He was also the first one to smash his guitar to shreds, followed by many other rock musicians including Nirvana. Everyone from music moguls to teenage kids were taken by Hendrix‘ experimentation. He managed to release only two another full-length albums, called Axis: Bold As Love and the double-LP Electric Ladyland, before he died at the age of 27 in 1970. His death itself is covered by a mystery. The wide-spread version of his death is the drug overdose but the truth may be that he died after and allergic reaction caused by a sleeping pills, suffocated on his own vomit. The fact whether he commited suicide or not has never been confirmed.

Hendrix spent a lot of time in the recording studio experimenting and producing material he never released while he was alive. This along with some other live performances were released in countless posthumous compilations. The material was also the focus of a great controversy because producer Alan Douglas took control of these projects, re-recorded and modified many of the original records with aditional musicians. Lastly, after a lenghty legal dispute, the rights to Jimi’s estate, including all of his original recordings, were returned to Al Hendrix, guitarist’s father, in 1995. Then Al began to get Hendrix‘ legacy in order, and reissued all of his original works with greatly improved, remastered sound.