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The Doors were an American rock band formed in 1965 in Los Angeles, with vocalist Jim

Morrison, keyboardist Ray Manarek, g!itarist Robby "rieger and dr!mmer John #ensmore$

%he band got its name from the title of Aldo!s &!'ley(s book The Doors of Perception,)5* which

itself was a reference to a +!ote made by illiam -lake, ./f the doors of 0erce0tion were

cleansed, everything wo!ld a00ear to man as it is, infinite$. )6* %hey were !ni+!e and among the

most controversial and infl!ential rock acts of the 196s, mostly beca!se of Morrison(s lyrics

and charismatic b!t !n0redictable stage 0ersona$ After Morrison(s death in 1921 at age 32, the

remaining members contin!ed as a trio !ntil disbanding in 1924$ )2*

igning with lektra Records in 1966, the #oors released eight alb!ms between 1962 and

1921$ All b!t one hit the %o0 1 on theBillboard 3 and went 0latin!m or better$ %heir self7titled

deb!t alb!m 81962 was their first in a series of %o0 1 alb!ms in the :nited tates, followed

by Strange Days 8also 1962, Waiting for the Sun 8196;, The Soft Parade 81969, Morrison

Hotel 8192, Absolutely Live 8192 and L.A. Woan 81921, with 3 latin!m, and 5

M!lti7>latin!m alb!m awards in the :nited tates alone$ );* -y the end of 1921, it was re0orted

that the #oors had sold =,19,=52 alb!ms domestically and 2,25,6=3 singles$ )9* %he band had

three million7selling singles in the :$$ with .Light My ?ire., .&ello, / Love @o!. and .%o!ch Me.$

After Morrison(s death in 1921, the s!rviving trio released two alb!ms !ther "oices and #ull

$ircle with Manarek and "rieger sharing lead vocals$ %he three members also collaborated on

the s0oken word recording of Morrison(s An Aerican Prayer in 192; and on the .range

Bo!nty !ite. for a 1992 bo'ed set$ Manarek, "rieger and #ensmore re!nited in 3 for an

e0isode of C&1(s .torytellers. and s!bse+!ently recorded Stoned %aculate& The Music of

The Doors with a variety of vocalists$

Altho!gh the #oors( active career ended in 1924, their 0o0!larity has 0ersisted$ According to

the R/AA, they have sold 44 million certified !nits in the :)1* and over 1 million records

worldwide,)11* making them one of the best7selling bands of all time$)13* %he #oors have been

listed as one of the greatest artists of all time by many magaines, incl!ding 'olling Stone,

which ranked them =1st on its list of the .1 (s$ )1=*

/n 33, Manarek and "rieger started 0laying together again, branding themselves as the#oors of the 31st Bent!ry, with /an Astb!ry of the B!lt on vocals$ #ensmore o0ted to sit o!t

and, along with the Morrison estate, s!ed the d!o over 0ro0er !se of the band(s name and

won$ After a short time as Riders n the torm, they settled on the name Manarek7"rieger

and contin!ed to to!r !ntil Manarek(s death in 314 at the age of 2=$

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%hree of the band(s st!dio alb!ms, the self7titled deb!t, L.A. Woan, and Strange Days, were

feat!red in Rolling tone(s 5


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-y 1966, the gro!0 was 0laying the Los Angeles cl!b London ?og$ %he cl!b was not as

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/n Hovember 1966, Mark Abramson directed a 0romotional film for the lead single .-reak n

%hro!gh 8%o the ther ide.$ %o 0romote the single, the #oors made their television deb!t on

a Los Angeles %C show called Boss $ity circa 1966, 0ossibly early 1962, and then on a Los

Angeles %C show called Shebang , miming to .-reak n %hro!gh., on Hew @ear(s #ay 1962$

%his cli0 has never been officially released by the #oors$

/n early 1962 the #oors a00eared on The $lay $ole Sho( 8which aired on at!rday evenings

at 6 0m on >/I Bhannel 11 o!t of H@B where they 0erformed their single .-reak n

%hro!gh.$ Research has determined that the ta0es were all wi0ed$ %he only shows that still

e'ist are the final ones co0ied by an em0loyee of the station, altho!gh this was long after the

#oors( a00earance$ %he #oors ret!rned toThe $lay $ole Sho( a second time on J!ne 3=

where they most likely 0erformed .Light My ?ire.$ )citation needed *

ince .-reak on %hro!gh. was not very s!ccessf!l on the radio, the band t!rned to .Light My

?ire.$ %he 0roblem with this song was that it was seven min!tes long, so 0rod!cer >a!l

