The Doors, an iconic rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1965, are known for their distinctive sound, poetic lyrics, and enigmatic frontman, Jim Morrison. With a blend of rock, blues, and psychedelia, ...

Given that Jim Morrison was the paradigm of a rockstar, The Doors’ legacy often gets boiled down to his on-stage antics and swaggering vocals. And though we love a magnetic frontman as much as anyone ...

After The Doors’ split, Manzarek recorded a number of solo and collaborative projects, and also formed the short-lived band Nite City. Manzarek and the two other surviving Doors members—guitarist ...

The first time Jim Morrison yelled at his Doors bandmates, it was in 1968, and the other three musicians committed what to Morrison amounted to a cardinal sin. They had arranged for one of their songs ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. The musical legends are benefiting from renewed interest in their ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Doors pose for their first album cover, 1967. They are keyboardist Ray Manzarek, left, guitarist Robby Krieger, drummer John ...

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 ...