When The Doors released their debut album in 1967, one of its strangest tracks was Alabama Song, a theatrical piece that ...

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

The Doors’ debut eponymous 1967 album featured several of the band’s greatest hits, including “Break On Through (To the Other Side),” “Light My Fire,” and “Soul Kitchen.” But tucked away toward the ...

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, 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’ ...

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 ...

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 ...

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’ ...

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 ...