Glamorising of rock star death and the ‘27 club’

AMY WINEHOUSE released only two albums in her life, which, combined, sold in excess of 12 million copies, won countless awards and sparked a retro soul movement.

The small output, in inverse relation to her talent, makes her death all the more tragic. Fans will only be able to imagine the unrecorded singles, the never-to-be concerts, the comeback album that didn’t come.

It’s a sadly familiar script in pop music, the history of which is chequered with greats and would-be greats who went too early.