27 Club
Discontinued Drinks
Nate Dogg
Parenthetical Song Titles
Infamous LA Dining
100

This Rolling Stones co-founder, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist drowned in a swimming pool on July 3, 1969

Brian Jones

100

Released in 1992 as part of the early 90s, marketing fad called the Clear Craze, this soda's tagline was "You've never seen a taste like this" and had an ad campaign featuring Van Halen's hit song "Right Now".

Crystal Pepsi

100

This popular Nate Dogg lyric is delivered at the very, very end of the Dr. Dre song, The Next Episode.  

Smoke Weed Everyday

100

In this timely, R.E.M. classic these 10 words precede (And I Feel Fine)

IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT

100

In 2015, the sushi chef of this the now-closed Santa Monica restaurant, The Hump, was sentenced to two years’ probation, fined $5,000 and ordered to complete 200 hours of community service for his part in a scheme to import and sell what type of meat?

Whale

200

An American artist of Haitian and Puerto Rican descent who first achieved fame as part of SAMO, an informal graffiti duo who wrote enigmatic epigrams.

Jean-Michel Basquiat

200

Minute Maid discontinued this Ghostbusters II inspired Hi-C flavor in 2001, renaming it to Shoutin' Orange Tangergreen, 4 years after Slimer was removed from the box packaging.

Hi-C Ecto Cooler

200

Nate Dogg began his career as a member of this Long Beach rap trio, alongside friend Warren G and cousin Snoop Dogg.

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200

I guarantee that the Talking Heads (Naive Melody) is more popularly known by this title.

THIS MUST BE THE PLACE

200

In 2017, Long Beach eatery, Sweet Dixie Kitchen, made headlines after customers found out they were re-serving chicken from this fast food restaurant and claiming it as their own.

Popeye's

300

Jacob Miller, the original lead singer for this reggae band, died seven years before they recorded what would later become the theme song for one of the longest running reality programs in history.  

Inner Circle

300

This now discontinued citrus-flavored soft drink with a "hardcore" edge, was first produced in the 1990s by The Coca-Cola Company to compete with Pepsi's Mountain Dew.

SURGE

300

Nate Dogg is regarded as one of the pioneers of this hip-hop subgenre, heavily influenced by 1970s artists such as Parliament and ZAPP.

G-funk (gangsta-funk)

300

Lauryn Hill sang about (That Thing) on this debut single from The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Doo Wop

300

On August 8th, 1969 actress Sharon Tate ate her last meal at this long standing LA Mexican restaurant just hours before she was murdered by the Manson Family

El Coyote

400

This American born 27 Club member is buried in Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, alongside Oscar Wilde, Edith Piaf and Molière

Jim Morrison

400

Made with small floating edible balls, this noncarbonated fruit-flavored drink, launched in 1997 and discontinued in 1998, had some consumers comparing it to a portable lava lamp

Orbitz

400

In 1993, Nate Dogg along with Warren G were featured on this artist's single, "Indo Smoke" from the Poetic Justice soundtrack.

Mista Grimm

400

This song title precedes The Pretenders track (I'm Special)?  Give it to me.  

BRASS IN POCKET

400

On January 14, 2003, the owner of this chain of Mediterranean fast casual restaurants shot and killed his sister and his mother before taking his own life in a double-murder suicide

Zankou Chicken

500

Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson was the lead singer and primary composer for this 1960s band, known for the songs "Going Up the Country" and "On the Road Again".

Canned Heat

500

A a fruit-flavored juice produced by General Mills from mid-1980s until the middle of 2001, this bottled drink featured flavors such as Chucklin' Cherry, Berry B. Wild, Grumpy Grape, Silly Billy Strawberry and Rockin' Red Puncher

Squeezit

500

Nate Dogg sang the hook on this DJ Quik song about a woman passing by in this specific make and color luxury car?

Black Mercedes

500

If you are looking to (Get It On) with T-Rex you should probably do this first.

BANG A GONG

500

The location of this San Vicente Boulevard Italian Restaurant where murder victim Ron Goldman worked and Nicole Brown Simpson frequented, is now a Peet's Coffee and Tea shop.

Mezzaluna Trattoria

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