Rothchild c!t it down to three min!tes by radically c!tting the lengthy keyboard and g!itar

solos in the center section$ .Light My ?ire. became the first single from lektra Records to

reach n!mber one on the Billboard Hot )** singles chart, selling over one million co0ies$

)36* .Light My ?ire. was the first song ever written by Robby "rieger and was the beginning of

the band(s s!ccess$

+arly live recordings at the Matri, [ edit ]

%he gro!0 in 1966 8l7rF Morrison, #ensmore, "rieger and 8seated Manarek

?rom March 2 to 11, 1962, the #oors 0erformed at the Matri' Bl!b in an ?rancisco, Balifornia$

%he March 2 and 1 shows were recorded by a co7owner of %he Matri', >eter Abram$ %hese

recordings are notable as they are among the earliest live recordings of the band to circ!late$

n Hovember 1;, 3;, the #oors 0!blished a com0ilation of these recordings, Live at the

Matri, )-/ , on the band(s bo!ti+!e -right Midnight Archives label$ )32*)3;*

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+arly television perforances[ edit ]

%he #oors a00eared on American television on A!g!st 35, 1962, g!est7starring on the variety

%C series Malibu 0 , 0erforming .Light My ?ire.$ %hey did not a00ear live$ %he band is seen on

a beach and is 0erforming the song in 0lay back$ %he m!sic video did not gain any commercial

s!ccess and the 0erformance was more or less forgotten$)39* /t was not !ntil they a00eared

on The +d Sullivan Sho( that they gained attention on television$ )4*

%he #oors 0erforming for #anish television in 196;

%he #oors made their international television deb!t in May 1962, recording a version of .%he

nd. for the Banadian -roadcasting Bor0oration 8B-B at ("eefe Bentre in %oronto$)41* -!t

after its initial broadcasts, the 0erformance remained !nreleased e'ce0t in bootleg form !ntil

the release of The Doors Soundstage Perforances #C# in 33$)41* As .Light My ?ire. climbed

the charts in J!ne and early J!ly, %he #oors were on the ast Boast as an o0ening act for

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%he ne't night at interland, a %C set was wheeled onstage d!ring the #oors set so the band

co!ld see themselves on The 1onathan Winters Sho( $ %hey sto00ed 0laying .-ack #oor Man.

when their song came on$ %he a!dience watched the #oors watching themselves on %C$ %hey

finished the song when their bit was done, and Ray walked over and t!rned the %C off$ %he

ne't night was their last ever in interland$

%hey 0layed two more dates in #enver on #ecember 4 and 41, 1962, ca00ing off a year of

almost constant to!ring$

trange #ays[ edit ]

%he #oors s0ent several weeks in !nset t!dios in Los Angeles recording their second

alb!m, Strange Days, e'0erimenting with the new technology, notably the Moog

synthesier they now had available$ %he commercial s!ccess of Strange Days was middling,

0eaking at n!mber three on the Billboard alb!m chart b!t +!ickly dro00ing, along with a series

of !nder0erforming singles$)36* %he chor!s from the alb!m(s single .>eo0le Are trange.

ins0ired the name of the 31 doc!mentary of the #oors, When 2ou3re Strange$

Altho!gh session m!sician Larry "nechtel had been feat!red on bass on several tracks on the

band(s deb!t alb!m,)43* Strange Days was the first #oors alb!m recorded with a st!dio m!sician

on bass on most of the tracks, and this contin!ed on all s!bse+!ent st!dio alb!ms$ )44* Manarek

e'0lained that his keyboard bass was well7s!ited for live sit!ations b!t that it lacked the

artic!lation needed for st!dio recording$ )44* #o!glass L!bahn 0layed on Strange Days and the

ne't two alb!ms b!t the band !sed several other m!sicians for this role, often !sing more thanone bassist on the same alb!m$ "erry Magness, Leroy Cinnegar , &arvey -rooks, Ray

Heo0olitan, Lonnie Mack, Jerry cheff , Jack Bonrad 8who 0layed a maDor role in the 0ost

Morrison years to!ring with the gro!0 in 1921 and 1923, Bhris thridge, Bharles Larkey and

Leland klar are credited as bassists who worked with the band$ )4=*)45*)46*)42*)4;*

4e( Haven incident [ edit ]

n #ecember 9, 1962, the #oors 0erformed a now infamo!s concert at Hew &aven

Arena in Hew &aven, Bonnectic!t, which ended abr!0tly when Morrison was arrested by local

0olice$)49* Morrison became the first rock artist ever to be arrested onstage d!ring a concert

0erformance$)=*)=1*

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Morrison(s m!gshot taken in Hew &aven

