Editing The Doors

{{short description|American rock band}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = The Doors
| image             = The Doors 1968.JPG
| landscape         = Yes
| caption           = The Doors {{circa}} 1966: [[Jim Morrison]] (left), [[John Densmore]] (center), [[Robby Krieger]] (right) and [[Ray Manzarek]] (seated)
| origin            = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| genre             = <!-- Please restrain from adding/removing any genres. Template suggests to "preferably use 2-4". -->{{hlist|[[Psychedelic rock]]{{sfn|Debolt|Baugess|2011|pp=544–}}|{{nowrap|[[blues rock]]{{sfn|Wallace|2010|pp=68–}}}}|[[acid rock]]{{sfn|Einarson|2001|p=8}}}}
| discography       = [[The Doors discography]]
| years_active      = * {{hlist|{{start date|1965}}–{{end date|1973}}|1978}}
* <small>One-off reunions: 1993, 1997, 2000, 2011–2012, 2012–2013</small>
| label             = {{hlist|[[Elektra Records|Elektra]]|[[Rhino Entertainment|Rhino]]}}
| spinoffs          = {{hlist|The Psychedelic Rangers|[[Butts Band]]|[[Nite City]]|[[Manzarek–Krieger]]}}
| website           = {{URL|thedoors.com}}
| spinoff_of        = [[Rick & the Ravens]]
| past_members      = * [[Jim Morrison]]
* [[Ray Manzarek]]
* [[Robby Krieger]]
* [[John Densmore]]
}}
'''The Doors''' were<!-- Proper nouns that are plural in form take a plural verb in both American English and British English. Please do not change "were" to "was". --> an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1965, comprising vocalist [[Jim Morrison]], keyboardist [[Ray Manzarek]], guitarist [[Robby Krieger]] and drummer [[John Densmore]]. They were among the most influential and controversial rock acts of the 1960s, primarily due to Morrison's lyrics and voice, along with his erratic stage persona and legal issues. The group is widely regarded as an important figure of the [[counterculture of the 1960s|era's counterculture]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Weil |first=Martin |url=https://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-05-20/entertainment/39395480_1_jim-morrison-the-doors-drummer-john-densmore |title=Ray Manzarek, Keyboardist and Founding Member of the Doors, Dies at 74 |date=May 20, 2013 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=December 14, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216143023/https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/ray-manzarek-keyboardist-and-founding-member-of-the-doors-dies-at-74/2013/05/20/8ebd6b56-c197-11e2-bfdb-3886a561c1ff_story.html |archive-date=December 16, 2013}}</ref>

The band took its name from the title of the English writer [[Aldous Huxley]]'s book ''[[The Doors of Perception]]'', itself a reference to a quote by the English poet [[William Blake]]. After signing with [[Elektra Records]] in 1966, the Doors with Morrison recorded and released six studio albums in five years, some of which are generally considered among the greatest of all time,<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-156826/ |title=500 Greatest Albums of All Time |date=May 31, 2012 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |language=en-US |access-date=December 10, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/nme_writers.htm#albums |title=NME Writers All Time 100 Albums - 1974 |access-date=August 11, 2022 |website=Rocklistmusic.com |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120908035823/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/nme_writers.htm#albums |archive-date=September 8, 2012}}</ref> including their debut ''[[The Doors (album)|The Doors]]'' (1967), ''[[Strange Days (The Doors album)|Strange Days]]'' (1967), and ''[[L.A. Woman]]'' (1971). Dubbed the "Kings of Acid Rock" by ''[[Life (magazine)|Life]]'',<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Ben |last=Cosgrove |title=With the 'Lizard King': Jim Morrison and the Doors, 1968 |url=https://www.life.com/people/jim-morrison-and-the-doors-portraits-of-the-lizard-king-1968/ |magazine=[[Life (magazine)|Life]] |access-date=April 20, 2023}}</ref> they were one of the most successful bands of their time and by 1972, the Doors had sold over 4 million albums domestically and nearly 8&nbsp;million singles.<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ng8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA7 |title='Doors Sold 4,190,457 Albums': Court Report |date=December 18, 1971 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |page=7}}</ref>

Morrison died in uncertain circumstances in 1971. The band continued as a trio, releasing two more albums until disbanding in 1973.<ref name="allmusic.com">{{Cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p4119|pure_url=yes}} |title=The Doors&nbsp;– Biography |last1=Ruhlmann |first1=William |last2=Unterberger |first2=Richie |author-link2=Richie Unterberger |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=January 1, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |first=Erica |last=Futterman |date=March 16, 2012 |title=The Doors Biography |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/the-doors/biography |magazine=Rolling Stone |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511055314/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/the-doors/biography |archive-date=May 11, 2011 |access-date=August 16, 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1978, they reformed for the album ''[[An American Prayer]]'', which combined new music with Morrison's recitings of his poetry recorded in 1969 and 1970. They reunited again briefly in 1993 when they were inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]], and for several one-off projects in the 21st century. In 2002, Manzarek, Krieger, and [[Ian Astbury]] of [[the Cult]] on vocals started performing as "The Doors of the 21st Century". Densmore and the Morrison estate successfully sued them over the use of the band's name. After a short time as Riders on the Storm, they settled on the name [[Manzarek–Krieger]] and toured until Manzarek's death in 2013.

The Doors were the first American band to accumulate eight consecutive [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA)-certified [[RIAA certification|Gold]] LPs.{{refn|group=nb|In the official DVD ''[[Dance on Fire]]'' features in the credits of the song "[[Riders on the Storm]]": "They would become the first American band to accumulate eight consecutive gold and platinum LPs."<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://m.ok.ru/video/1416366761 |title=Dance on Fire |time=49:46 |via=[[OK.ru]] |access-date=February 20, 2019}}</ref>}} According to the RIAA, they have sold 34 million albums in the United States<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinum.php?content_selector=top-selling-artists |title=Top Selling Artists |publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of America]] |access-date=September 29, 2020}}</ref> and over 100 million records worldwide,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/entertainment-us-usa-people-manzarek-idUSBRE94J0V520130520|newspaper=[[Reuters]]|title=Keyboardist Ray Manzarek of The Doors dies at age 74|first=Eric|last=Kelsey|date=May 20, 2013|access-date=May 11, 2021}}</ref> making them one of the [[List of best-selling music artists|best-selling bands of all time]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2013/06/24/showbiz/music/the-doors-reunion-tribute-ray-manzarek/ |title=The Doors plan tribute concert for Ray Manzarek |last=Quan |first=Denise |date=June 25, 2013 |newspaper=[[CNN]] |access-date=May 14, 2015}}</ref> The Doors have been listed as one of the greatest artists of all time by magazines including ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', which ranked them 41st on its list of the "[[Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time|100 Greatest Artists of All Time]]".<ref name="Manson">{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5940019/41_the_doors |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060521064324/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5940019/41_the_doors/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 21, 2006 |title=The Immortals – The Greatest Artists of All Time: No.&nbsp;41 The Doors |last=Manson |first=Marilyn |author-link=Marilyn Manson |date=April 15, 2004 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref>

