The Doors

This article is about the band. For the album, see The Doors.

The Doors were an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1965, with vocalist Jim Morrison, keyboardist Ray Manzarek, guitarist Robby Krieger, and drummer John Densmore. They were among the most influential and controversial rock acts of the 1960s, partly due to Morrison's lyrics and voice, along with his erratic stage persona. The group is widely regarded as an important figure of the era's counterculture.^[4]

The Doors
The Doors in 1968: Morrison (left), Densmore (centre), Krieger (right) and Manzarek (seated)
Background information
Origin	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres	Psychedelic rock^[1] blues rock^[2] acid rock^[3]
Years active	1965 (1965)–1973 (1973) 1978
Labels	Elektra, Rhino
Spinoffs	The Psychedelic Rangers Butts Band Nite City Manzarek–Krieger
Spinoff of	Rick & the Ravens
Past members	Jim Morrison Ray Manzarek Robby Krieger John Densmore
Website	thedoors.com

The band took its name from the title of Aldous Huxley's book The Doors of Perception, itself a reference to a quote by William Blake. After signing with Elektra Records in 1966, the Doors with Morrison recorded and released six studio albums in five years, some of which are generally considered among the greatest of all time,^[5][6] including their self-titled debut (1967), Strange Days (1967), and L.A. Woman (1971). They were one of the most successful bands during that time and by 1972 the Doors had sold over 4 million albums domestically and nearly 8 million singles.^[7]

Morrison died in uncertain circumstances in 1971. The band continued as a trio until disbanding in 1973.^[8][9] They released three more albums in the 1970s, one of which featured earlier recordings by Morrison, and over the decades reunited on stage in various configurations. In 2002, Manzarek, Krieger, and Ian Astbury of the Cult on vocals started performing as "The Doors of the 21st Century". Densmore and the Morrison estate successfully sued them over the use of the band's name. After a short time as Riders on the Storm, they settled on the name Manzarek–Krieger and toured until Manzarek's death in 2013.

The Doors were the first American band to accumulate eight consecutive gold LPs.^{[nb 1]} According to the RIAA, they have sold 34 million albums in the United States^[11] and over 100 million records worldwide,^[12] making them one of the best-selling bands of all time.^[13] The Doors have been listed as one of the greatest artists of all time by magazines including Rolling Stone, which ranked them 41st on its list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time".^[14] In 1993, they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

History

Origins (July 1965 – August 1966)

 

The Doors logo, designed by an Elektra Records assistant, first appeared on their 1967 debut album.

The Doors began with a chance meeting between acquaintances Jim Morrison and Ray Manzarek on Venice Beach in July 1965. They recognized each other having both attended the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. Morrison told Manzarek he had been writing songs lately.^[15] As Morrison would later relate to Jerry Hopkins in Rolling Stone, "Those first five or six songs I wrote, I was just taking notes at a fantastic rock concert that was going on inside my head. And once I'd written the songs, I had to sing them."^[16] With Manzarek's encouragement, Morrison sang the opening words of "Moonlight Drive": "Let's swim to the moon, let's climb through the tide, penetrate the evening that the city sleeps to hide." Manzarek was inspired, thinking of all the music he could play to accompany these "cool and spooky" lyrics.^[17]

Manzarek was then in a band called Rick & the Ravens with his brothers Rick and Jim, while drummer John Densmore was playing with the Psychedelic Rangers and knew Manzarek from meditation classes.^[18] Densmore joined the group later in August 1965. Together, they combined varied musical backgrounds, from jazz, rock, blues, and folk music idioms.^[19] The five, along with bass player Patty Sullivan,^{[nb 2]} and now christened the Doors, recorded a six-song demo on September 2, 1965, at World Pacific Studios in Los Angeles.^{[nb 3]} The band took their name from the title of Aldous Huxley's book The Doors of Perception, itself derived from a line in William Blake's The Marriage of Heaven and Hell: "If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is: infinite".^[22][23] In late 1965, after Manzarek's two brothers left, guitarist Robby Krieger joined.^[24]

 

Whisky a Go Go

From February to May 1966, the group had a residency at the "rundown" and "sleazy" Los Angeles club London Fog, appearing on the bill with "Rhonda Lane Exotic Dancer".^[25] The experience gave Morrison confidence to perform in front of a live audience, and the band as a whole to develop and, in some cases, lengthen their songs and work "The End" and "Light My Fire" into the pieces that would appear on their debut album.^[25] Manzarek later said that at the London Fog the band "became this collective entity, this unit of oneness ... that is where the magic began to happen."^[25] The group soon graduated to the more esteemed Whisky a Go Go, where they were the house band (starting from May 1966), supporting acts, including Van Morrison's group Them.^[26] On their last night together the two bands joined up for "In the Midnight Hour" and a twenty-minute jam session of "Gloria".^[27][28]

