In 1967, the Doors released their first two albums which included songs like "Light My Fire" and "The End." It was the best ...

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 ...

No, Tool didn't originate the idea of a very long rock song and one that wasn't exactly made for radio airplay. Long before Maynard James Keenan and Tool, other rock bands also had long tracks, and ...

The Doors’ Ray Manzarek passed away 11 years ago, on May 20, 2013. Manzarek, whose signature keyboards were an indelible part of the influential Los Angeles band’s sound, died of bile-duct cancer. He ...

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. These are their twenty best songs. The Doors’ ...

“Riders on the Storm” became one of The Doors’ darkest and most atmospheric recordings, complete with rain, thunder and Jim Morrison’s eerie whispered vocal layered beneath his singing. It also ...

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 ...

Nearly 60 years after forming, their approach to the business side remains a fascinating footnote in the history of L.A. rockers The Doors. Singer and poet Jim Morrison recommended a rare equal ...

Some of The Monkees‘ songs were inspired by other artists. For example, The Doos’ Jim Morrison and another 1960s star inspired a track from a No. 1 Monkees album. Notably, one of The Monkees’ ...