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Staticblog readers who are in bands, beware and take your vitamins. According to Professor Mark Bellis of John Moores University in Liverpool, the first five years after the initial blush of success could derail your plans for AARP membership.

From The Guardian: 

“Professor Bellis and his team analysed the careers of 1,064 artists who had made it into a catalogue of the 1,000 best albums of all time, as voted for by a poll of more than 200,000 people in 2000. Of these, 100 had died by 2005 - 9.6% of the men and 7.3% of the women. Accidents (16), drug/alcohol overdose (19) and the less rock’n'roll cancer (20) were the top three causes of death, with suicide (3), drug/alcohol related accidents (4) and violence (6) lower down the list. The mysterious “other” category (10) presumably included only truly original exits such as those of the ill-fated Spinal Tap drummers in the spoof rockumentary who variously vacated their stool after a bizarre gardening accident, on-stage spontaneous combustion and choking on someone else’s vomit.”

Of course, many of the people I know who are in bands jog regularly, have even tempers and are kind to small animals and children. But, the threat is there: get some platinum under your belt, and all of a sudden you’re having a Tanqueray breakfast at the Tropicana and Nicole Ritchie is your designated driver.