== History ==
=== Origins (July 1965 – August 1966) ===
[[File:The Doors Logo.png|right|thumb|The Doors logo, designed by an [[Elektra Records]] assistant, first appeared on their 1967 debut album.]]
The Doors began with a chance meeting between acquaintances [[Jim Morrison]] and [[Ray Manzarek]] on [[Venice,_Los_Angeles#Venice_Beach|Venice Beach]] in July 1965. They recognized each other as they had both attended the [[UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television]]. Morrison confided in Manzarek that he had been writing songs.{{sfn|Manzarek|1998|p=94}} As Morrison would later relate to [[Jerry Hopkins (author)|Jerry Hopkins]] in ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', "Those first five or six songs I wrote, I was just taking notes at a fantastic rock concert that was going on inside my head. And once I'd written the songs, I had to sing them."{{sfn|Davis|2005|p=75}} With Manzarek's encouragement, Morrison sang the opening words of "[[Moonlight Drive]]": "Let's swim to the moon, let's climb through the tide, penetrate the evening that the city sleeps to hide." Manzarek was inspired, thinking of the music he could play to accompany these "cool and spooky" lyrics.<ref name=NPRRay>{{cite web|last=Rogers|first=Brent|title=NPR interview with Ray Manzarek|website=NPR.org |url=https://www.npr.org/2013/05/24/185827139/remembering-ray-manzarek-keyboardist-for-the-doors|publisher=[[NPR]] – Publicly accessed|access-date=June 5, 2013}}</ref>

Manzarek was then in an unsuccessful band called [[Rick & the Ravens]] with his brothers Rick and Jim, while drummer [[John Densmore]] was playing with the Psychedelic Rangers and knew Manzarek from meditation classes.{{sfn|Gilliland|1969|loc=show 43}} Densmore joined the group later in August 1965. Together, they combined varied musical backgrounds, from [[jazz]], rock, [[blues]], and [[folk music]] idioms.<ref>{{cite book |first1=Jon |last1=Pareles |first2=Mickey |last2=Vallee |chapter=The Doors |title=The Grove Dictionary of American Music |title-link=The Grove Dictionary of American Music |publisher=[[Oxford Music Online]] |edition=2nd |date=July 10, 2012}}</ref> The five, along with bass player Patty Sullivan,{{refn|group=nb|Patty Sullivan was later credited using her married name Patricia Hansen in the Doors' 1997 [[The Doors: Box Set#Disc 1: Without a Safety Net|''Box Set'' CD release]].{{sfn|Weidman|2011|p=88}}<ref name="liner" />}} and now christened the Doors, recorded a six-song demo on September 2, 1965, at World Pacific Studios in Los Angeles.{{refn|group=nb|These recordings were officially available much later in October 1997, on the Doors' ''Box Set'' CD release. This has circulated widely since then as a [[bootleg recording]].<ref name="liner">{{cite AV media notes |title=The Doors: Box Set |title-link=The Doors: Box Set |others=The Doors |type=Liner notes & CD booklet|year=1997 |publisher=[[Elektra Records]] |id=62123-2}}</ref>}} The band took their name from the title of [[Aldous Huxley]]'s book ''[[The Doors of Perception]]'', itself derived from a line in [[William Blake]]'s ''[[The Marriage of Heaven and Hell]]'': "If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is: infinite".<ref name="Documentary">{{cite AV media |title=[[When You're Strange]] |year=2010 |people=The Doors |type=Documentary |publisher=[[Rhino Entertainment]]}}</ref>{{sfn|Densmore|1990|p=53}} In late 1965, after Manzarek's two brothers left, guitarist [[Robby Krieger]] joined.{{sfn|Manzarek|1998|p=139}}

[[File:Whisky a Go-Go.jpg|left|thumb|[[Whisky a Go Go]]]]
From February to May 1966, the group had a residency at the "rundown" and "sleazy" Los Angeles club [[London Fog (nightclub)|London Fog]], appearing on the bill with "Rhonda Lane Exotic Dancer".{{sfn|Weidman|2011|pp=120–121}} The experience gave Morrison confidence to perform in front of a live audience, and the band as a whole to develop and, in some cases, lengthen their songs and work "[[The End (The Doors song)|The End]]" and "[[Light My Fire]]" into the pieces that would appear on their [[The Doors (album)|debut album]].{{sfn|Weidman|2011|pp=120–121}} Manzarek later said that at the London Fog the band "became this collective entity, this unit of oneness&nbsp;... that is where the magic began to happen."{{sfn|Weidman|2011|pp=120–121}} The group soon graduated to the more esteemed [[Whisky a Go Go]] after being booked by Ronnie Haran,<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Grow |first=Kory |date=2016-12-16 |title=The Doors Reflect on Earliest Concerts, Jim Morrison's Genius |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-doors-reflect-on-earliest-concerts-jim-morrisons-genius-121497/ |access-date=2024-04-30 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> where they were the house band (starting from May 1966), supporting acts, including [[Van Morrison]]'s group [[Them (band)|Them]].<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.creemmagazine.com/_site/BeatGoesOn/NiteCity/DarkSideOfLA001.html |last=Goldstein |first=Patrick |title=Nite City: The Dark Side of L.A. |date=September 1977 |magazine=[[Creem]] |access-date=March 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080709054645/http://www.creemmagazine.com/_site/BeatGoesOn/NiteCity/DarkSideOfLA001.html |archive-date=July 9, 2008}}</ref> On their last night together the two bands joined up for "[[In the Midnight Hour]]" and a twenty-minute jam session of "[[Gloria (Them song)|Gloria]]".{{sfn|Weidman|2011|p=128}}{{sfn|Gaar|2015|p=26}}

On August 10, 1966, they were spotted by [[Elektra Records]] president [[Jac Holzman]], who was present at the recommendation of [[Love (band)|Love]] singer [[Arthur Lee (musician)|Arthur Lee]], whose group was with Elektra Records. After Holzman and producer [[Paul A. Rothchild]] saw two sets of the band playing at the Whisky a Go Go, they signed them to the Elektra Records label on August 18&nbsp;— the start of a long and successful partnership with Rothchild and sound engineer [[Bruce Botnick]]. The Doors were fired from the Whisky on August 21, 1966, when Morrison added an explicit retelling and profanity-laden version of the [[Greek myth]] of [[Oedipus]] during "The End".{{sfn|Cherry|2013|p=13}}
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=== ''The Doors'' and ''Strange Days'' (August 1966 – December 1967) ===
[[File:Doors007 c.png|thumb|The Doors performing at [[Fantasy Fair and Magic Mountain Music Festival]] in 1967]]
The Doors recorded their self-titled debut album around August 1966, at [[Sunset Sound Recorders|Sunset Sound Studios]].{{sfn|Goldsmith|2019|p=92}} The record was officially released in the first week of January 1967. It included the nearly 12-minute musical drama "The End".{{sfn|Moskowitz|2015|p=221}}  In November 1966, [[Mark Abramson]] directed a promotional film for the lead single "[[Break On Through (To the Other Side)]]". The group also made several television appearances, such as on ''Shebang'', a Los Angeles television show, miming to a playback of "Break On Through".{{refn|group=nb| According to ''The Doors FAQ'' author Richie Weidman, this was either New Year's Day 1967,{{sfn|Weidman|2011|p=251}} or March 6, 1967, as noted by Gillian G. Gaar.{{sfn|Gaar|2015|p=41}}}} In early 1967, the group appeared on ''[[The Clay Cole Show]]'' (which aired on Saturday evenings at 6&nbsp;p.m. on WPIX Channel 11 out of New York City) where they performed their single "Break On Through". Since the single acquired only minor recognition, the band turned to "Light My Fire"; it became the first single from Elektra Records to reach number one on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]] singles chart, selling over one million copies.<ref name="Brodsky">{{cite magazine |last=Brodsky |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Brodsky |title=Psychotic Reaction |magazine=[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]] |date=February 2004}}</ref>

