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Alexandra Tacht Article – 1969
Morrison finally did it. He culminated his career as sex symbol of the decade by dropping his pants in front of umpteen thousand screaming teenies in Miami. Exit Morrison who hopped the country and lef in his wake 35,000 teens turning on a Decency Rally behind Jackie Gleason and Anita…
Doors New Riot – Concert Tour a Smash in Phoenix, AZ
Published in Rolling Stone PHOENIX, ARIZ.—The Doors will never play the Arizona State Fair again. And a relatively small riot (for the Doors) has been blown up into a bad publicity campaign that has already cost them a TV special date. The Doors were booked into the Veterans War Memorial…
Doors Can Provide Instant Enlightenment Through Sex
Published in the Los Angeles Free Press BY GENE YOUNGBLOOD The Doors’ new album, “Strange Days,” is a landmark in rock music. It ventures beyond the conventional realm of musical expression: it has become the theater. The cruel theater of Artaud, and of “Marat/Sade.” The theater of shock, and of…
The Doors Prove a Slam Here
Published in the Madison (WIS) Journal By John W. English (Of The State Journal Staff) Jim Morrison lead vocalist of The Doors, demonstrated his explosive style Friday before a half-filled Dane County Memorial Coliseum crowd of hard-rock devotees. The effect was both chilling and numbing. The Doors’ music, while emphasizing…
AMERICAN PRESS CLIPPING BUREAU
All four members of the Doors- vocalist Jim Morrison, pianist-organist Ray Manzarek, guitarist Robby Krieger and drummer John Densmore- have college backgrounds. Ray Manzarek holds a master’s degree from UCLA in psychology; Morrison, singer and writer of their original material and songs, has a bachelor’s degree in math. Krieger and…
‘Acid’ Rock Singers Etch Their Messages
Published in the MILWAUKEE (WIS) JOURNAL By PIERRE-RENE NOTH The Doors to acid rock opened at the Arena Friday night to a large crowd that helped the proper key: Youth. The Doors, to the uninitiated, are no wooden set of guitar pickers and brassy vocalists. They are perhaps the leading…
Courier – Journal By Glenn Rutherford
In keeping with the spirit of Halloween, something weird happened last night at Freedom Hall. The weird thing happening was a concert by the Doors, a singing group from the Los Angeles area. Many strangely dressed people showed up among the 4,500 persons attending the program. Actually, they weren’t dressed…
Elvis Influenced
During the short time the Doors spent in London not long ago, Kim Morrison managed to get himself a reputation for being “difficult” with the Press. NME colleagues were returning with strange tales of Morrison’s behavior. Add to that his record company’s claim that Jim can be extremely civil, even…
Waiting For The Sun
Published in Rolling Stone By Jim Miller One night recently the Mothers were performing “Plastic People Louie Louie” when Frank Zappa stumbled onto the monologue that graces “The End” (“he took a face from the ancient gallery and he walked on down the hall…”). It was terribly funny, and it…
‘The Doors’ Bang Out Hint of Inventiveness
NEWS OF MUSIC BY DONALD MINTZ Star Staff Writer The East Opera, The Doors. At the Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, Md. The lights go out. In the darkness, twelve neon pilot lights glow on twelve amplifiers. The disc jockey from WEAM says, “Ladies and gentlemen, The Doors.” The spots come…