Morrison had been making o!t with a girl fan backstage in a bathroom shower stall 0rior to the

start of the concert when a 0olice officer ha00ened !0on them$ :naware that he was the lead

singer of the band abo!t to 0erform, the officer told Morrison and the girl to leave, to which

Morrison said, .at it$. %he 0oliceman took o!t a can of mace and warned Morrison, .Last

chance., to which Morrison re0lied, .Last chance to eat it$.)=3*)=4*%here is some discre0ancy as to

what ha00ened ne'tF according to 4o !ne Here 5ets !ut Alive, the girl ran and Morrison was

maced b!t Manarek reco!nts in his book that both Jim and the fan were s0rayed and that theconcert was delayed for an ho!r while Jim recovered$ )=3*)==*)=5*

&alfway thro!gh the first set, Morrison 0roceeded to go on an obscenity7laced tirade to the

a!dience, describing what had ha00ened backstage and ta!nting the 0olice, who were

s!rro!nding the stage$ %he concert was abr!0tly ended when Morrison was dragged offstage

by the 0olice he was taken to a local 0olice station, 0hotogra0hed and booked on charges of

inciting a riot, indecency and 0!blic obscenity$ Bharges against Morrison, as well as those

against three Do!rnalists also arrested in the incident 8Mike werin, @vonne Bhabrier and %im

>age, were dro00ed several weeks later for lack of evidence$ )=1*)==*

aiting for the !n[ edit ]

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>oster for a 196; concert at the Bobo Arena, #etroit

Recording of the gro!0(s third alb!m in A0ril 196; was marred by tension as a res!lt of

Morrison(s increasing de0endence on alcohol and other dr!gs, and the reDection of his new

e0ic, .Belebration of the Liard., by band 0rod!cer >a!l Rothchild, who deemed the work not

commercial eno!gh$ A00roaching the height of their 0o0!larity, %he #oors 0layed a series of

o!tdoor shows that led to frenied scenes between fans and 0olice, 0artic!larly at Bhicago

Bolise!m on May 1$

%he band began to branch o!t from their initial form for this third L>$ -eca!se they had

e'ha!sted their original re0ertoire, they began writing new material$ Waiting for the

Sun became their first Ho$ 1 L>, and the single .&ello, / Love @o!. was their second : Ho$ 1

single$ ?ollowing the 196; release of .&ello, / Love @o!., the 0!blisher of the "inks( 196= hit,

. All #ay and All of the Hight. anno!nced they were 0lanning legal action against the #oors for

co0yright infringement, however, writer Ray #avies chose not to s!e$)=6* "inks g!itarist #ave

#avies was 0artic!larly irritated by the similarity$)=2* /n concert, Morrison was occasionally

dismissive of the song, leaving the vocals to Manarek, as can be seen in the doc!mentaryThe

Doors Are !pen$)=;*

A month after rioto!s scenes took 0lace at the inger -owl in Hew @ork, the gro!0 flew to

-ritain for their first 0erformance o!tside of Horth America$ %hey held a 0ress conference at

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hile the band was trying to maintain their 0revio!s moment!m, efforts to e'0and their so!nd

gave the alb!m an e'0erimental feel, ca!sing critics to attack their m!sical integrity$ According

to John #ensmore in his biogra0hy 'iders !n The Stor individ!al writing credits were noted

for the first time beca!se of Morrison(s rel!ctance to sing the lyrics of Robby "rieger(s song

.%ell All the >eo0le.$ Morrison(s drinking made him diffic!lt and !nreliable, and the recordingsessions dragged on for months$ t!dio costs 0iled !0, and the #oors came close to

disintegrating$ #es0ite all this, the alb!m was immensely s!ccessf!l, becoming the band(s

fo!rth hit alb!m$

Miai incident [ edit ]

n March 1, 1969, at the #inner "ey A!ditori!m in the Bocon!t


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.%o!ch Me., Morrison started sho!ting in 0rotest forcing the band to a halt$ At one 0oint,

Morrison removed the hat of an onstage 0olice officer and threw it into the crowd the officer, in

t!rn, removed Morrison(s hat and threw it$ )56* Manager -ill iddons recalled, .%he gig was a

biarre, circ!s7like thing, there was this g!y carrying a shee0 and the wildest 0eo0le that /(d

ever seen.$)52*

+!i0ment chief Cince %reanor said, .omebody D!m0ed !0 and 0o!redcham0agne on Jim so he took his shirt off, he was soaking wet$ (Let(s see a little skin, let(s get

naked,( he said, and the a!dience started taking their clothes off$.)52*&aving removed his shirt,

Morrison held it in front of his groin area and started to make hand movements behind it$