On August 10, 1966, they were spotted by Elektra Records president Jac Holzman, who was present at the recommendation of Love singer Arthur Lee, whose group was with Elektra Records. After Holzman and producer Paul A. Rothchild saw two sets of the band playing at the Whisky a Go Go, they signed them to the Elektra Records label on August 18 — the start of a long and successful partnership with Rothchild and sound engineer Bruce Botnick. The Doors were fired from the Whisky on August 21, 1966, when Morrison added an explicit retelling and profanity-laden version of the Greek myth of Oedipus during "The End".^[29]

The Doors and Strange Days (August 1966 – December 1967)

 

The Doors performing at Fantasy Fair and Magic Mountain Music Festival in 1967

The Doors recorded their self-titled debut album around August 1966, at Sunset Sound Studios.^[30] The record was officially released in the first week of January 1967. It included many popular songs from their repertory, among those, the nearly 12-minute musical drama "The End".^[31] In November 1966, Mark Abramson directed a promotional film for the lead single "Break On Through (To the Other Side)". The group also made several television appearances, such as on Shebang, a Los Angeles television show, miming to a playback of "Break On Through".^{[nb 4]} In early 1967, the group appeared on The Clay Cole Show (which aired on Saturday evenings at 6 p.m. on WPIX Channel 11 out of New York City) where they performed their single "Break On Through". Since the single acquired only minor recognition, the band turned to "Light My Fire"; it became the first single from Elektra Records to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, selling over one million copies.^[34]

From March 7 to 11, 1967, the Doors performed at the Matrix Club in San Francisco, California. The March 7 and 10 shows were recorded by a co-owner of the Matrix, Peter Abram. These recordings are notable as they are among the earliest live recordings of the band to circulate. On November 18, 2008, the Doors published a compilation of these recordings, Live at the Matrix 1967, on the band's boutique Bright Midnight Archives label.^[35][36]

The Doors made their international television debut in May 1967, performing a version of "The End" for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) at O'Keefe Centre in Toronto.^[37] But after its initial broadcasts, the performance remained unreleased except in bootleg form until the release of The Doors Soundstage Performances DVD in 2002.^[37] On August 25, 1967, they appeared on American television, guest-starring on the variety TV series Malibu U, performing "Light My Fire", though they did not appear live. The band is seen on a beach and Morrison is lip-synching the song in playback.^[38] The music video did not gain any commercial success and the performance fell into relative obscurity.^[39] It was not until they appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show that they gained attention on television.^[40]

On September 17, 1967, the Doors gave a memorable performance of "Light My Fire" on The Ed Sullivan Show.^[40] According to Manzarek, network executives asked that the word "higher" be removed, due to a possible reference to drug use.^[41] The group appeared to acquiesce, but performed the song in its original form, because either they had never intended to comply with the request or Jim Morrison was nervous and forgot to make the change (the group has given conflicting accounts).^[42][43] Either way, "higher" was sung out on national television, and the show's host, Ed Sullivan, canceled another six shows that had been planned. After the program's producer told the band they would never perform on the show again,^[41] Morrison reportedly replied: "Hey man. We just did the Sullivan Show."^[40][44][45]

On December 24, the Doors performed "Light My Fire" and "Moonlight Drive" live for The Jonathan Winters Show. Their performance was taped for later broadcast. From December 26 to 28, the group played at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco; during one set, in the middle of "Back Door Man", the band stopped performing to watch themselves on The Jonathan Winters Show on a television set wheeled onto the stage.^[46][47]

The Doors spent several weeks in Sunset Studios in Los Angeles recording their second album, Strange Days, experimenting with the new technology, notably the Moog synthesizer they now had available.^[48] The commercial success of Strange Days was middling, peaking at number three on the Billboard album chart but quickly dropping, along with a series of underperforming singles.^[34] The chorus from the album's single "People Are Strange" inspired the name of the 2009 documentary of the Doors, When You're Strange.^[22]

Although session musician Larry Knechtel had occasionally contributed bass on the band's debut album,^[49] Strange Days was the first Doors album recorded with a studio musician, playing bass on the majority of the record, and this continued on all subsequent studio albums.^[50] Manzarek explained that his keyboard bass was well-suited for live situations but that it lacked the "articulation" needed for studio recording.^[50] Douglass Lubahn played on Strange Days and the next two albums; but the band used several other musicians for this role, often using more than one bassist on the same album. Kerry Magness, Leroy Vinnegar, Harvey Brooks, Ray Neopolitan, Lonnie Mack, Jerry Scheff,^[51] Jack Conrad (who played a major role in the post Morrison years touring with the group in 1971 and 1972), Chris Ethridge, Charles Larkey and Leland Sklar are credited as bassists who worked with the band.^[52][53]