From March 7 to 11, 1967, the Doors performed at the [[The Matrix (club)|Matrix Club]] in San Francisco. The March 7 and 10 shows were recorded by Peter Abram, co-owner of the Matrix. These recordings are notable as they are among the earliest live recordings of the band to circulate. On November 18, 2008, the Doors published a compilation of these recordings, ''[[Live at the Matrix 1967]]'', on the band's boutique Bright Midnight Archives label.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Simpson |first=Dave |date=December 19, 2008 |title=Film & Music: Rock & Pop: The CDs We Missed: The Doors: Live at the Matrix 1967: 4 Stars: (Rhino) |magazine=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Selvin |first=Joel |date=November 17, 2018 |title=City's Psychedelic Past Back In View In Doors' Matrix Discs |newspaper=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]}}</ref>

On August 25, 1967, they appeared on American television, guest-starring on the variety TV series ''[[Malibu U]]'', performing "Light My Fire", though they did not appear live. The band is seen on a beach and Morrison is [[lip-synching]] the song in playback.<ref>{{cite video |url=http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x51nbt_the-doors-light-my-fire-1967-malibu_music |title=The Doors – Light My Fire (1967) Malibu U TV |people=The Doors |work=[[Dailymotion.com]] |access-date=October 3, 2020}}</ref> The music video did not gain any commercial success and the performance fell into relative obscurity.{{sfn|Gaar|2015|p=42}} It was not until they appeared on ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]'' that they gained attention on television.<ref name="Ed Sullivan">{{Cite web |url=http://www.edsullivan.com/artists/the-doors |title=The Doors Ed Sullivan |website=The Ed Sullivan Show |publisher=(SOFA Entertainment) |access-date=November 24, 2010}}</ref>

[[File:People Are Strange - Unhappy Girl - ad 1967.png|thumb|upright|left|''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' advertisement, September 16, 1967]] 
The Doors made their international television debut on October 16, 1967, performing a live version of "The End" for the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] (CBC) at their Parliament Street Colour Studio in Toronto.<ref name = "CBC Parliament Studio">
{{Cite web
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}}</ref> It was recorded in September when they were in Toronto and transmitted on the show ''[[O'Keefe Centre Presents]]''. The misconception that it was at the O'Keefe Centre stems mostly from the title, as the venue shown in the video has a dance floor, which the Centre did not have.<ref name = "CBC Parliament Studio"/> But after its initial broadcasts, the performance remained unreleased except in bootleg form until the release of ''[[Soundstage Performances|The Doors Soundstage Performances]]'' DVD in 2002.<ref name="Soundstage">{{Cite AV media |title=The Doors Soundstage Performances |title-link=Soundstage Performances |year=2002 |people=The Doors |publisher=[[Eagle Vision]] |place=Toronto, Copenhagen, New York |medium=DVD}}</ref>

On September 17, 1967, the Doors gave a memorable performance of "Light My Fire" on ''The Ed Sullivan Show''.<ref name="Ed Sullivan" /> According to Manzarek, network executives asked that the word "higher" be removed, due to a possible reference to drug use.{{sfn|Manzarek|1998|p=253}} The group appeared to acquiesce, but performed the song in its original form, because either they had never intended to comply with the request or Jim Morrison was nervous and forgot to make the change (the group has given conflicting accounts).{{sfn|Gaar|2015|p=43}}<ref>{{cite news |first=Sterling |last=Whitaker |date=September 17, 2015 |title=When the Doors Got Banned from ''The Ed Sullivan Show'' |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/the-doors-banned-from-the-ed-sullivan-show-september-17-1967/ |website=[[Ultimate Classic Rock]] |access-date=December 3, 2021}}</ref> Either way, "higher" was sung out on national television, and the show's host, [[Ed Sullivan]], canceled another six shows that had been planned. After the program's producer told the band they would never perform on the show again,{{sfn|Manzarek|1998|p=253}} Morrison reportedly replied: "Hey man. We just ''did'' the Sullivan Show."<ref name="Ed Sullivan" />{{sfn|Hogan|1994|p=30}}<ref>{{cite web |last=Kaye |first=Griffin |date=June 5, 2022 |url=https://baminreallife.com/2022/06/05/the-doors-on-ed-sullivan-musics-greatest-act-of-rebellion/ |title=The Doors On Ed Sullivan: Music's Greatest Act Of Rebellion |work=Lace 'Em Up |access-date=August 9, 2022}}</ref>

On December 24, the Doors performed "Light My Fire" and "Moonlight Drive" live for ''[[The Jonathan Winters Show]]''. Their performance was taped for later broadcast. From December 26 to 28, the group played at the [[Winterland Ballroom]] in San Francisco; during one set, in the middle of "[[Back Door Man]]", the band stopped performing to watch themselves on ''The Jonathan Winters Show'' on a television set wheeled onto the stage.{{sfn|Davis|2005|pp=219–220}}{{sfn|Gaar|2015|p=51}}

The Doors spent several weeks in Sunset Studios in Los Angeles recording their second album, ''[[Strange Days (The Doors album)|Strange Days]]'', experimenting with the new technology, notably the [[Moog synthesizer]] they now had available.{{sfn|Davis|2005|pp=197–198}} The commercial success of ''Strange Days'' was middling, peaking at number three on the ''Billboard'' album chart but quickly dropping, along with a series of underperforming singles.<ref name="Brodsky" /> The chorus from the album's single "[[People Are Strange]]" inspired the name of the 2009 documentary of the Doors, ''[[When You're Strange]]''.<ref name="Documentary"/>

Although session musician [[Larry Knechtel]] had occasionally contributed bass on the band's debut album,{{sfn|Fong-Torres|The Doors|2006|p=71}} ''Strange Days'' was the first Doors album recorded with a studio musician, playing bass on the majority of the record, and this continued on all subsequent studio albums.{{sfn|Manzarek|1998|p=258}} Manzarek explained that his keyboard bass was well-suited for live situations but that it lacked the "articulation" needed for studio recording.{{sfn|Manzarek|1998|p=258}} [[Douglas Lubahn]] played on ''Strange Days'' and the next two albums; but the band used several other musicians for this role, often using more than one bassist on the same album. Kerry Magness, [[Leroy Vinnegar]], [[Harvey Brooks (bassist)|Harvey Brooks]], Ray Neopolitan, [[Lonnie Mack]], [[Jerry Scheff]],<ref>These credits are taken from the [[AllMusic]] overviews of the other five studio albums released during Morrison's lifetime:
*{{Cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/strange-days-r6210/credits |title=''Strange Days'' – Credits |website=AllMusic |access-date=August 31, 2020}}
*{{Cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/waiting-for-the-sun-r6211/credits |title=''Waiting for the Sun'' – Credits |website=AllMusic |access-date=August 31, 2020}}
*{{Cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-soft-parade-r6212/credits |title=''The Soft Parade'' – Credits |website=AllMusic |access-date=August 31, 2020}}
*{{Cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/morrison-hotel-r6214/credits |title=''Morrison Hotel'' – Credits |website=AllMusic
|access-date=August 31, 2020}}
*{{Cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/la-woman-r35839/credits |title=''L.A. Woman'' – Credits |website=AllMusic |access-date=August 31, 2020 }}</ref> Jack Conrad (who played a major role in the post Morrison years touring with the group in 1971 and 1972), [[Chris Ethridge]], Charles Larkey and [[Leland Sklar]] are credited as bassists who worked with the band.<ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r35841/review|pure_url=yes}} |title=''Other Voices'' |first=Lindsay |last=Planer |work=AllMusic |access-date=June 4, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r35843/review|pure_url=yes}} |title=''Full Circle'' |first=Lindsay |last=Planer |work=AllMusic |access-date=June 4, 2022}}</ref>

