Three months after The Doors released their classic L.A. Woman Jim Morrison was dead. The album was Morrison’s final record with the band but according to guitarist Robby Krieger, Morrison was in a great mood while they made the album.
It goes without saying, Patti Smith is one of the true greats. Such is her undoubted stamp on the history of popular culture, it would be a struggle to find any music fan in their right mind who has nothing but the utmost regard for The Godmother of Punk.
The Isle of Wight Festival was a steep cultural landmark, an event that bookended an era and was the last hurrah before the swinging sixties’ days became a thing of the past. It wouldn’t only close the counter-culture movement, but it would also be the final time that The Who's Roger Daltrey got to see Jim Morrison, and they put the world to rights.
In An American Prayer, the final album from legendary bastions of the counter-culture movement, The Doors, their enigmatic lead singer Jim Morrison is laid bare for all to see. It’s one of the most explosive and exposing albums in their canon. However, there is another set of tapes that has an even deeper insight into the singer’s character—The Lost Paris Tapes.
Nearly 600 pages of writings by late Doors singer Jim Morrison will be published on June 8, the most extensive collection of his words.
The Collected Works of Jim Morrison: Poetry, Journals, Transcripts and Lyrics, which has been put together with the assistance of his estate, will feature both previously published work as well as never-before-seen material, including unrecorded song lyrics, poetry, personal notebook entries, drawings, photos and more.
The Doors' John Densmore's rollercoaster relationship with Jim Morrison continued long after the frontman's death in 1971.
In a new interview with Appetite for Distortion, John Densmore, the drummer of the rock band The Doors, mourned the band’s late frontman Jim Morrison and stated when revealing his rarely known side that he is the Lizard King and that he had a real vulnerable side.
DURING A RECENT INTERVIEW, THE DOORS DRUMMER, JOHN DENSMORE REVEALED THAT SOMETIMES HE HAS PRETTY VIVID DREAMS OF THE LATE JIM MORRISON.
The Doors drummer John Densmore recently sat down for an interview with Appetite for Distortion.
“IN REHEARSAL WHEN WE WERE HANGING OUT, HE WAS OPEN," JOHN DENSMORE SAID.
During an appearance on Appetite for Distortion, The Doors drummer John Densmore talked about the band's late frontman Jim Morrison, while also looking back on the band's 2000 performance with Stone Temple Pilots' Scott Weiland on vocals as part of the VH1 Storytellers show.
ROCK LEGEND, POET, SEX SYMBOL: 50 YEARS AFTER HIS DEATH, PEOPLE ARE STILL FASCINATED BY JIM MORRISON, LEAD SINGER OF THE DOORS. BUT WHO WAS THE MAN BEHIND THE LEGEND?