New Haven incident (December 1967)

 

Morrison's mugshot taken in New Haven

On December 9, 1967, the Doors performed a now-infamous concert at New Haven Arena in New Haven, Connecticut, which ended abruptly when Morrison was arrested by local police.^[54] Morrison became the first rock artist to be arrested onstage during a concert performance.^[55][56] Prior to the start of the concert, Morrison was either having a private conversation^[57] or kissing a female fan backstage in a bathroom shower stall when a police officer happened upon them.^[58] Unaware that he was the lead singer of the band about to perform, the officer told Morrison and the fan to leave, to which Morrison said, "Eat it." The policeman took out a can of mace and warned Morrison, "Last chance", to which Morrison replied, "Last chance to eat it."^[59][60] There is some discrepancy as to what happened next: according to No One Here Gets Out Alive, the fan ran away and Morrison was maced; but Manzarek recounts in his book that both Morrison and the fan were sprayed.^[59][61][62]

The Doors' main act was delayed for an hour while Morrison recovered, after which the band took the stage very late. According to music journalist Gillian G. Gaar, the police still did not consider the issue resolved and wanted to charge him. Halfway through the first set, Morrison proceeded to create an improvised song about his experience with the "little man in blue".^[57] It was an obscenity-laced account to the audience, describing what had happened backstage and taunting the police, who were surrounding the stage.^[63][64] Later, an officer approached Morrison, during which Morrison thrust the microphone at his mouth and remarked, "Say your thing, man."^[58][63] The concert came to an abrupt end when Morrison was dragged from the stage by the police. The audience, already restless from waiting so long for the band to perform, became unruly. Morrison was taken to a local police station, photographed and booked on charges of inciting a riot, indecency and public obscenity. Charges against Morrison, as well as those against three journalists also arrested in the incident (Mike Zwerin, Yvonne Chabrier and Tim Page), were dropped several weeks later for lack of evidence.^[56][61]

Waiting for the Sun (April–December 1968)

 

Poster for a 1968 concert at the Cobo Arena, Detroit

Recording of the group's third album in April 1968 was marred by tension as a result of Morrison's increasing dependence on alcohol and the rejection of the 17-minute "Celebration of the Lizard" by band producer Paul Rothchild, who considered the work not commercial enough.^[65] Approaching the height of their popularity, the Doors played a series of outdoor shows that led to frenzied scenes between fans and police, particularly at Chicago Coliseum on May 10.^[66]

The band began to branch out from their initial form for this third LP, and began writing new material. Waiting for the Sun became their first and only album to reach number 1 on the US charts, and the single "Hello, I Love You" (one of the six songs performed by the band on their 1965 Aura Records demo) was their second US No. 1 single. Following the 1968 release of "Hello, I Love You", the publisher of the Kinks' 1964 hit "All Day and All of the Night" announced they were planning legal action against the Doors for copyright infringement; however, songwriter Ray Davies ultimately chose not to sue.^{[67][nb 5]} Kinks guitarist Dave Davies was particularly irritated by the similarity.^[69] In concert, Morrison was occasionally dismissive of the song, leaving the vocals to Manzarek, as can be seen in the documentary The Doors Are Open.^[70]

 

The Doors performing for Danish television in 1968

A month after a riotous concert at the Singer Bowl in New York City, the group flew to Great Britain for their first performance outside North America. They held a press conference at the ICA Gallery in London and played shows at the Roundhouse. The results of the trip were broadcast on Granada TV's The Doors Are Open, later released on video. They played dates in Europe, along with Jefferson Airplane, including a show in Amsterdam where Morrison collapsed on stage after a drug binge (including marijuana, hashish and unspecified pills).^[71]

 

Robby Krieger at Roundhouse in London (September 1968).

The group flew back to the United States and played nine more dates before returning to work in November on their fourth LP. They ended the year with a successful new single, "Touch Me" (released in December 1968), which reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 1 in the Cashbox Top 100 in early 1969; this was the group's third and last American number-one single.^[72]

Miami incident (March 1969)

 

Jim Morrison on the day of his conviction in Miami for profanity and indecent exposure

On March 1, 1969, at the Dinner Key Auditorium in the Coconut Grove neighborhood of Miami, Florida, the Doors gave the most controversial performance of their career, one that nearly "derailed the band".^[8] The auditorium was a converted seaplane hangar that had no air conditioning on that hot night, and the seats had been removed by the promoter to boost ticket sales.^[73][74]