=== New Haven incident (December 1967) ===
[[File:MorrisonJim.jpg|thumb|Morrison's mugshot taken in [[New Haven, Connecticut|New Haven]]]]
On December 9, 1967, the Doors performed a now-infamous concert at [[New Haven Arena]] in [[New Haven, Connecticut]], which ended abruptly when Morrison was arrested by local police.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1967/12/11/archives/new-haven-police-close-the-doors-use-of-mace-reported.html?sq=Jim+Morrison+New+Haven&scp=2&st=p |title=New Haven Police Close 'The Doors'; Use of Mace Reported |date=December 10, 1967 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=November 21, 2010}}</ref> Morrison became the first rock artist to be arrested onstage during a live performance.{{sfn|Riordan|Prochnicky|1991|p=20}}{{sfn|Davis|2005|p=216}} Prior to the start of the concert, Morrison was either having a private conversation with{{sfn|Gaar|2015|pp=48–49}} or kissing a female fan backstage in a bathroom shower stall when a police officer happened upon them.{{sfn|Krieger|2021|pp=27–28}} Unaware that he was the lead singer of the band, the officer told Morrison and the fan to leave, to which Morrison said, "Eat it." The policeman took out a can of [[Mace (spray)|mace]] and warned Morrison, "Last chance", to which Morrison replied, "Last chance to eat it."{{sfn|Hopkins|Sugerman|1980|p=160}}{{sfn|Riordan|Prochnicky|1991|p=202}} There is some discrepancy as to what happened next: according to ''[[No One Here Gets Out Alive]]'', the fan ran away and Morrison was maced; but Manzarek recounts in his book that both Morrison and the fan were sprayed.{{sfn|Hopkins|Sugerman|1980|p=160}}{{sfn|Manzarek|1998|p=272}}<ref>{{Cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p13722|pure_url=yes}} |title=Jim Morrison – Biography |last=Huey |first=Steve |website=AllMusic |access-date=January 1, 2009}}</ref>

The Doors' main act was delayed for an hour while Morrison recovered, after which the band took the stage very late. According to music journalist Gillian G. Gaar, the police still did not consider the issue resolved and wanted to charge him. Halfway through the first set, Morrison proceeded to create an improvised song about his experience with the "little man in blue".{{sfn|Gaar|2015|pp=48–49}} It was an obscenity-laced account to the audience, describing what had happened backstage and taunting the police, who were surrounding the stage.{{sfn|Weidman|2011|p=266}}<ref>{{cite web |first=Sterling |last=Whitaker |date=December 9, 2015 |title=Why Jim Morrison Got Arrested Onstage in New Haven |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/jim-morrison-maced-and-arrested-in-new-haven/ |website=Ultimate Classic Rock |access-date=November 20, 2021}}</ref> Later, the police lieutenant approached Morrison, during which Morrison thrust the microphone against his mouth and remarked, "Say your thing, man."{{sfn|Krieger|2021|pp=27–28}}{{sfn|Weidman|2011|p=266}} The concert came to an abrupt end when Morrison was dragged from the stage by the police. The audience, already restless from waiting so long for the band to perform, became unruly. Morrison was taken to a local police station, photographed and booked on charges of inciting a riot, indecency and public obscenity. Charges against Morrison, as well as those against three journalists also arrested in the incident ([[Mike Zwerin]], Yvonne Chabrier and [[Tim Page (photographer)|Tim Page]]), were dropped several weeks later for lack of evidence.{{sfn|Davis|2005|p=216}}{{sfn|Manzarek|1998|p=272}}

=== ''Waiting for the Sun'' (April–December 1968) ===
[[File:The Doors Cobo Arena Detroit 1968.jpg|left|thumb|upright|Poster for a 1968 concert at the [[Cobo Arena]], Detroit]]
Recording of the group's third album in April 1968 was marred by tension as a result of Morrison's increasing dependence on alcohol and the rejection of the 17-minute "[[Celebration of the Lizard]]" by band producer Paul Rothchild, who considered the work not commercial enough.{{sfn|Wall|2014|p=197}} Approaching the height of their popularity, the Doors played a series of outdoor shows that led to frenzied scenes between fans and police, particularly at [[Chicago Coliseum]] on May 10.{{sfn|Weidman|2011|p=268}}

The band began to branch out from their initial form for this third LP, and began writing new material. ''[[Waiting for the Sun]]'' became their first and only album to reach number 1 on the US charts, and the single "[[Hello, I Love You]]" (one of the six songs performed by the band on their 1965 Aura Records demo) was their second US No. 1 single. Following the 1968 release of "Hello, I Love You", the publisher of [[the Kinks]]' 1964 hit "[[All Day and All of the Night]]" announced they were planning legal action against the Doors for copyright infringement; however, songwriter [[Ray Davies]] ultimately chose not to sue.{{sfn|Hinman|2004|pp=119–120}}{{refn|group=nb|However, some have supported that the court in the United Kingdom determined in favor of Davies and any royalties for the song are paid to him.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/may/11/the-kinks-ray-davies-brexit-is-bigger-than-the-berlin-wall |title=The Kinks' Ray Davies: Brexit is 'Bigger Than the Berlin Wall' |first=Adrian |last=Deevoy |magazine=The Guardian |date=May 11, 2017 |access-date=September 3, 2020}}</ref>}} Kinks guitarist [[Dave Davies]] was particularly irritated by the similarity.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://kinks.it.rit.edu/misc/articles/latimes.html |title=Loyal Pains: The Davies Boys Are Still at It |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060907003915/http://kinks.it.rit.edu/misc/articles/latimes.html |archive-date=September 7, 2006 |access-date=December 23, 2006}}</ref> In concert, Morrison was occasionally dismissive of the song, leaving the vocals to Manzarek, as can be seen in the documentary ''[[The Doors Are Open]]''.<ref name="hellomanzarek">{{Cite AV media |title=The Doors Are Open |title-link=The Doors Are Open |date=1968 |people=The Doors |place=The Roadhouse, London |medium=Concert/Documentary}}</ref>

[[File:The Doors in Copenhagen 1968.jpg|thumb|left|The Doors performing for [[Television in Denmark|Danish television]] in 1968]]
A month after a riotous concert at the [[Singer Bowl]] in New York City, the group flew to Great Britain for their first performance outside North America. They held a press conference at the [[Institute of Contemporary Arts|ICA Gallery]] in London and played shows at the [[Roundhouse (venue)|Roundhouse]]. The results of the trip were broadcast on [[Granada TV]]'s ''The Doors Are Open'', later released on video. They played dates in Europe, along with [[Jefferson Airplane]], including a show in Amsterdam where Morrison collapsed on stage after a drug binge (including marijuana, hashish and unspecified pills).<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/jim-morrison-passes-out-amsterdam/ |title=When Ray Manzarek Had to Fill in for a Passed-Out Jim Morrison |last=Gallucci |first=Michael |date=September 15, 2015 |website=Ultimate Classic Rock |access-date=October 3, 2020}}</ref>

