They came together 60 years ago in Venice, California: Jim Morrison, a poet in leather pants, backed by Ray Manzarek on keys, Robby Krieger on guitar, and John Densmore on drums. The Doors soon got ...

It certainly wasn’t The Doors’ biggest hit, as it was only released as a B-side to a single that flamed out quickly. And it wasn’t all that emblematic of the band’s signature sound, as it largely ...

The Doors' Strange Days 1967: A Work in Progress debuts on Billboard’s Vinyl Albums and Top Album Sales charts, earning the band another win. The Doors L-R Jim Morrison, John Densmore, Ray Manzarek ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

The Doors and The Monkees were two of the bands that helped define classic rock from the 1960s. Despite this, The Doors’ Jim Morrison didn’t see The Monkees as his artistic peers. He once attacked the ...

Of the two remaining members of The Doors, one still tours, guitarist Robby Krieger. The other, drummer John Densmore, writes books. Here, he gives some straight talk about the band. ByJim Clash, ...

Has there ever been a band that endured as much drama as The Doors while still delivering consistently mesmerizing music? They maintained that quality right up to their final LP, which included the ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

The Doors were more than just another band. That's something that comes through time and time again as you listen to their music today. "It's the drumming, man," John Densmore jokes near the end of a ...

The Doors released their first record in January 1967, kicking that amazing musical year off to a trippy start. Effortlessly blending their particular style into the rock genre (particularly blues and ...