Feds, Hustling the Locals, and Kicking the Habit As Janis continues to find herself in her pre-fame days, she flirts with romantic relationships with both men and women, winds up under FBI surveillance, hustles pool in New York City, and works to create her own mythology. But the ...
05.06.2021 Janis Joplin Episode 4: The Man with the Scar on His Heart, the Devil on the Blues Highway, and the Freaks Come Out at Night It took a few attempts before Janis Joplin’s relocation from Texas to California became permanent. It took secret road trips under the cover of darkness. And visits by tough bikers looking to collect on a debt. But Janis was tough, ...
05.05.2021 Introducing Badlands Season 1: Hollywoodland Launching May 5th, BADLANDS is a new true crime anthology podcast from Jake Brennan, creator and host of the award-winning music and true crime podcast DISGRACELAND. Season 1 of BADLANDS, entitled “HOLLYWOODLAND,” explores the true crimes and scandalous careers of ...
04.29.2021 Janis Joplin Episode 3: Otis on Acid, the Liberation of Chocolate George, and a Beatle in the Haight The Summer of Love reaches its boiling point in the summer of 1967. Janis has an epiphany watching Otis Redding while on acid. Her bond with the local chapter of the Hell's Angels is strengthened. Mama Cass becomes a new ...
04.22.2021 Janis Joplin Episode 2: The Pontiac Was Full of Grass, the Kool-Aid Was Full of Acid, and “Summertime” Was Just Beginning In 1966, the seeds of a new “Summertime” were being planted. Harvesting grass on the side of a Nebraska highway. The square judgment of hippie-hating midwestern cops. Acid tests. Freak outs. And Bill Graham, self-appointed bouncer of the whole burgeoning ...
04.22.2021 Janis Joplin Episode 1: Getting the Dead Drunk, Passing Jimi by, and Hanging with Austin Outlaws When Janis Joplin died in 1970 at the age of 27, she was at the height of her musical powers and her rock ‘n roll fame. That summer she headlined a cross-country tour of Canada, during which she taught her ...
04.15.2021 Janis Joplin Episode 0: Season 3 Official Trailer Listen to Season 3 of the 27 Club to hear the insane details behind the life of one of rock's greatest icons — Janis Joplin. From her roots as a bullied and ostracized teenager to her stunning rise to international ...
03.31.2021 Introducing Dear Young Rocker Season 3 Dear Young Rocker Season 3 launches April 7th, 2021. Tune in for a music-themed audio memoir podcast where musicians tell the stories of their teenage struggles and triumphs and how they became the artists and people they are today. On ...
02.09.2021 Introducing: Off the Record: David Bowie The series premiere of 'Off the Record' explores the life — or, rather, lives — of David Bowie by examining each of his iconic personas. Major Tom. Ziggy Stardust. Aladdin Sane. The Thin White Duke. Taken collectively, these faces form ...
02.02.2021 Disgraceland Season 7 Update Where and how to listen to Season 7 of Disgraceland. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
01.19.2021 Introducing: Kesha and the Creepies Kesha and the Creepies explores supernatural subjects and alternative lifestyles with today's most exciting pop culture guests & supernatural experts. Kesha’s curiosity for all things unexplained drives fascinating conversations that span non-traditional spirituality, psychedelic art, & all things creepy. Find ...
12.09.2020 Introducing: Jill Scott Presents: J.ill The Podcast Jill Scott, Laiya St.Clair, and Aja Graydon-Dantzler introduce J.ill, a podcast where they have conversations to spark conversation. The three longtime friends and entertainment icons have heart-to-hearts where there's room for affirmation, questioning, and disagreement. Getting older, rumors, cultural theft ...
11.30.2020 Angie and David Bowie: The Prettiest Star In the summer of 1969, people all over the world were gripped by space fever in the wake of NASA’s Apollo 11 mission, which would successfully land men on the moon. In London, nineteen year old Angie Barnett, freshly out ...
10.15.2020 Introducing Dead and Gone Dead and Gone, a podcast about missing and murdered Grateful Dead fans, is hosted by Jake Brennan and Payne Lindsey and premieres October 15th, 2020. Search for and subscribe to Dead and Gone on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get ...