[[File:Robby III.jpg|right|thumb|Robby Krieger at [[Roundhouse (venue)|Roundhouse]] in London (September 1968).]]
The group flew back to the United States and played nine more dates before returning to work in November on their fourth LP. They ended the year with a successful new single, "[[Touch Me (The Doors song)|Touch Me]]" (released in December 1968), which reached No. 3 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and No. 1 in the [[Cashbox Top 100 number-one singles of 1969|''Cashbox'' Top 100]] in early 1969; this was the group's third and last American number-one single.<ref>{{cite web |title=Once Upon a Time in the Top Spot: The Doors, 'Touch Me' |date=February 12, 2019 |url=https://www.rhino.com/article/once-upon-a-time-in-the-top-spot-the-doors-touch-me |website=[[Rhino Records|Rhino.com]] |access-date=April 11, 2021}}</ref>

=== Miami incident (March 1969) ===
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[[File:Jim Morrison mug shot.jpg|right|thumb|Jim Morrison on the day of his conviction in Miami for profanity and indecent exposure]]
On March 1, 1969, at the [[Coconut Grove Convention Center|Dinner Key Auditorium]] in the [[Coconut Grove]] neighborhood of Miami, Florida, the Doors gave the most controversial and consequential performance of their career, one that nearly "derailed the band".<ref name="allmusic.com" /> The auditorium was a converted seaplane hangar that had no air conditioning on that hot night, and the seats had been removed by the promoter to boost ticket sales.{{sfn|Hopkins|Sugerman|1980|p=227}}{{sfn|Riordan|Prochnicky|1991|p=293}}

Morrison had been drinking all day and had missed connecting flights to Miami. By the time he arrived, drunk, the concert was over an hour late.{{sfn|Hopkins|Sugerman|1980|p=227}}{{sfn|Manzarek|1998|p=312}} The restless crowd of {{formatnum:12000}}, packed into a facility designed to hold {{formatnum:7000}}, was subjected to undue silences in Morrison's singing, which strained the music from the beginning of the performance. Morrison had recently attended a play by an experimental acting company [[the Living Theatre]] and was inspired by their "antagonistic" style of performance art.{{sfn|Manzarek|1998|p=310}}{{sfn|Riordan|Prochnicky|1991|pp=292–293, 295}} Morrison taunted the crowd with messages of both love and hate, saying, "Love me. I can't take it no more without no good love. I want some lovin'. Ain't nobody gonna love my ass?" and alternately, "You're all a bunch of fuckin' idiots!" and "You’re all a bunch of slaves!"<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/1991/02/28/jim-morrisons-miami-show/ |title=Jim Morrison's Miami 'Show' |date= 28 February 1991|newspaper=[[South Florida Sun Sentinel]]}}</ref> while screaming "What are you gonna do about it?" over and over again.{{sfn|Riordan|Prochnicky|1991|pp=292–293, 295}}{{sfn|Hopkins|Sugerman|1980|p=230}}{{sfn|Manzarek|1998|p=312}}

As the band began their second song, "Touch Me", Morrison started shouting in protest, forcing the band to a halt. At one point, Morrison removed the hat of an onstage police officer and threw it into the crowd; the officer reacted by taking Morrison's hat and throwing it in the same direction.{{sfn|Riordan|Prochnicky|1991|p=296}}{{sfn|Hopkins|Sugerman|1980|p=231}} Manager [[Bill Siddons]] recalled, "The gig was a bizarre, circus-like thing, there was this guy carrying a sheep and the wildest people that I'd ever seen."{{sfn|Riordan|Prochnicky|1991|p=297}} Equipment chief Vince Treanor said, "Somebody jumped up and poured champagne on Jim so he took his shirt off, he was soaking wet. 'Let's see a little skin, let's get naked,' he said, and the audience started taking their clothes off."{{sfn|Riordan|Prochnicky|1991|p=297}}  Having removed his shirt, Morrison held it in front of his groin area and started to make hand movements behind it.<ref name="mojo">{{Cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01278z4 |title=BBC Radio 2 – Mr Mojo Risin' |website=[[BBC]] |date=June 29, 2011}}</ref> Manzarek described the incident as a mass "religious hallucination".<ref name="mojo" />

On March 5, the Dade County Sheriff's office issued a warrant for Morrison's arrest, claiming Morrison had exposed his penis while on stage, shouted obscenities to the crowd, simulated [[oral sex]] on Krieger, and was drunk at the time of his performance. Morrison turned down a plea bargain that required the Doors to perform a free Miami concert. He was convicted and sentenced to six months in jail with hard labor, and ordered to pay a $500 fine.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/jim-morrison-is-charged-with-lewd-behavior-at-a-miami-concert |title=Mar 5, 1969: Jim Morrison is charged with lewd behavior at a Miami concert |website=[[History Channel|History.com]] |access-date=August 20, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.doors.com/miami/letter.html |title=2007 Letter to Governor Crist |website=Doors.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927100410/http://www.doors.com/miami/letter.html |archive-date=September 27, 2011 |access-date=August 20, 2011}}</ref> Morrison remained free, pending an appeal of his conviction, and died before the matter was legally resolved. In 2007, [[List of Governors of Florida|Florida Governor]] [[Charlie Crist]] suggested the possibility of a posthumous pardon for Morrison, which was announced as successful on December 9, 2010.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6B85UA20101209 |title=Florida pardons Doors' Jim Morrison |date=December 9, 2010 |access-date=December 9, 2010 |newspaper=Reuters}}</ref> Densmore, Krieger and Manzarek have denied the allegation that Morrison exposed himself on stage that night.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6B20CF20101203 |title=Drummer says Jim Morrison never exposed himself |date=December 2, 2010 |access-date=December 9, 2010 |newspaper=Reuters}}</ref>{{sfn|Manzarek|1998|p=314}}{{sfn|Riordan|Prochnicky|1991|p=299}}{{sfn|Krieger|2021|p=242}}

=== ''The Soft Parade'' (May–July 1969) ===
Morrison, who was increasingly distancing himself from the music, announced to the other Doors members his intention to quit the group; Manzarek convinced him to stay for six more months, ahead of completing ''[[The Soft Parade]]'', the Doors' forthcoming album.{{sfn|Davis|2005|p=181}}{{sfn|Hopkins|Sugerman|1980|p=190}}

Released in July 1969, ''The Soft Parade'' was their first-and-only to feature [[brass instrument|brass]] and [[string instrument|string]] arrangements. The concept was suggested by Rothchild to the band, after listening to many examples by various groups who also explored the same radical departure.<ref name="Jackson" /> Both jazz-influenced Densmore and Manzarek agreed with the recommendation,{{sfn|Riordan|Prochnicky|1991|p=320}} but Morrison declined to incorporate orchestral accompaniment on his compositions.{{sfn|Riordan|Prochnicky|1991|pp=338–340}} The lead single, "Touch Me", featured saxophonist [[Curtis Amy]].{{sfn|Goldsmith|2019|p=94}}
[[File:The Doors 1969.JPG|thumb|The Doors {{circa|1968}}]]

While the band was trying faintly to maintain their previous momentum, efforts to expand their sound with instrumental changes, including string, brass, and wind parts, caused critics to attack their musical integrity.{{sfn|Matijas-Mecca|2020|p=80}} According to Densmore in his biography ''Riders on the Storm'', individual writing credits were noted for the first time because of Morrison's reluctance to sing the lyrics of Krieger's song "[[Tell All the People]]". Morrison's drinking made him difficult and unreliable, and the recording sessions dragged on for months. Studio costs piled up, and the Doors came close to disintegrating. Despite all this, the album was immensely successful, becoming the band's fourth hit album.{{sfn|Densmore|1990|p=187}}