Morrison had been drinking all day and had missed connecting flights to Miami. By the time he arrived, drunk, the concert was over an hour late.^[73][75] The restless crowd of 12,000, packed into a facility designed to hold 7,000, was subjected to undue silences in Morrison's singing, which strained the music from the beginning of the performance. Morrison had recently attended a play by an experimental theater group the Living Theatre and was inspired by their "antagonistic" style of performance art.^[76][77] Morrison taunted the crowd with messages of both love and hate, saying, "Love me. I can't take it no more without no good love. I want some lovin'. Ain't nobody gonna love my ass?" and alternately, "You're all a bunch of fuckin' idiots!" and screaming "What are you gonna do about it?" over and over again.^[77][78][75]

As the band began their second song, "Touch Me", Morrison started shouting in protest, forcing the band to a halt. At one point, Morrison removed the hat of an onstage police officer and threw it into the crowd; the officer in reaction threw Morrison's hat too.^[79] Manager Bill Siddons recalled, "The gig was a bizarre, circus-like thing, there was this guy carrying a sheep and the wildest people that I'd ever seen."^[80] Equipment chief Vince Treanor said, "Somebody jumped up and poured champagne 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 audience started taking their clothes off."^[80] Having removed his shirt, Morrison held it in front of his groin area and started to make hand movements behind it.^[81] Manzarek described the incident as a mass "religious hallucination".^[81]

On March 5, the Dade County Sheriff's office issued a warrant for Morrison's arrest, claiming Morrison had exposed his penis while on stage, shouted obscenities to the crowd, simulated oral sex on Krieger, and was drunk at the time of his performance. Morrison turned down a plea bargain that required the Doors to perform a free Miami concert. He was convicted and sentenced to six months in jail with hard labor, and ordered to pay a $500 fine.^[82][83] Morrison remained free, pending an appeal of his conviction, and died before the matter was legally resolved. In 2007 Florida Governor Charlie Crist suggested the possibility of a posthumous pardon for Morrison, which was announced as successful on December 9, 2010.^[84] Densmore, Krieger and Manzarek have denied the allegation that Morrison exposed himself on stage that night.^{[85][86][87][88]}

The Soft Parade (May–July 1969)

The Doors' fourth album, The Soft Parade, released in July 1969, was their first-and-only to feature brass and string arrangements. The concept was suggested by Rothchild to the band, after listening to many examples by various groups who also explored the same radical departure.^[89] Both jazz-influenced Densmore and Manzarek agreed with the recommendation,^[90] but Morrison declined to incorporate orchestral accompaniment on his compositions.^[91] The lead single, "Touch Me", featured saxophonist Curtis Amy.^[92]

 

The Doors c. 1968

While the band was trying faintly to maintain their previous momentum, efforts to expand their sound gave the album an experimental feel, causing critics to attack their musical integrity.^[93] According to Densmore in his biography Riders on the Storm, individual writing credits were noted for the first time because of Morrison's reluctance to sing the lyrics of Krieger's song "Tell All the People". Morrison's drinking made him difficult and unreliable, and the recording sessions dragged on for months. Studio costs piled up, and the Doors came close to disintegrating. Despite all this, the album was immensely successful, becoming the band's fourth hit album.^[94] By this time, Morrison had become distant from the music and had intended to quit the group, but was persuaded by Manzarek to stay for six more months.^[95][96]

Morrison Hotel and Absolutely Live (November 1969 – December 1970)

 

Photo by Henry Diltz used on the cover of Morrison Hotel

During the recording of their next album, Morrison Hotel, in November 1969, Morrison again found himself in trouble with the law after harassing airline staff during a flight to Phoenix, Arizona to see the Rolling Stones in concert. Both Morrison and his friend and traveling companion Tom Baker were charged with "interfering with the flight of an intercontinental aircraft and public drunkenness".^[97] If convicted of the most serious charge, Morrison could have faced a ten-year federal prison sentence for the incident.^[98] The charges were dropped in April 1970 after an airline stewardess reversed her testimony to say she mistakenly identified Morrison as Baker.^[99]

The Doors staged a return to a more conventional direction after the experimental The Soft Parade, with their fifth LP Morrison Hotel in 1970.^[100] Featuring a consistent blues rock sound, the album's opener was "Roadhouse Blues". The record reached No. 4 in the United States and revived their status among their core fanbase and the rock press. Dave Marsh, the editor of Creem magazine, said of the album: "the most horrifying rock and roll I have ever heard. When they're good, they're simply unbeatable. I know this is the best record I've listened to  ... so far".^[98] Rock Magazine called it "without any doubt their ballsiest (and best) album to date".^[98] Circus magazine praised it as "possibly the best album yet from the Doors" and "good hard, evil rock, and one of the best albums released this decade".^[98] The album also saw Morrison returning as main songwriter, writing or co-writing all of the album's tracks. The 40th anniversary CD reissue of Morrison Hotel contains outtakes and alternative takes, including different versions of "The Spy" and "Roadhouse Blues" (with Lonnie Mack on bass guitar and the Lovin' Spoonful's John Sebastian on harmonica).^[101]

July 1970 saw the release of the group's first live album, Absolutely Live, which peaked at No. 8 position on the charts.^[102] The record was completed by producer Rothchild, who confirmed that the album's final mixing consisted of many bits and pieces from various and different band concerts. "There must be 2000 edits on that album," he told an interviewer years later.^[89] Absolutely Live also includes the first release of the lengthy piece "Celebration of the Lizard".