10.15.2020 Introducing Dead and Gone Dead and Gone, a podcast about missing and murdered Grateful Dead fans, is hosted by Jake Brennan and Payne Lindsey and premieres October 15th, 2020. Search for and subscribe to Dead and Gone on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get ...
09.15.2020 Ice-T: Crip Rhymes, a Cop Killer, Thieving Jewels and Inventing Gangsta Rap Ice-T stoked the wrath of the President of the United States, led the life of a successful jewel thief, ran with one of LA’s most notorious street gangs, the Crips, was a soldier in the US Army, before that an ...
08.27.2020 Jim Morrison Episode 12: Who Killed Jim Morrison? In the basement of the Rock ‘n Roll Circus in Paris, Jim has a few revelations, including one about someone very close to him. But it may be too late. Hours later, he mysteriously turns up dead in the bathroom ...
08.20.2020 Jim Morrison Episode 11: Falling out of Windows, Rioting in the Streets, and Descending into Darkness Jim Morrison’s supposedly relaxing sojourn to Paris is more tumultuous than he had planned. He gets caught up in the heroin that Pam procures from The Count, and can’t help disrupting the norm – whether it’s falling from his apartment ...
08.13.2020 Jim Morrison Episode 10: The Doors Go Out with a Whisper, the Chilling Tale of Billy Cook, and the City of Lights Beckons In New Orleans, Jim Morrison plays his final show with The Doors. He knows the band is done. But he’s not thinking of The Doors. Instead, he’s thinking of one of the most chilling murder sprees in American history. And ...
08.12.2020 Chapter Two: Phil Spector and Ronnie Spector Leader of the Ronettes, voice behind “Be My Baby,” and the former wife of Phil Spector, Ronnie Spector peels back the curtain to expose the darker side of one of the most infamous couples of the 1960s. Ronnie’s life with ...
08.12.2020 Chapter One: Phil Spector and Lenny Bruce Phil Spector’s own personal Socrates, Lenny Bruce, reminisces on the unforgettable time he spent with the Tycoon of Teen. Lenny’s tales involve censorship and the long arm of Johnny Law, Frank Zappa and Merv Griffin, and family secrets revealed after ...
08.06.2020 Jim Morrison Episode 9: Woke Up This Morning and Got Myself a Beer...and Some Cocaine, a Little Blood, and Murder Jim Morrison seeks to escape the fallout of the trial verdict by ramping up the hedonism, no matter who gets hurt in his wake. One girlfriend is pregnant while another disappears to Paris, all while he’s engaging in late-night coke-fueled ...
08.05.2020 Blood on the Tracks Trailer Phil Spector: Murderer. Musical genius. His story is told from the perspective of those who knew him best, his famous so-called friends. Blood On The Tracks is part true crime, part historical fiction, part spoken word lo-fi beat noir brought ...
07.30.2020 Jim Morrison Episode 8: Making a Scene at Ahmet Ertegun’s Party, Shooting Pool with Creedence Clearwater Revival, and a Secret Wedding Ceremony As his trial for indecency continues in Miami, Jim Morrison stays busy walking the line between fantasy and reality. He takes part in a secret wedding ceremony that feels like a waking dream, and even imagines that he is the ...
07.23.2020 Jim Morrison Episode 7: The Anti-Jim Morrison Movement Gains Steam, The Rock Star Life in Mexico City, and an Airplane Ride that Leads to Arrest 30,000 people gather in Miami to protest Jim Morrison’s indecent antics and to shut down his fantasy for good. Meanwhile, rumors of Jim’s death in Jamaica flood the wires and water cooler conversations. After a rock star’s welcome in Mexico ...
07.16.2020 Jim Morrison Episode 6: The Miami Show that Shocked the World, and Visions of Death in Jamaica Jim Morrison arrives in Miami to kick off The Doors’ biggest tour with transcendence and liberation on his mind. What happens next not only shocks the oversold crowd, it shocks the whole country – and puts the band’s very existence ...
07.09.2020 Jim Morrison Episode 5: Vietnam and the Unknown Soldier, the Fists of Dennis Wilson, and Charles Manson Crashes the Party Jim Morrison continues to run through the jungle of his mind, as the Vietnam war rages on and Charles Manson plots a homegrown war of his own. And as The Doors prepare for their biggest tour to date, Jim and ...