=== ''Morrison Hotel'' and ''Absolutely Live'' (November 1969 – December 1970) ===
[[File:Doors - Morrison Hotel.jpg|left|thumb|Photo by [[Henry Diltz]] used on the cover of ''[[Morrison Hotel]]'']]
During the recording of their next album, ''[[Morrison Hotel]]'', in November 1969, Morrison again found himself in trouble with the law after harassing airline staff during a flight to Phoenix, Arizona to see [[the Rolling Stones]] in concert. Both Morrison and his friend and traveling companion [[Tom Baker (American actor)|Tom Baker]] were charged with "interfering with the flight of an intercontinental aircraft and public drunkenness".{{sfn|Riordan|Prochnicky|1991|p=347}} If convicted of the most serious charge, Morrison could have faced a ten-year federal prison sentence for the incident.{{sfn|Hopkins|Sugerman|1980|p=284}} The charges were dropped in April 1970 after an airline stewardess reversed her testimony to say she mistakenly identified Morrison as Baker.{{sfn|Hopkins|Sugerman|1980|p=290}}

The Doors staged a return to a more conventional direction after the experimental ''The Soft Parade'', with their fifth LP ''Morrison Hotel'' in 1970.<ref>{{cite web |first=Harvey |last=Kubernik |author-link=Harvey Kubernik |title=Ray Manzarek on the Doors' 6 Studio Albums: The 'Lost' Interviews |url=https://bestclassicbands.com/ray-manzarek-interview-doors-12-18-19/
|work=Best Classic Bands |date=February 12, 2022 |access-date=June 14, 2022}}</ref> Featuring a consistent [[blues rock]] sound, the album's opener was "[[Roadhouse Blues]]". The record reached No. 4 in the United States and revived their status among their core fanbase and the rock press. [[Dave Marsh]], the editor of ''[[Creem]]'' magazine, said of the album: "the most horrifying rock and roll I have ever heard. When they're good, they're simply unbeatable. I know this is the best record I've listened to&nbsp; ... so far".{{sfn|Hopkins|Sugerman|1980|p=284}} ''[[Rock (magazine)|Rock Magazine]]'' called it "without any doubt their ballsiest (and best) album to date".{{sfn|Hopkins|Sugerman|1980|p=284}} ''[[Circus (magazine)|Circus]]'' magazine praised it as "possibly the best album yet from the Doors" and "good hard, evil rock, and one of the best albums released this decade".{{sfn|Hopkins|Sugerman|1980|p=284}} The album also saw Morrison returning as main songwriter, writing or co-writing all of the album's tracks. The 40th anniversary CD reissue of ''Morrison Hotel'' contains outtakes and alternative takes, including different versions of "The Spy" and "Roadhouse Blues" (with [[Lonnie Mack]] on bass guitar and [[the Lovin' Spoonful]]'s [[John Sebastian]] on harmonica).<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=Morrison Hotel |title-link=Morrison Hotel |others=The Doors |type=40th Anniversary edition CD booklet & Liner notes |year=2007 |publisher=[[Rhino Records]] |last1=Botnick |first1=Bruce |author-link1=Bruce Botnick |last2=Fricke |first2=David |author-link2=David Fricke |id=R2 101173}}</ref>

July 1970 saw the release of the group's first live album, ''[[Absolutely Live (The Doors album)|Absolutely Live]]'', which peaked at No. 8 position on the charts.{{sfn|Gaar|2015|p=102}} The record was completed by producer Rothchild, who confirmed that the album's final mixing consisted of many bits and pieces from various and different band concerts. "There must be 2000 edits on that album", he told an interviewer years later.<ref name="Jackson" /> ''Absolutely Live'' also includes the first release of the lengthy piece "Celebration of the Lizard".

Although the Doors continued to face de facto bans in more conservative American markets and earned new bans at [[Salt Lake City]]'s [[Salt Palace (arena)|Salt Palace]] and Detroit's Cobo Hall following tumultuous concerts,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/the-doors-cobo-arena-1970/ |title=How the Doors Got Banned from Detroit's Cobo Arena |last=Lifton |first=Dave |date=May 9, 2015 |website=Ultimate Classic Rock |access-date=January 15, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://mildequator.com/performancehistory/concertinfo/cancelled/700411.html |title=The Doors Cancelled Performances {{!}} Salt Lake City 1970 |website=Mildequator.com |access-date=January 15, 2020}}</ref> the band managed to play 18 concerts in the United States, Mexico and Canada following the Miami incident in 1969,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://mildequator.com/performancehistory/concertdates1969.html |title=The Doors Concert Dates & Info 1969 |website=Mildequator.com |access-date=January 15, 2020}}</ref> and 23 dates in the United States and Canada throughout the first half of 1970. The group later made it to the [[Isle of Wight Festival 1970|Isle of Wight Festival]] on August 29; performing on the same day as [[John Sebastian]], [[Shawn Phillips]], [[Lighthouse (band)|Lighthouse]], [[Joni Mitchell]], [[Tiny Tim (musician)|Tiny Tim]], [[Miles Davis]], [[Ten Years After]], [[Emerson, Lake & Palmer]], [[the Who]], [[Sly and the Family Stone]] and [[Melanie Safka|Melanie]];<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/r233269|first=Richie|last=Unterberger |title=Isle of Wight Festival |website=AllMusic |access-date=October 3, 2020}}</ref> the performance was the last captured on the band's [[Roadhouse Blues Tour]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://mildequator.com/performancehistory/concertdates1970.html |title=The Doors Concert Dates & Info 1970 |website=Mildequator.com |access-date=January 15, 2020}}</ref>

On December 8, 1970, his 27th birthday, Morrison recorded another poetry session.<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=An American Prayer |title-link=An American Prayer |type=CD booklet |year=1995 |publisher=Elektra Records |last=Lisciandro |first=Katherine |id=CD-61812}}</ref> Part of this would end up on ''[[An American Prayer]]'' in 1978 with music, and is currently in the possession of the Courson family.{{sfn|Weidman|2011|p=375}} Shortly thereafter, a new tour to promote their upcoming album would comprise only three dates. Two concerts were held in Dallas on December 11. During the Doors' last public performance with Morrison, at [[The Warehouse (New Orleans)|The Warehouse]] in New Orleans, on December 12, 1970, Morrison apparently had a breakdown on stage. Midway through the set he slammed the microphone numerous times into the stage floor until the platform beneath was destroyed, then sat down and refused to perform for the remainder of the show.{{sfn|Riordan|Prochnicky|1991|pp=438–439}} After the concert, Densmore, Manzarek and Krieger came to a mutual agreement that they should end their live act, claiming Morrison was ready to retire from performing.{{sfn|Hopkins|Sugerman|1980|p=309}}{{sfn|Densmore|1990|p=263}}

