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Author
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Spanning the entire history of the Doors, this book will long remain the definitive biography of a band that forever changed popular music. But it's not the story you think you know. Yes, Jim Morrison died in Paris in 1971-but not in a bathtub. The other Doors were saddened and shocked but had already fired him anyway. It wasn't Jim who wrote the hits; it was guitarist Robby Krieger. It wasn't Jim who saw a bright, acid-flared future for the band...
Author
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
A fan from the moment the Doors' first album took over KMPX, the revolutionary FM rock & roll station in San Francisco, Greil Marcus saw the band many times at the legendary Fillmore Auditorium and the Avalon Ballroom in 1967. Five years later it was all over. Forty years after the singer Jim Morrison was found dead in Paris and the group disbanded, one could drive from here to there, changing from one FM pop station to another, and be all but guaranteed...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Description
In his tell-all, legendary Doors guitarist, Robby Krieger, one of Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time," opens up about his band's meteoric career, his own darkest moments, and the most famous black eye in rock 'n' roll. Few bands are as shrouded in the murky haze of rock mythology as The Doors, and parsing fact from fiction has been a virtually impossible task. But now, after fifty years, The Doors' notoriously quiet guitarist is...
4) The Doors
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jim Morrison, one of the most sensual and exciting figures in the history of rock and roll, explodes on the screen. The electrifying movie about a time called the sixties and a legendary outlaw who rocked America's consciousness - forever.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
In Paris's Père-Lachaise cemetery, Jim Morrison's graffiti-scrawled tombstone is a place of pilgrimage for local devotees, adolescent hedonists, and wayward backpackers alike. Found dead in his bathtub at only twenty-seven, having achieved worldwide stardom as lead singer of the Doors, Morrison was quickly immortalized among the rock and roll deities such as Hendrix and Joplin. In death, however, this debauched "rock poet" remained more stubbornly...
Author
Series
Publisher
Backbeat Books
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
It has been 40 years since the untimely death of L.A.'s mystic and rock's Dionysus, Jim Morrison, yet the Doors have consistently inspired new generations of fans worldwide ever since. Highlighting one of the most influential, original, and outrageous American bands of the 1960s, The Doors FAQ is a dynamic, unorthodox exploration of this remarkable band and its enigmatic lead singer.
Drawing upon unique sources, Rich Weidman digs deep and serves...
9) The Doors
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Drama focusing on the life of sixties rock star Jim Morrison.
Publisher
Eagle Vision
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
The documentary uncovers historic and previously unseen footage of the illustrious rock band and provides new insight into the revolutionary impact of its music and legacy. Narrated by Johnny Depp, the film is a riveting account of the band's history.
Author
Publisher
Voyageur Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Take an up-front and behind-the-scenes look at The Doors. Although their career with their wild and unpredictable frontman lasted barely six years, The Doors are one of the most mind-blowing bands in rock history. Formed in Los Angeles in 1965 by UCLA film school acquaintances Jim Morrison and Ray Manzarek, the band became famous for a sound driven by powerful keyboards and haunting, stream-of-consciousness lyrics. Rounded out by guitarist Robbie...
Author
Publisher
Hamilcar Publications
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Shrouded in mystery and the swirling psychedelic sounds of the Sixties, the Doors have captivated listeners across seven decades. Jim Morrison transformed from rock god to American icon. With each successive generation of fans, the Doors become more popular and transcendent. Yet the band's full significance is buried beneath layers of mythology and folklore. Bob Batchelor combines cultural history, musical and lyrical analysis, and a broad stroke...
Publisher
Eagle Vision
Language
English
Formats
Description
"On 5 July 1968 The Doors took to the stage of the Hollywood Bowl for a concert that has since passed into legend. Now for the first time the original film footage from the Hollywood Bowl has been digitally scanned and restored to present the show better and more complete than it's ever been seen before, with 2 previously cut tracks returned to the running order and with sound newly remixed and mastered from the original multitrack tapes by The Doors'...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"In The Doors Unhinged: Jim Morrison's Legacy Goes on Trial, New York Times best-selling author and legendary Doors drummer John Densmore offers a powerful exploration of the "greed gene"--that part of the human psyche that propels us toward the accumulation of more and more wealth, even at the expense of our principles, friendships, and the well-being of society. This is the gripping account of the legal battle to control The Doors's artistic destiny....
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