)5;* Manarek later described the incident as a mass .religio!s hall!cination.$)5;*

n March 5, the #ade Bo!nty heriff(s office iss!ed a warrant for Morrison(s arrest claiming

Morrison deliberately e'0osed his 0enis while on stage, sho!ted obscenities to the crowd,

sim!lated oral se' on g!itarist Robby "rieger and was dr!nk at the time of his 0erformance$

Morrison t!rned down a 0lea bargain that re+!ired the #oors to 0erform a free Miami concert$

&e was later convicted, sentenced to si' months in Dail, with hard labor, and ordered to 0ay a

Q5 fine$)59*)6* Morrison remained free 0ending an a00eal of his conviction, and wo!ld die

before the matter was legally resolved$ /n 32 ?lorida


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Live alb!m, whereas .@o! Make Me Real. was released on Alive7 She $ried in 19;4$ ?!rther,

the Can Morrison track, . Morrison Hotel , their fifth alb!m$

?eat!ring a consistent, hard rock so!nd, the alb!m(s o0ener was .Roadho!se -l!es.$ %he

record reached : Ho$ = and revived their stat!s among their core fanbase and the rock

0ress$ #ave Marsh, the editor of $ree magaine, said of the alb!mF .the most horrifying rock

and roll / have ever heard$ hen they(re good, they(re sim0ly !nbeatable$ / know this is the

best record /(ve listened to $$$ so far.$ )66* 'oc8 Maga9ine called it .witho!t any do!bt their

ballsiest 8and best alb!m to date.$ )66* $ircus magaine 0raised it as .0ossibly the best alb!m

yet from the #oors. and .


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>almer and ly and the ?amily tone$ %wo songs from the show were feat!red in the 1995

doc!mentary Message to Love$

Jim Morrison on the day of his conviction in Miami for 0rofanity andindecent e'0os!re$

Last public perforance[ edit ]

n #ecember ;, 192, his 32th birthday, Morrison recorded another 0oetry session$ >art of thiswo!ld end !0 on An Aerican Prayer in 192; with m!sic, and is c!rrently in the 0ossession of

the Bo!rson family$ %he #oors( to!r to 0romote their !0coming alb!m L.A. Woanwo!ld

com0rise only two dates$ %he first was held in #allas, %e'as on #ecember 11$ #!ring the

#oors( last 0!blic 0erformance with Morrison, at %he areho!se in Hew rleans, Lo!isiana, on

#ecember 13, 192, Morrison a00arently had a breakdown on stage$ Midway thro!gh the set

he slammed the micro0hone n!mero!s times into the stage floor !ntil the 0latform beneath

was destroyed, then sat down and ref!sed to 0erform for the remainder of the show$ #r!mmer

John #ensmore recalls the incident in his biogra0hy 'iders !n the Stor, where after the

show he met with Ray and Robby they decided to end their live act, citing their m!t!alagreement that Morrison was ready to retire from 0erforming$

L$A$ oman[ edit ]

%he #oors set to reclaim their stat!s as a 0remier act with L.A. Woan in 1921$ %he session

incl!ded g!itar work by Marc -enno, and bass by Jerry cheff $ %he alb!m contained two %o0

3 hits and went on to be their second best7selling st!dio alb!m, s!r0assed in sales only by

their deb!t$ %he alb!m e'0lored their RE- roots, altho!gh d!ring rehearsals they had a falling7

o!t with >a!l Rothchild, who was dissatisfied with the band(s effort$ #eno!ncing .Love &er

Madly. as .cocktail lo!nge m!sic., he +!it and handed the 0rod!ction to -r!ce -otnick and the

#oors$)6;* %he singles .L$A$ oman., .Love &er Madly., and .Riders on the torm. remain

mainstays of rock radio 0rogramming, with the last of these being ind!cted into the


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known, this is the last cli0 of the #oors 0erforming with Morrison$ n March 14, 1921, following

the recording of L.A. Woan, Morrison took a leave of absence from the #oors and moved to

>aris with >amela Bo!rson$ &e had visited the city the 0revio!s s!mmer and was interested in

moving there to become a writer in e'ile$

Morrison3s death[ edit ]

Jim Morrison(s grave at the >re Lachaise Bemetery in >aris

Morrison died on J!ly 4, 1921$ /n the official acco!nt of his death, he was fo!nd in a >aris

a0artment batht!b by his girlfriend >amela Bo!rson$ >!rs!ant to ?rench law, no a!to0sy was

