At the age of 18, Robby Krieger joined what would turn out to be one of the most important psych-rock groups of the 1960s: The Doors. Renowned for their wild antics and their charisma-oozing frontman, Jim Morrison, the LA-based group defined the sound of west coast psychedelia, stamping an indelible mark on popular music that it still bears to this day.
REFLECTING ON THEIR HOLLYWOOD BOWL SHOW, JOHN DENSMORE AND ROBBY KRIEGER REVEAL HOW DRUGS ALTERED THE BAND’S SOUND—AND JIM MORRISON’S MIND
The Doors’ Robby Krieger thinks Oliver Stone’s 1991 film about the band is one of the best rock and roll movies ever made. That movie, and a popular 1980 biography of Doors’ singer Jim Morrison, rekindled interest in the band that endures today.
Patti Smith is a bonafide icon and one of the most influential musical artists of all time. Many have tried and failed to imitate the mystique of the heroine we all know as the ‘Punk Poet Laureate’, which tells you a great deal about the quality of her artistry. Unique to her lived experience, Smith’s extensive back catalogue is a varied yet thrilling journey.
Guitar legend Robby Krieger wants to set the record straight about one of the most infamous moments surrounding his former band the Doors: the accusation that singer Jim Morrison exposed himself to the audience at a Doors concert in Miami in March 1969.
After the sudden death of Jim Morrison in 1971, the surviving members of The Doors found themselves mourning the loss of their singer and, in truth, felt rudderless without him.
GUITARIST ROBBY KRIEGER HAS WRITTEN A NEW MEMOIR TITLED 'SET THE NIGHT ON FIRE: LIVING, DYING, AND PLAYING GUITAR WITH THE DOORS'
It’s been 50 years since Robby Krieger lost his pal Jim Morrison—and now he’s ready to set the record straight.
“Do it, Robby, do it!”
If I could pinpoint my favorite moment in any Doors song, it would probably be this one: Jim Morrison, a famously spontaneous (among … other adjectives) bard of a frontman, getting so excited to hear Robby Krieger’s guitar solo in “Roadhouse Blues” that he shouts an intro prior to the first chord.
‘BEFORE THE END – SEARCHING FOR JIM MORRISON,’ A MOVIE BY JEFF FINN, PLANS TO RECONSTRUCT THE LIFE OF JIM MORRISON.
What If everything we think we know about Jim Morrison is wrong? That question has haunted Jeff Finn since 1985, when he first researched the infamous vocalist and lyricist of legendary 1960's rock band, The Doors. Finn is the writer, director and narrator of Before the End: Searching for Jim Morrison, a forthcoming limited film series that rips the hinges off Morrison’s purported official story.
