The Doors guitarist Robby Krieger recalled how rumors that Jim Morrison didn't die in 1971 caused arguments among the rest of the band.

The singer died in Paris at age 27, but rumors still persist that he had staged a fake death in order to escape the pressures of his life. While the story is generally dismissed, Krieger said he and keyboardist Ray Manzarek held opposing views.

REFLECTING ON THEIR HOLLYWOOD BOWL SHOW, JOHN DENSMORE AND ROBBY KRIEGER REVEAL HOW DRUGS ALTERED THE BAND’S SOUND—AND JIM MORRISON’S MIND

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.

Not everyone was convinced that Jim Morrison really died in Paris in 1971, and that included at least one member of the rock icon's own band.

We’re wrapping up the final week in a three-week celebration of Off The Road, marking a second anniversary of the series this month! To celebrate, three remarkable guitarists join us.

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.

SAN FRANCISCO – The end is near for a bitter legal dispute between the three surviving members of The Doors now that the California Supreme Court has refused to take up their case.

Keyboardist Ray Manzarek and guitarist Robby Krieger are on the hook for more than $5 million after they were found by lower courts to have improperly invoked The Doors’ name and images during a 2003 concert tour.

“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.

THE WIDE-RANGING AND OFTEN PROPHETIC WRITINGS OF THE DOORS’ FRONTMAN ARE CELEBRATED IN A NEW ANTHOLOGY