27 CLUB
DISCONTINUED DRINKS
HIP-HOP FIRSTS
MOVIE ROBOTS
AMERICAN WHITE WASH
200
This American born 27 Club member is buried in Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, alongside Oscar Wilde, Edith Piaf and Molière
JIM MORRISON
200
Released in 1992 as part of the early 90s, marketing fad called the Clear Craze, this soda had an ad campaign featuring Van Halen's hit song "Right Now".
CRYSTAL PEPSI
200
In 1979, he became the first rapper signed by a major label, Mercury Records, who released his first commercial single "Christmas Rappin" that same year.
KURTIS BLOW
200
Known in Japan as Convoy, this leader of the autobots is a Cybertronian, an extraterrestrial species of sentient self-configuring modular robotic lifeforms.
OPTIMUS PRIME
200
The inspiration behind this iconic cartoon character from the 1930s, has been traced back to jazz performer Esther Jones, known for her "booping" vocal style
BETTY BOOP
400
This Rolling Stones co-founder, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist drowned in a swimming pool on July 3, 1969
BRIAN JONES
400
Minute Maid discontinued this Ghostbusters II inspired Hi-C flavor in 2001, 4 years after Slimer was removed from the box packaging.
HI-C ECTO COOLER
400
On March 29, 1988 this rap duo released the first ever hip-hop double album, He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper
DJ JAZZY JEFF & FRESH PRINCE
400
Paul Reubens played the voice of MAX (TriMAXion Drone Ship) in this 1986 sci-fi adventure film.
FLIGHT OF THE NAVIGATOR
400
British actor Laurence Olivier wore full-on blackface to portray this jealous Shakespearian general of the Venetian army.
OTHELLO
600
This NY artist of Haitian and Puerto Rican descent first achieved fame as part of SAMO, an informal graffiti duo who wrote enigmatic epigrams.
JEAN MICHEL-BASQUIAT
600
A a fruit-flavored bottled juice produced by General Mills from mid-1980s until the middle of 2001, this drink featured flavors such as Chucklin' Cherry, Grumpy Grape and Silly Billy Strawberry
SQUEEZE-IT
600
Her 1994 album, Funkdafied, made her the first female solo artist to have a platinum selling album.
DA BRAT
600
This fictional robot with a love for classic TV, is classifed as a S-A-I-N-T (Strategic-Artificially-Intelligent-Nuclear-Transport) and was created by Newton Crosby and Ben Jabituya of NOVA Laboratory.
JOHNNY 5
600
He learned how to make whiskey from Nearest Green, a slave who was the family’s master distiller and creator of the original recipe for this 150 year old namesake brand.
JACK DANIELS
800
Jacob Miller, the original lead singer for this reggae band, died seven years before they recorded what would later become the theme song for the recently cancelled long running program, COPS
INNER CIRCLE
800
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
800
This first platinum selling Hip-Hop single by the first rapper to be nominated for a Best New Artist Grammy, featured a sample of Van Halen's "Jaime's Cryin".
"WILD THING" BY TONE LOC
800
Maschinenmensch, the robot from this 1927 Fritz Lang silent film, may be the most influential movie robot of all time both in terms of design and function.
METROPOLIS
800
Elvis Presley stole this #1 hit from Freddie Bell, who stole it from Little Esther, who stole it from the original singer Big Mama Thornton who when all said and done, earned only $500 and is still not the credited writer
HOUND DOG
1000
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
1000
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
1000
The first Hip-Hop Radio station which is still in existence, was created in Los Angeles in 1983 by Greg Mack, music director for 1080-AM, more commonly known by these call letters.
K-DAY
1000
Joan Rivers provided the voice for this C-3PO inspired robot in the 1988 film, Spaceballs?
DOT MATRIX
1000
In this comic book superhero film, created by Todd McFarlane, actor D.B. Sweeney plays Terry Fitzgerald, who is African-American in the comics.
SPAWN