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Enemy of Rock: Rock Stardom

9/4/07, 6:21 pm EST


It should come as no surprise that folks who rock & roll all night and party every day are less healthy than, say, soccer moms who get to bed by 10 PM and don’t use Olde English 800 as mouthwash. But does becoming a rock star doom you to death? Today, The Guardian reports that English scientists have completed a thorough study of the rock-star lifestyle and determined that once a rocker hits the charts, his/her mortality rate leaps to three times that of the average non-rocking mortal. Of the hundred rockers included in the report who died young, the average age of death was forty-two (for the Americans surveyed). Even twenty-five years into an entertainer’s career, rockers are still more likely to die than members of the general population, according to the study published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. A brief (and slighly less scientific) Web study indicates that timber cutters have the most dangerous jobs, followed by fishermen, miners, pilots, roofers, electrical power installers and people who work on farms.

Elizabeth Goodman

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Keith Richards | 9/4/2007, 6:42 pm EST

Bollocks!

Dan | 9/4/2007, 7:21 pm EST

The English scientists need to conduct another study to determine how many rock stars are self absorbed, pompous twits who are totally in love with themselves.They throw themselves birthday parties at Las Vegas clubs and even invite the media to photograph them cause they`re convinced they`re that fascinating.

Anonymous | 9/4/2007, 10:58 pm EST

How about they just do a survey of those who do drugs on a regular basis? That seems pretty appropriate.

oblivion | 9/5/2007, 4:30 am EST

Most of them can’t even remember how old they are. What difference does it make?

Androvette | 9/5/2007, 4:40 am EST

the difference is, the whole thing is a bunch of nonsense.

oblivion | 9/5/2007, 5:29 am EST

It makes perfect sense.

thomas | 9/5/2007, 6:10 am EST

But they get to live the life they have as a Rock Star!

Grasshopper | 9/5/2007, 6:30 am EST

There´s a lesson in this for the kids; Just say no to logs!

El | 9/5/2007, 10:45 am EST

“But does becoming a rock star doom you to death?”

No. Being alive, to begin with, does that!

Jesus | 9/5/2007, 10:56 am EST

Carpentry & fishing, not a smart move…

Ragin Johnny Chubb | 9/5/2007, 12:01 pm EST

Who would have it any other way?

Matt S. | 9/5/2007, 12:05 pm EST

I live like a rock star. Troof.

Peter | 9/6/2007, 10:18 pm EST

Dear Jesus,
Yeah, but then you did that really cool “rising from the dead” trick!

ec | 9/6/2007, 10:47 pm EST

fish know depths like nobody else

Ms. Androvette | 9/7/2007, 12:22 am EST

only the river knows

ec | 9/7/2007, 12:52 am EST

i am the rivers, lakes and oceans

ec | 9/7/2007, 12:53 am EST

and i can also swim upstream

Ms. Androvette | 9/7/2007, 1:35 am EST

take your time. no rush.

Audrey | 9/15/2007, 4:41 pm EST

50cent of winner

Mate | 10/2/2007, 8:12 am EST

50 cent is king and he is best

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