The Greatest Rock Stars Who Died Before 40
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Rock musicians and singers who died before they turned forty years old
- Died at 27 (1942-1970)
- Genres (Music): Blues-rock, Rock music, Experimental rock, Psychedelia, Heavy metal
- Died at 27 (1943-1971)
- Genres (Music): Blues-rock, Rock music, Acid rock, Rock and roll, Psychedelic rock
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- Died at 22 (1936-1959)
- Genres (Music): Lubbock sound, Rock music, Rockabilly, Pop rock, Rock and roll
- Big Brother and the Holding Company, Cheap Thrills, I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama!Died at 27 (1943-1970)
- Genres (Music): Blues-rock, Rock music, Folk music, Acid rock, Soul music
- Bob Marley and The Wailers. Cancer. Died at 36.
- Genres (Music): Reggae
- Died at 32 (1948-1980)
- Genres (Music): Blues-rock, Folk rock, Heavy metal, Hard rock
- Genres (Music): Blues-rock, Rock music, Instrumental rock, Electric blues, Jazz fusion
- Died at 27 (1967-1994)
- Genres (Music): Grunge, Alternative rock, Punk rock
The Carpenters. Lead drummer. Anorexia Nervosa. Died at 33.
- Genres (Music): Pop music, Soft rock
- Died at 33 (1946-1980)
- Genres (Music): Blues-rock, Rock music, Heavy metal, Rock and roll, Progressive rock
- Simply the Best: Time in a Bottle: His Greatest Hits, Jim Croce Smash Hits, Singer Songwriter
- Genres (Music): Pop music, Rock music, Folk music, Folk rock, Soft rock
- Genres (Music): Rock music, Southern rock
- Died at 32 (1946-1978)
- Genres (Music): Skiffle, Pop music, Rock music, Protopunk, Heavy metal
- Died at 25 (1956-1982)
- Genres (Music): Glam metal, Heavy metal, Neo-classical metal, Hard rock
- Genres (Music): Blues-rock, Rock music, Jazz fusion, Jazz, Soul music
- Died at 34 (1967-2002)
- Genres (Music): Doom metal, Glam metal, Blues-rock, Grunge, Heavy metal
- Died at 17 (1941-1959)
- Genres (Music): Chicano rock, Rock music, Rock and roll
- Genres (Music): Thrash metal, Progressive metal, Power metal, Heavy metal, Punk rock
- Died at 38 (1966-2004)
- Genres (Music): Glam metal, Thrash metal, Groove metal, Heavy metal, Southern rock
- Died at 30 (1966-1997)
- Genres (Music): Rock music, Folk music, Folk rock, Alternative rock, Indie folk
- Died at age 27
Born 14 September 1983Southgate, London, EnglandDied 23 July 2011 (aged 27)Camden, London, England- Genres (Music): Doo-wop, Pop music, Neo soul, Ska, Rock music
- Died at 37 (1960-1997)
- Genres (Music): New Wave, Rock music, Alternative rock
- Genres (Music): Blues-rock, Pop music, Rock music, World music, Rhythm and blues
- Died at 39 (1944-1983)
- Genres (Music): Pop music, Rock music, Psychedelic pop, Baroque pop, Psychedelic rock
- Died at 29 (1947-1977)
- Genres (Music): Psychedelic folk, Protopunk, Pop rock, Glam rock, Psychedelic rock
- Died at 28 (1930-1959)
- Genres (Music): Rock music, Rockabilly, Rock and roll, Country
- Died at 30 (1958-1988)
- Genres (Music): Disco, Pop music
Died at 23 (1956 - 1980)
- Genres (Music): New Wave, Gothic rock, Punk rock, Post-punk
- Died at 28 (1967-1995)
- Genres (Music): Rock music, Folk music, Grunge, Folk rock, Neo-psychedelia
- The Vicious White Kids feat. Sid Vicious, Live at the Electric Ballroom, Too Fast to Live...
- Died at 31 (1946-1978)
- Genres (Music): Blues-rock, Rock music, Hard rock
- Died at 28 (1968-1996)
- Genres (Music): Hip hop music, Alternative hip hop, Ska punk, Ska, Rock music
- Died at 34 (1969-2003)
- Genres (Music): Indie pop, Folk rock, Acoustic music, Indie folk, Indie rock
- Died at 30 (1960-1991)
- Genres (Music): New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Heavy metal, Hard rock
- Genres (Music): Funk metal, Alternative rock, Punk rock, Punk funk, Funk rock
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Allen Collins
Street Survivors, Gimme Back My Bullets, Nuthin' FancyDied at 37 (1952-1990)- Genres (Music): Southern rock
- Genres (Music): Glam metal, Progressive metal, Rock music, Industrial rock, Power metal
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Jimmy 'The Rev' Sullivan
Died at 28 (1981-2009)- Genres (Music): Avenged Sevenfold. Pinkly Smooth
- Genres (Music): Glam metal, Rock music, Grunge, Alternative rock, Glam rock
- Died at 27 (1947-1975)
- Genres (Music): Pop music, Rock music
- Died at 38 (1952-1991)
- Genres (Music): Rock music, Protopunk, Rhythm and blues, Classic Punk, Glam punk
- Died at 34 (1967-2001)
- Genres (Music): Thrash metal, Progressive metal, Technical death metal, Heavy metal, Death metal
- Died at 30 (1952-1983)
- Genres (Music): Rock music
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Chris Bell
I Am the Cosmos, I Am the Cosmos / You and Your Sister - Died at 32 (1961-1993)
- Genres (Music): Pop rock, Alternative rock
- Died at 39 (1957-1997)
- Died at 31 (1971-2003)
- Genres (Music): Glam metal, Heavy metal, Hard rock
- Died at 36 (1968-2006)
- Genres (Music): Skate punk, Punk rock, Hardcore punk
- Genres (Music): Punk rock, Hardcore punk