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27 Club episodes:

Amy Winehouse Episode 8: A Cocaine Overdose in the Bathtub, a Body in the Mirror, and Hacked by the Press

Amy Winehouse Episode 7: The Only Rule Is That There Are No Rules

Amy Winehouse Episode 6: Nursing Rodents, Mortifying the Fairy Godmother, and Hitting the Harder Stuff

Amy Winehouse Episode 5: First Impressions with Mark Ronson, Hitting the Paparazzi Where It Hurts, and an Out of Control Hurricane

Amy Winehouse Episode 4: Booed from the Stage, a Brawl with a Burlesque Dancer, and an Effigy in a Pool of Blood

Amy Winehouse Episode 3: A Punch-Up at Glastonbury, Heroin on Tour, and Calls for Help from the Pub Bathroom

Amy Winehouse Episode 2: A Bruised and Bloody Chase, Perverting the Course of Justice, and a Backdoor Police Raid

Amy Winehouse Episode 1: Rehab, Camden Town Ain’t Burning Down, and a Violent Night of Bar Brawls and Street Fights

Amy Winehouse Episode 0: Season 4 Official Trailer

Double Elvis Presents: Sounds and Vision Season 2 (Trailer)

Jake Brennan and Double Elvis Present: 4 All-New Music Podcasts

Janis Joplin Ep. 1 (Special 3D Audio Re-release): Getting the Dead Drunk, Passing Jimi by, and Hanging with Austin Outlaws

Introducing BADLANDS Season 2: Sportsland (Trailer)

Introducing: MTV Behind The Music

Janis Joplin Episode 12: Who Killed Janis Joplin?

Janis Joplin Episode 11: Racing on the PCH, Brawling with the Killer, and Late to the Last Session

Janis Joplin Episode 10: Cry Baby, Angels and Devils, and Playing for the Cheap Seats

Janis Joplin Episode 9: Waiting for the Man, Cold Turkey in Rio, and the Great Tequila Boogie

Introducing About A Girl Season 2

Janis Joplin Episode 8: Me and Bobby McGee, Hunted by the FBI, and Hiding in Plain Sight

Janis Joplin Episode 7: Revolution in Detroit, Disappointment in New York, and Breakdown in Minneapolis

Janis Joplin Episode 6: San Antonio’s Narcotics Squad, Fighting Heroin Addiction, and Going Full Frontal in the Canyon

Introducing Here Comes the Break, a new podcast from Double Elvis

Janis Joplin Episode 5: Shaking Off the Feds, Hustling the Locals, and Kicking the Habit

Janis Joplin Episode 4: The Man with the Scar on His Heart, the Devil on the Blues Highway, and the Freaks Come Out at Night

Introducing Badlands Season 1: Hollywoodland

Janis Joplin Episode 3: Otis on Acid, the Liberation of Chocolate George, and a Beatle in the Haight

Janis Joplin Episode 2: The Pontiac Was Full of Grass, the Kool-Aid Was Full of Acid, and “Summertime” Was Just Beginning

Janis Joplin Episode 1: Getting the Dead Drunk, Passing Jimi by, and Hanging with Austin Outlaws

Janis Joplin Episode 0: Season 3 Official Trailer

Introducing Dear Young Rocker Season 3

Introducing: Off the Record: David Bowie

Disgraceland Season 7 Update

Introducing: Kesha and the Creepies

Introducing: Jill Scott Presents: J.ill The Podcast

Angie and David Bowie: The Prettiest Star

Introducing Dead and Gone

Introducing Dead and Gone

Ice-T: Crip Rhymes, a Cop Killer, Thieving Jewels and Inventing Gangsta Rap

Jim Morrison Episode 12: Who Killed Jim Morrison?

Jim Morrison Episode 11: Falling out of Windows, Rioting in the Streets, and Descending into Darkness

Jim Morrison Episode 10: The Doors Go Out with a Whisper, the Chilling Tale of Billy Cook, and the City of Lights Beckons

Chapter Two: Phil Spector and Ronnie Spector

Chapter One: Phil Spector and Lenny Bruce

Jim Morrison Episode 9: Woke Up This Morning and Got Myself a Beer...and Some Cocaine, a Little Blood, and Murder

Blood on the Tracks Trailer

Jim Morrison Episode 8: Making a Scene at Ahmet Ertegun’s Party, Shooting Pool with Creedence Clearwater Revival, and a Secret Wedding Ceremony

Jim Morrison Episode 7: The Anti-Jim Morrison Movement Gains Steam, The Rock Star Life in Mexico City, and an Airplane Ride that Leads to Arrest

Jim Morrison Episode 6: The Miami Show that Shocked the World, and Visions of Death in Jamaica

Jim Morrison Episode 5: Vietnam and the Unknown Soldier, the Fists of Dennis Wilson, and Charles Manson Crashes the Party

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