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Rock and Roll Hauntings

My article is on hauntings, mysteries, and coincidences surrounding the music genre and people and objects associated with it.

Topics:

Bands/People: Black Sabbath, Jimmy Page & Zeppelin, John Lennon & The Beatles, The Fab 4, etc. Black magic/occult/records played backwards

Mysteries

Deaths

Rock music#Rock and roll

Heavy metal music

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_rock

= Rock and Roll Hauntings = Rock and Roll is a widely known genre of music. Rock music has generated many stories throughout the years. Parts of it are also highly associated with evil forces and dark stories. Genres such as Mysteries and legends of Rock N' Roll have been passed down and can be read in many magazines and books.

= Haunted Rock & Roll: Ghostly Tales of Musical Legends = Haunted Rock & Roll: Ghostly Tales of Musical Legends is a book y Matthew L. Swayne that gives detailed stories of hauntings and mysteries that surround all things rock n roll, and the people associated with it. The book delves into hauntings of famous rock stars such as Jimmy Page and Led Zeppelin, Jim Morrison, John Lennon and The Beatles, Keith Moon and The Who, Black Sabbath, Elvis, Kurt Cobain, and more. In addition, Swayne takes a look at haunted places such as First Avenue nightclub, Earnestine and Hazel's, Cincinatti Music Hall, the Crump Theatre, and more. Also, the book tells tales of rock premonitions, superstitions and signs. It also researches famous curses and mysteries of rock. Sections in the book include an intro, Rock Star Ghosts, Haunted Studios and Concert Venues, Premonitions,Signs,and Omens of Rock and Roll, and Rock and Roll's Most Famous Curses and Mysteries.

= The 27 Club = A common pattern amongst musicians is that many have died at the age of 27. Some predicted their deaths, others did not. The musicians died from a variety of overdoses and attacks.

27 Club Members
Jim Morrison and Janis Joplin died of overdoses in their hotel bathrooms. Jimi Hendrix died of a prescription drug overdose. Kurt Cobain shot himself in the head in his greenhouse. Kurt left behind a long suicide note.

= The Devil's Interval = A Tritone in music is called an augmented fifth or a diminished fourth. The tritone is a musical interval that spans three whole tones, like the diminished fifth or augmented fourth. Because of its chromatic and eerie sound, this non consonant interval is known as the Devil's Interval or Diabolus in Musica. In early century music it was used when talking about the crucifixion and the devil and demonic forces.

= Resources And Citations =

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/4952646.stm