Although the Doors continued to face de facto bans in more conservative American markets and earned new bans at Salt Lake City's Salt Palace and Detroit's Cobo Hall following tumultuous concerts,^[103][104] the band managed to play 18 concerts in the United States, Mexico and Canada following the Miami incident in 1969,^[105] and 23 dates in the United States and Canada throughout the first half of 1970. The group later made it to the Isle of Wight Festival on August 29; performing on the same day as John Sebastian, Shawn Phillips, Lighthouse, Joni Mitchell, Tiny Tim, Miles Davis, Ten Years After, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, the Who, Sly and the Family Stone and Melanie;^[106] the performance was the last captured on the band's Roadhouse Blues Tour.^[107]

On December 8, 1970, his 27th birthday, Morrison recorded another poetry session.^[108] Part of this would end up on An American Prayer in 1978 with music, and is currently in the possession of the Courson family.^[109] Shortly thereafter, a new tour to promote their upcoming album would comprise only three dates. Two concerts were held in Dallas on December 11. During the Doors' last public performance with Morrison, at The Warehouse in New Orleans, on December 12, 1970, Morrison apparently had a breakdown on stage. Midway through the set he slammed the microphone numerous times into the stage floor until the platform beneath was destroyed, then sat down and refused to perform for the remainder of the show.^[110] After the concert, Densmore, Manzarek and Krieger decided to end their live act, citing their mutual agreement that Morrison was ready to retire from performing.^[111][112]

L.A. Woman and Morrison's death (December 1970 – July 1971)

 

Jim Morrison's grave at the Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris

Despite Morrison's conviction and the fallout from their appearance in New Orleans, the Doors set out to reclaim their status as a premier act with the album L.A. Woman, recorded in Los Angeles in 1971.^[113] The album included rhythm guitarist Marc Benno on several tracks and prominently featured bassist Jerry Scheff, best known for his work in Elvis Presley's TCB Band. Despite a comparatively low Billboard chart peak at No. 9, L.A. Woman contained two Top 20 hits and went on to be their second best-selling studio album, surpassed in sales only by their debut.^[30] The album explored their R&B roots,^[114] although during rehearsals they had a falling-out with Paul Rothchild, who was dissatisfied with the band's effort. Denouncing "Love Her Madly" as "cocktail lounge music", he quit and handed the production to Bruce Botnick and the Doors.^[89]

The title track and two singles ("Love Her Madly" and "Riders on the Storm") remain mainstays of rock radio programming,^[115] with the latter being inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame for its special significance to recorded music. In the song "L.A. Woman", Morrison makes an anagram of his name to chant "Mr. Mojo Risin".^[116] During the sessions, a short clip of the band performing "Crawling King Snake" was filmed. As far as is known, this is the last clip of the Doors performing with Morrison.^[117]

On March 13, 1971, near the end of the mixing of L.A. Woman, Morrison took a leave of absence from the Doors and moved to Paris with Pamela Courson;^[118] he had visited the city the previous summer. On July 3, 1971, following months of settling, Morrison was found dead in the bath by Courson.^[119] Despite the absence of an official autopsy, the reason of death was listed as heart failure.^[120] He was buried in the "Poets' Corner" of Père Lachaise Cemetery on July 7.^[121][122]

Morrison died at age 27, the same age as several other famous rock stars in the 27 Club. In 1974, Morrison's girlfriend Pamela Courson also died at the age of 27.^[123]

After Morrison

Other Voices and Full Circle (July 1971 – January 1973)

 

Densmore, Krieger and Manzarek in November 1971

Morrison's passing stamped the Doors with a seal of legend and immortality. There was no opportunity for the band to go into the seventies intact. Perhaps that's a good thing. I can't imagine the Doors in the era of disco.