=== ''L.A. Woman'' and Morrison's leave of absence and death (December 1970 – July 1971) ===
[[File:Grave of Jim Morrison.JPG|thumb|Jim Morrison's grave at the [[Père Lachaise Cemetery]] in Paris]]
Despite Morrison's conviction and the fallout from their appearance in New Orleans, the Doors set out to reclaim their status as a premier act with the album ''[[L.A. Woman]]'', recorded in Los Angeles in 1971.<ref name="Runtagh">{{Cite magazine |first=Jordan |last=Runtagh |date=April 19, 2016 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/doors-l-a-woman-10-things-you-didnt-know-41912/ |title=Doors' ''L.A. Woman'': 10 Things You Didn't Know |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=March 16, 2021}}</ref> The album included rhythm guitarist [[Marc Benno]] on several tracks and prominently featured bassist [[Jerry Scheff]], best known for his work in [[Elvis Presley]]'s [[TCB Band]]. Despite a comparatively low ''Billboard'' chart peak at No. 9, ''L.A. Woman'' contained two Top 20 hits and went on to be their second bestselling studio album, surpassed in sales only by their debut.{{sfn|Goldsmith|2019|p=92}} The album explored their [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]] roots,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/doors-morrison-hotel/ |title=When the Doors Went Back to Basics on ''Morrison Hotel'' |website=Ultimate Classic Rock |last=Gallucci |first=Michael |date=February 1, 2016 |access-date=May 29, 2021 |quote=In the end, it turned out to be a smart move for the band, which returned to the studio at the end of the year to make its last album with Morrison, ''L.A. Woman'', a recharged take on the R&B and blues roots music it returned to on ''Morrison Hotel''.}}</ref> although during rehearsals they had a falling-out with Paul Rothchild, who was dissatisfied with the band's effort. Denouncing "Love Her Madly" as "[[lounge music|cocktail lounge music]]", he quit and handed the production to Bruce Botnick and the Doors.<ref name="Jackson">{{cite AV media|url=http://archives.waiting-forthe-sun.net/Pages/Interviews/OtherInterviews/rothchild_bam.html|title=BAM Interview with Paul Rothchild|last=Jackson|first=Blair|date=July 3, 1981|via=Waiting for the Sun Archives|volume=107}}</ref>

The [[L.A. Woman (song)|title track]] and two singles ("[[Love Her Madly]]" and "[[Riders on the Storm]]") remain mainstays of rock radio programming,<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-aug-03-ca-popeye3-story.html |title=21st Century Doors Make Grave Decision |last=Hochman |first=Steve |date=August 3, 2003 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=January 15, 2020}}</ref> with the latter being inducted into the [[Grammy Hall of Fame]] for its special significance to recorded music. In the song "L.A. Woman", Morrison makes an anagram of his name to chant "Mr. Mojo Risin".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.technologytell.com/hometech/83873/blu-ray-movie-review-doors-%E2%80%AD-%E2%80%ACmr-%E2%80%AD-%E2%80%ACmojo-risin%E2%80%AD%E2%80%AC-the-story-of-l-a-%E2%80%AD-%E2%80%ACwoman%E2%80%AD/ |title=Blu-ray Movie Review: Doors – Mr. Mojo Risin': The Story of L.A. Woman |last=Whitman |first=Howard |website=Technologytell.com |access-date=April 2, 2012 |archive-date=August 5, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120805002144/http://www.technologytell.com/hometech/83873/blu-ray-movie-review-doors-%E2%80%AD-%E2%80%ACmr-%E2%80%AD-%E2%80%ACmojo-risin%E2%80%AD%E2%80%AC-the-story-of-l-a-%E2%80%AD-%E2%80%ACwoman%E2%80%AD/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> During the sessions, a short clip of the band performing "[[Crawling King Snake]]" was filmed. As far as is known, this is the last clip of the Doors performing with Morrison.<ref>{{Cite video |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PB_ZYE3qtXs |title=Jim Morrison's Last Ever Performance (Australian TV 1971) |date=August 3, 2011 |website=YouTube |access-date=July 17, 2022}}</ref>

On March 11, 1971,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/jim-morrison-in-paris/ |title=The Day Jim Morrison Moved to Paris |website=Ultimate Classic Rock |last=Giles |first=Jeff |date=March 11, 2016 |access-date=April 11, 2023}}</ref> near the end of the mixing of ''L.A. Woman'', Morrison took a leave of absence from the Doors and moved to Paris with [[Pamela Courson]];<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/doors-la-woman/ |title=Revisiting the Doors' Last Album with Jim Morrison, ''L.A. Woman'' |website=Ultimate Classic Rock |last=Giles |first=Jeff |date=April 19, 2015 |access-date=July 11, 2022}}</ref> he had visited the city the previous summer. On July 3, 1971, following months of residency, Morrison was found dead in the bath by Courson.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Fong-Torres |first=Ben |author-link=Ben Fong-Torres |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/james-douglas-morrison-poet-dead-at-27-19710805 |title=James Douglas Morrison, Poet: Dead at 27 |date=August 5, 1971 |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=March 14, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180222124736/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/james-douglas-morrison-poet-dead-at-27-19710805 |archive-date=February 22, 2018}}</ref> Despite the absence of an official autopsy, the cause of death was listed as heart failure.<ref>{{cite web |first=Jeff |last=Giles |date=July 3, 2015 |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/jim-morrison-death/ |title=The Day Jim Morrison's Body Was Discovered |website=Ultimate Classic Rock |access-date=February 23, 2021}}</ref> He was buried in the "Poets' Corner" of [[Père Lachaise Cemetery]] on July 7.{{sfn|Davis|2005|p=472}}{{sfn|Olsen|2007|p=105}}

Morrison died at age 27, the same age as several other famous rock stars in the [[27 Club]]. In 1974, Morrison's girlfriend Pamela Courson also died at the age of 27.{{sfn|Segalstad|Hunter|2008|p=157}}

== After Morrison ==
=== ''Other Voices'' and ''Full Circle'' (July 1971 – January 1973) ===
[[File:The Doors (1971).png|thumb|right|Densmore, Krieger and Manzarek in November 1971]]
{{Blockquote|Morrison's passing stamped the Doors with a seal of legend and immortality. There was no opportunity for the band to go into the seventies intact. Perhaps that's a good thing. I can't imagine the Doors in the era of [[disco]].|[[Henry Rollins]]{{sfn|Weidman|2011|p=414}}}}

''L.A. Woman''{{'}}s follow up album, ''[[Other Voices (The Doors album)|Other Voices]]'', was being planned while Morrison was in Paris. The band assumed he would return to help them finish the album.<ref name="Allen" /> After Morrison died, the surviving members considered replacing him with several new people, such as [[Paul McCartney]] on bass, and [[Iggy Pop]] on vocals.{{sfn|Thompson|2009|p=268}} But after neither of these worked out, Krieger and Manzarek took over lead vocal duties themselves.<ref name="Allen" /> ''Other Voices'' was finally completed in August 1971, and released in October 1971. The record featured the single "Tightrope Ride", which received some radio airplay. The trio began performing again with additional supporting members on November 12, 1971, at [[Pershing Center|Pershing Municipal Auditorium]] in Lincoln, Nebraska, followed by shows at Carnegie Hall on November 23, and the [[Hollywood Palladium]] on November 26.<ref name="Allen">{{Cite web |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/doors-other-voices/ |date=October 18, 2016 |title=When the Doors Continued Without Jim Morrison on ''Other Voices'' |last=Allen |first=Jim |website=Ultimate Classic Rock |access-date=May 3, 2019}}</ref>

The recordings for ''[[Full Circle (The Doors album)|Full Circle]]'' took place a year after ''Other Voices'' during the spring of 1972, and the album was released in August 1972. For the tours during this period, the Doors enlisted Jack Conrad on bass (who had played on several tracks on both ''Other Voices'' and ''Full Circle'') as well as Bobby Ray Henson on rhythm guitar. They began a European tour covering France, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom, including an appearance on the German show ''[[Beat-Club]]''. Like ''Other Voices'', ''Full Circle'' did not perform as well commercially as their previous albums. While ''Full Circle'' was notable for adding elements of funk and jazz to the usual Doors sound,<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Reed |first=Ryan |date=May 29, 2015|title=Two Out-of-Print Doors Albums Prepped for Reissue |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-doors-two-post-jim-morrison-albums-set-for-reissue-60919/ |access-date=December 19, 2020 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> the band struggled with Manzarek and Krieger leading (neither of the post-Morrison albums had reached the Top 10 while all six of their albums with Morrison had).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Doors ''Full Circle'' Reissue Includes Original Foldout Zoetrope |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/doors-full-circle-zoetrope/ |access-date=December 19, 2020 |date=September 18, 2015 |website=Ultimate Classic Rock |language=en}}</ref> Once their contract with Elektra had lapsed, the Doors disbanded in 1973.<ref name="allmusic.com" />