0erformed beca!se the medical e'aminer claimed to have fo!nd no evidence of fo!l 0lay$ %he

absence of an official a!to0sy and the death certificate(s having no reason of death besides

heart fail!re, have left many +!estions regarding the ca!se of death$ Morrison was b!ried in

the .>oets( Borner. of >re Lachaise Bemetery on J!ly 2$ %he e0ita0h on his headstone bears

the amela Bo!rson also died at the age of 32$

1921K24[edit]

#ensmore, "rieger and Manarek in 1921

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ther Coices[ edit ]

%he s!rviving #oors contin!ed for some time, initially considering re0lacing Morrison with a

new singer$ /nstead, "rieger and Manarek took over on vocals and the #oors released two

more alb!ms before disbanding$ %he recording of !ther "oices took 0lace from J!ne to A!g!st

1921, and the alb!m was released in ctober 1921$ %he L> feat!red the single .%ightro0e

Ride., which received some air0lay$

%he trio began 0erforming again with additional s!00orting members on ?riday, Hovember 13,

1921 at >ershing M!nici0al A!ditori!m in Lincoln, Hebraska, followed by shows in Barnegie

&all on Hovember 34, 1921, and the &ollywood >alladi!m on Hovember 36, 1921$

?!ll Bircle[ edit ]

%he recordings for #ull $ircle took 0lace d!ring the s0ring of 1923, and the alb!m wasreleased in A!g!st 1923$ %he last alb!m e'0anded into Da territory$ hile neither alb!m has

been reiss!ed on B# in the :nited tates, they have been released on 37on71 B#s in


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Morrison reciting his 0oetry$ %he record was a commercial s!ccess, ac+!iring a 0latin!m

certificate$)23* An Aerican Prayer was re7mastered and re7released with bon!s tracks in 1995$

)24*

)--= < 'oc8 and 'oll Hall of #ae[ edit ]

/n 1994, the #oors were ind!cted into the Rock and Roll &all of ?ame$ ?or the ceremony

Manarek, "rieger and #ensmore re!nited once again to 0erform .Roadho!se -l!es., .-reak

n %hro!gh. and .Light My ?ire.$ ddie Cedder filled in on lead vocals, while #on as 0layed

bass$

)--/ < >!range $ounty Suite> [ edit ]

?or the 1992 bo'ed set, the s!rviving members of the #oors once again re!nited to com0lete

.range Bo!nty !ite.$ %he track was one that Morrison had written and recorded, 0rovidingvocals and 0iano$

?*** < C&1(s torytellers and toned /mmac!late[ edit ]

%he #oors re!nited in 3 to 0erform on "H)3s Storytellers$ ?or this last live 0erformance, the

band was Doined by Angelo -arbera on bass and n!mero!s g!est vocalists$

incl!ded /an Astb!ry 8of the B!lt, cott eiland, cott ta00, >erry ?arrell, >at

Monahan and %ravis Meeks$ ?ollowing the recording the Storytellers& A $elebration, the band

members Doined solo and together to record on the Stoned %aculate& The Music of The

Doors$ %hese sessions also yielded new songs credited to the #oors .:nder aterfall. and

.%he Bosmic Movie.$ Astb!ry became lead singer of the #oors of the 31st Bent!ry in 33$

%he gro!0 feat!red original #oors members Robby "rieger and Ray Manarek$)5*)6*)full citation needed *

?**/ < >Woan in the Windo(> [ edit ]

n May 39, 32, >erry ?arrell(s latest gro!0 the atellite >arty released its first alb!m 0ltra

Payloaded on Bol!mbia Records$ %he alb!m feat!res .oman in the indow., a new song

with m!sic and a 0re7recorded vocal 0erformance 0rovided by Jim Morrison$

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se0arate genres and had them record new m!sic$ Manarek and krille' had an immediate

m!sical connection$ .onny 0lays his beat, all he had to do was 0lay the one thing$ / listened to

it and / said, _&oly shit, that(s strong,`. Manarek says$ .-asically, it(s a variation on

_Milestones`, by Miles #avis, and if / do say so myself, so!nds fking great, hot as hell$. )2=* %he

track, called .-reakn( a weat., was incl!ded on krille'(s > Bangarang $

?*) < Belebration for Ray Manarek[ edit ]

?ebr!ary 13, 316, at the ?onda %heatre in &ollywood, John #ensmore and Robby "rieger

re!nited for the first time in 15 years to 0erform in trib!te to Ray and benefit tand :0 to

Bancer$ %hat day wo!ld have been Ray(s 26th birthday$)25* %he night feat!red 'ene Bervenka

and John #oe of the band I, Rami Jaffee of the ?oo ?ighters, tone %em0le >ilots` Robert

#eleo, Jane`s Addiction(s te0hen >erkins, mily Armstrong of #ead ara, Andrew att,

among others$
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