— Henry Rollins^[124]

L.A. Woman's follow up album, Other Voices, was being planned while Morrison was in Paris. The band assumed he would return to help them complete the album.^[125] After Morrison died, the surviving members considered replacing him with several new people, such as Paul McCartney on bass,^[126] and Iggy Pop on vocals.^[127] But after neither of these worked out, Krieger and Manzarek took over lead vocal duties themselves.^[125] Other Voices was finally completed in August 1971, and released in October 1971. The record featured the single "Tightrope Ride", which received some radio airplay. The trio began performing again with additional supporting members on November 12, 1971, at Pershing Municipal Auditorium in Lincoln, Nebraska, followed by shows at Carnegie Hall on November 23, and the Hollywood Palladium on November 26.^[125]

The recordings for Full Circle took place a year after Other Voices during the spring of 1972, and the album was released in August 1972. For the tours during this period, the Doors enlisted Jack Conrad on bass (who had played on several tracks on both Other Voices and Full Circle) as well as Bobby Ray Henson on rhythm guitar. They began a European tour covering France, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom, including an appearance on the German show Beat-Club. Like Other Voices, Full Circle did not perform as well commercially as their previous albums. While Full Circle was notable for adding elements of funk and jazz to the usual Doors sound,^[128] the band struggled with Manzarek and Krieger leading (neither of the post-Morrison albums had reached the Top 10 while all six of their albums with Morrison had).^[129] Once their contract with Elektra had elapsed the Doors disbanded in 1973.^[8]

Reunions

The third post-Morrison album, An American Prayer, was released in 1978. It consisted of the band adding musical backing tracks to previously recorded spoken word performances of Morrison reciting his poetry. The record was a commercial success, acquiring a platinum certificate.^[130] Two years later, it was nominated for a Grammy Award in the "Spoken Word Album" category, but it ultimately lost to John Gielgud's The Ages of Man.^[131] An American Prayer was re-mastered and re-released with bonus tracks in 1995.^[132]

In 1993, the Doors were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.^[133] In the ceremony, Manzarek, Krieger and Densmore reunited once again to perform "Roadhouse Blues", "Break On Through" and "Light My Fire". Eddie Vedder filled in on lead vocals, while Don Was played bass.^[134] For the 1997 boxed set, the surviving members of the Doors reconvened to complete "Orange County Suite". The track was one that Morrison had written and recorded in early 1969, providing vocals and piano.^[113]

The Doors reunited in 2000 to perform on VH1's Storytellers. For the live performance, the band was joined by Angelo Barbera and numerous guest vocalists, including Ian Astbury of the Cult, Scott Weiland, Scott Stapp, Perry Farrell, Pat Monahan and Travis Meeks. Following the recording of Storytellers: A Celebration, the band members joined to record music for the Stoned Immaculate: The Music of The Doors tribute album.^[135] On May 29, 2007, Perry Farrell's group the Satellite Party released its first album Ultra Payloaded on Columbia Records. It featured "Woman in the Window", a new song with a pre-recorded vocal performance by Morrison.^[136]

Subsequently, Manzarek along with Krieger, Densmore and DJ/producer Skrillex (Sonny Moore) recorded a new song, of which Manzarek said, "I like to say this is the first new Doors track of the 21st century". The recording session and song are part of a documentary film, Re:GENERATION, that recruited five popular DJs/producers to work with artists from five separate genres and had them record new music.^[137] Manzarek and Skrillex had an immediate musical connection: "Sonny plays his beat, all he had to do was play the one thing. I listened to it and I said, 'Holy shit, that's strong,'" Manzarek says. "Basically, it's a variation on 'Milestones', by Miles Davis, and if I do say so myself, sounds fucking great, hot as hell."^[138] The track, called "Breakn' a Sweat", was included on Skrillex's EP Bangarang.^[139]

In 2013, the remaining members of the Doors recorded with rapper Tech N9ne for the song "Strange 2013", appearing on his album Something Else, which features new instrumentation by the band and samples of Morrison's vocals from the song "Strange Days".^[140] In their final collaboration before Manzarek's death, the three surviving Doors provided backing for poet Michael C. Ford's album Look Each Other in The Ears.

On February 12, 2016, at The Fonda Theatre in Hollywood, Densmore and Krieger reunited for the first time in 15 years to perform in tribute to Manzarek and benefit Stand Up to Cancer. That day would have been Manzarek's 77th birthday.^[141] The night featured Exene Cervenka and John Doe of the band X, Rami Jaffee of the Foo Fighters, Stone Temple Pilots' Robert Deleo, Jane's Addiction's Stephen Perkins, Emily Armstrong of Dead Sara, Andrew Watt, among others.^[142]

After the Doors

After Morrison died in 1971, Densmore and Krieger went to London looking for a new lead singer.^[143] They formed the Butts Band in 1973 there, signing with Blue Thumb Records. They released an album titled Butts Band the same year, then disbanded in 1975 after a second album with Phil Chen on bass.^[144]

Manzarek made three solo albums from 1974 to 1983 and formed a band called Nite City in 1975, which released two albums in 1977–1978.^[145] Krieger released six solo albums from 1977 to 2010.^[146] In 2002, the two together formed a new version of the Doors which they called the Doors of the 21st Century. Due to legal battles with Densmore and the Morrison estate over use of the Doors name, they changed their name several times and ultimately toured under the name "Manzarek–Krieger" or "Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger of the Doors".^[147] The group toured extensively throughout their career.^[148] In July 2007, Densmore announced he would not reunite with the Doors unless Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam was the lead singer.^[149]

On May 20, 2013, Manzarek died at a hospital in Rosenheim, Germany, at the age of 74 due to complications related to bile duct cancer.^[150] Krieger and Densmore came together on February 12, 2016, at a benefit concert memorial for Manzarek. All proceeds went to "Stand Up to Cancer".^[151]

Legacy

Beginning in the late 1970s, there was a sustained revival of interest in the Doors which created a new generation of fans.^[152] The origin of the revival is traced to the release of the album An American Prayer in late 1978 which contained a live version of "Roadhouse Blues" that received considerable airplay on album-oriented rock radio stations. In 1979 the song "The End" was featured in dramatic fashion in the film Apocalypse Now,^[8][153] and the next year the best-selling biography of Morrison, No One Here Gets Out Alive, was published. The Doors' first album, The Doors, re-entered the Billboard 200 album chart in September 1980 and Elektra Records reported the Doors' albums were selling better than in any year since their original release.^[154] In response a new compilation album, Greatest Hits, was released in October 1980. The album peaked at No. 17 in Billboard and remained on the chart for nearly two years.^[155]

 

A star for The Doors on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Los Angeles, California

The revival continued in 1983 with the release of Alive, She Cried, an album of previously unreleased live recordings. The track "Gloria" reached No. 18 on the Billboard Top Tracks chart^[156] and the video was in heavy rotation on MTV.^[157] Another compilation album, The Best of the Doors was released in 1985 and went on to be certified Diamond in 2007 by the Recording Industry Association of America for sales of 10 million certified units.^[158]

A second revival, attracting another generation of fans, occurred in 1991 following the release of the film The Doors, directed by Oliver Stone and starring Val Kilmer as Morrison.^[159] Stone created the script from over a hundred interviews of people who were in Morrison's life.^[160] He designed the movie by picking the songs and then adding the appropriate storylines to them.^[161] The original band members did not like the film's portrayal of the events. In the book The Doors,^[162] Manzarek states, "That Oliver Stone thing did real damage to the guy I knew: Jim Morrison, the poet." In addition, Manzarek claims that he wanted the movie to be about all four members of the band, not only Morrison.^[163] Densmore said, "A third of it's fiction." In the same volume, Krieger agrees with the other two, but also says, "It could have been a lot worse." The film's soundtrack album reached No. 8 on the Billboard album chart and Greatest Hits and The Best of the Doors re-entered the chart, with the latter reaching a new peak position of No. 32.

Awards and critical accolades:

• In 1993, the Doors were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.^[164]
• In 1998, "Light My Fire" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame under the category Rock (track).^[165]
• In 1998, VH-1 compiled a list of the 100 Greatest Artists of Rock and Roll. The Doors were ranked number 20 by top music artists while Rock on the Net readers ranked them number 15.^[166]
• In 2000, the Doors were ranked number 32 on VH1's 100 Greatest Hard Rock Artists,^[167] and "Light My Fire" was ranked number seven on VH1's Greatest Rock Songs.^[168]
• In 2002, their self-titled album' was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame under the category Rock (Album).^[165]
• In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked the Doors 41st on their list of 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.^[14]
• Also in 2004, Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time included two of their songs: "Light My Fire" at number 35 and "The End" at number 328.^[169]
• In 2007, the Doors received a Grammy Award for lifetime achievement.^[170]
• In 2007, the Doors received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.^[171]
• In 2010, "Riders on the Storm" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame under the category Rock (track).^[165]
• In 2011, the Doors received a Grammy Award in Best Long Form Music Video for the film When You're Strange, directed by Tom DiCillo.^[172]
• In 2012, Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time included three of their studio albums; the self-titled album at number 42, L.A. Woman at number 362, and Strange Days at number 407.^[173]
• In 2014, the Doors were voted by British Classic Rock magazine's readers to receive that year's Roll of Honour Tommy Vance "Inspiration" Award.^[174]
• In 2015, the Library of Congress selected The Doors for inclusion in the National Recording Registry based on its cultural, artistic or historical significance.^[175]
• In 2016, the Doors received a Grammy Award in Favorite Reissues and Compilation for the live album London Fog 1966.^[176]
• The Doors were honored for the 50th anniversary of their self-titled album release, January 4, 2017, with the city of Los Angeles proclaiming that date "The Day of the Doors".^[177] At a ceremony in Venice, Los Angeles Councilmember Mike Bonin introduced surviving members Densmore and Krieger, presenting them with a framed proclamation and lighting a Doors sign beneath the famed 'Venice' letters.^[178]
• The 2018 Asbury Park Music & Film Festival has announced the film submission award winners. The ceremony was held on Sunday, April 29 at the Asbury Hotel hosted by Shelli Sonstein, two-time Gracie Award winner, co-host of the Jim Kerr Rock and Roll Morning Show on Q104.3 and APMFF Board member. The film Break on Thru: Celebration of Ray Manzarek and The Doors, won the best length feature at the festival.^[179]
• In 2020, Rolling Stone listed the 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition of Morrison Hotel among "The Best Box Sets of the Year".^[180]

Band members

• Jim Morrison – lead vocals, harmonica, percussion (1965–1971; died 1971)
• Ray Manzarek – keyboards, organ, backing and lead vocals (1965–1973, 1978; died 2013)
• Robby Krieger – guitar, backing and lead vocals (1965–1973, 1978)
• John Densmore – drums, percussion, backing vocals (1965–1973, 1978)
• Patty Sullivan – bass guitar (1965)

Timeline

Discography

Main article: The Doors discography

• The Doors (1967)
• Strange Days (1967)
• Waiting for the Sun (1968)
• The Soft Parade (1969)
• Morrison Hotel (1970)
• L.A. Woman (1971)

After Morrison

• Other Voices (1971)
• Full Circle (1972)
• An American Prayer (1978)

Videography

• The Doors Are Open (1968)
• A Tribute to Jim Morrison (1981)
• Dance on Fire (1985)
• Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1987)
• Live in Europe 1968 (1989)
• The Doors (1991)
• The Soft Parade a Retrospective (1991)
• The Best of the Doors (1997)
• The Doors Collection – Collector's Edition (1999)
• VH1 Storytellers – The Doors: A Celebration (2001)
• The Doors – 30 Years Commemorative Edition (2001)
• No One Here Gets Out Alive (2001)
• Soundstage Performances (2002)
• The Doors of the 21st Century: L.A. Woman Live (2003)
• The Doors Collector's Edition – (3 DVD) (2005)
• Classic Albums: The Doors (2008)
• When You're Strange (2009)
• Mr. Mojo Risin' : The Story of L.A. Woman (2011)
• Live at the Bowl '68 (2012)
• R-Evolution (2013)
• The Doors Special Edition – (3 DVD) (2013)
• Feast of Friends (2014)
• Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970 (2018)
• Break on Thru: Celebration of Ray Manzarek and The Doors (2018)

Notes

1. In the official DVD Dance on Fire features in the credits of the song "Riders on the Storm": "They would become the first American band to accumulate eight consecutive gold and platinum LPs."^[10]
2. Patty Sullivan was later credited using her married name Patricia Hansen in the Doors' 1997 Box Set CD release.^[20][21]
3. These recordings were officially available much later in October 1997, on the Doors' Box Set CD release. This has circulated widely since then as a bootleg recording.^[21]
4. According to The Doors FAQ author Richie Weidman, this was either New Year's Day 1967,^[32] or March 6, 1967, as noted by Gillian G. Gaar.^[33]
5. However, some have supported that the court in the United Kingdom determined in favor of Davies and any royalties for the song are paid to him.^[68]

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• Wall, Mick (October 30, 2014). Love Becomes a Funeral Pyre: A Biography of The Doors. Hachette UK. ISBN 978-1409151258.
• Wallace, Richard (September 18, 2010). The Lazy Intellectual: Maximum Knowledge, Minimal Effort. Adams Media. ISBN 978-1-4405-0888-2.
• Weidman, Rich (October 1, 2011). The Doors FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Kings of Acid Rock. Rowman & Littlefield.

Further reading

• Ashcroft, Linda. Wild Child: Life with Jim Morrison. Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, 1997-8-21. ISBN 978-0-340-68498-6
• Jakob, Dennis C. Summer With Morrison. Ion Drive Publishing, 2011. ISBN 978-0-9817143-8-7
• Marcus, Greil. The Doors: A Lifetime of Listening to Five Mean Years. PublicAffairs, 2011. ISBN 978-1-58648-945-8
• Shaw, Greg. The Doors on the Road. Omnibus Press, 1997. ISBN 978-0-7119-6546-1
• Sugerman, Danny. The Doors: The Complete Lyrics. Delta, October 10, 1992. ISBN 978-0-385-30840-3

External links

• Official website
• The Doors discography at Discogs  
• "The Doors". Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.  
• Ray Manzarek shares moments of his life story and career NAMM Oral History Interview December 8, 2008
• Federal Bureau of Investigation Record: The Vault – "The Doors" at fbi.gov