=== Reunions ===
The third post-Morrison album, ''[[An American Prayer]]'', was released in 1978. It consisted of the band adding musical backing tracks to previously recorded spoken word performances of Morrison reciting his poetry. The record was a commercial success, acquiring a platinum certificate.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.riaa.com/newsitem.php?news_year_filter=&resultpage=76&id=182519BF-06DB-6DF5-F763-3555CDC1857A |title=RIAA News Room – Platinum certificates 2001 |website=RIAA |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160102165248/http://www.riaa.com/newsitem.php?news_year_filter=&resultpage=76&id=182519BF-06DB-6DF5-F763-3555CDC1857A |archive-date=January 2, 2016}}</ref> Two years later, it was nominated for a [[Grammy Award]] in the "Spoken Word Album" category, but it ultimately lost to [[John Gielgud]]'s ''[[The Ages of Man (play)|The Ages of Man]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1980-228.html|title=Grammy Award Nominees 1980 – Grammy Award Winners 1980|website=Awardsandshows.com|access-date=November 20, 2021}}</ref> ''An American Prayer'' was re-mastered and re-released with bonus tracks in 1995.<ref name="allmusic6">{{Cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r6220|pure_url=yes}} |title=''An American Prayer'' – Review |last=Iyengar |first=Vik |website=AllMusic |access-date=December 14, 2009}}</ref>

In 1993, the Doors were inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-doors-two-post-jim-morrison-albums-set-for-reissue-60919/ |title=Two Out-of-Print Doors Albums Prepped for Reissue |last=Reed |first=Ryan |date=May 29, 2015 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US |access-date=May 3, 2019}}</ref> In the ceremony, Manzarek, Krieger and Densmore reunited to perform "Roadhouse Blues", "Break On Through" and "Light My Fire". [[Eddie Vedder]] filled in on lead vocals, while [[Don Was]] played bass.<ref>{{cite web
|title=The Doors with Eddie Vedder Perform 'Roadhouse Blues'
|url=http://rockhall.com/inductees/the-doors/video/7023/
|access-date=February 28, 2021 |website=Rockhall.com}}</ref> For the [[The Doors: Box Set|1997 boxed set]], the surviving members of the Doors reconvened to complete "Orange County Suite". The track was based on one that Morrison had written and recorded in early 1969, providing both vocals and piano.<ref name="Runtagh"/>

The Doors reunited at the turn of the century to record music for the ''[[Stoned Immaculate: The Music of The Doors]]'' tribute album.<ref>{{cite web |title=''Stoned Immaculate: The Music of the Doors'' |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/stoned-immaculate-the-music-of-the-doors-mw0000103663 |access-date=August 15, 2020 |website=AllMusic}}</ref> Following the sessions, band members reunited in 2000 to perform on ''[[VH1 Storytellers]]''. For the live performance, the band was joined by [[Angelo Barbera]] and numerous guest vocalists, including [[Perry Farrell]] of [[Jane's Addiction]], [[Pat Monahan]], [[Ian Astbury]] of [[the Cult]], [[Travis Meeks]], [[Scott Weiland]] of [[Stone Temple Pilots]], and [[Scott Stapp]] of [[Creed (band)|Creed]]. On May 29, 2007, Perry Farrell's group [[the Satellite Party]] released its first album ''[[Ultra Payloaded]]'' on [[Columbia Records]]. It featured "Woman in the Window", a new song with a pre-recorded vocal performance by Morrison.<ref>{{cite web |first=John |last=Bush |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1027431|pure_url=yes}} |title=''Ultra Payloaded'' |work=AllMusic |access-date=June 1, 2022}}</ref>

Manzarek along with Krieger, Densmore and DJ/producer [[Skrillex]] ([[Sonny Moore]]) recorded a new song in 2012, of which Manzarek said, "I like to say this is the first new Doors track of the 21st century". The recording session and song are part of a documentary film, ''Re:Generation'', which recruited five popular DJs/producers to work with artists from five separate genres and had them record new music.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.musicradar.com/us/news/guitars/interview-robby-krieger-on-the-doors-la-woman-jim-morrison-and-skrillex-527068 |title=Interview: Robby Krieger on the Doors' ''L.A. Woman'', Jim Morrison and Skrillex |website=[[MusicRadar]] |last=Busso |first=Joe |access-date=July 7, 2022 |archive-date=October 16, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016035052/http://www.musicradar.com/us/news/guitars/interview-robby-krieger-on-the-doors-la-woman-jim-morrison-and-skrillex-527068|url-status=dead}}</ref> Manzarek and Skrillex had an immediate musical connection: "Sonny plays his beat, all he had to do was play the one thing. I listened to it and I said, 'Holy shit, that's strong'." Manzarek formulates, "Basically, it's a variation on '[[Milestones (composition)|Milestones]]', by [[Miles Davis]], and if I do say so myself, sounds fucking great, hot as hell."<ref name="Skrillex">{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/remaining-doors-members-record-with-skrillex-for-new-documentary-20111006?link=mostpopular1 |title=Remaining Doors Members Record with Skrillex for New Documentary |last=Baltin |first=Steve |date=October 6, 2011 |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=October 13, 2011}}</ref> The track, called "[[Breakn' a Sweat]]", was recorded for Skrillex's EP ''[[Bangarang (EP)|Bangarang]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/bangarang-r2381342/review |title=''Bangarang'' – Review |website=AllMusic |access-date=March 16, 2021 |first=Jon |last=O'Brien}}</ref>

In 2013, the remaining members of the Doors recorded with rapper [[Tech N9ne]] for the song "[[Strange Days (Doors song)#Strange 2013|Strange 2013]]", appearing on his album ''[[Something Else (Tech N9ne album)|Something Else]]'', which features new instrumentation by the band and samples of Morrison's vocals from the song "[[Strange Days (Doors song)|Strange Days]]".<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/videos/tech-n9ne-aligns-with-the-doors-for-strange-2013-20130624 |title=Tech N9ne Works with the Doors |date=June 24, 2013 |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=July 9, 2017}}</ref> In their final collaboration before Manzarek's death, the three surviving Doors provided backing for poet [[Michael C. Ford]]'s album ''Look Each Other in the Ears''.

On February 12, 2016, at [[The Fonda Theatre]] in Hollywood, Densmore and Krieger reunited for the first time in 15 years to perform in tribute to Manzarek and benefit [[Stand Up to Cancer]]. That day would have been Manzarek's 77th birthday.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-doors-reunion-ray-manzarek-benefit-tribute-densmore-krieger-20160201-story.html |title=Doors surviving members to reunite for Ray Manzarek benefit tribute |first=Randy |last=Lewis |date=February 1, 2016 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref> The night featured [[Exene Cervenka]] and [[John Doe]] of the band [[X (American band)|X]], [[Rami Jaffee]] of the [[Foo Fighters]], [[Stone Temple Pilots]]' Robert Deleo, [[Jane's Addiction]]'s [[Stephen Perkins]], Emily Armstrong of [[Dead Sara]], [[Andrew Watt (musician)|Andrew Watt]], among others.<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/live-reviews/surviving-doors-alt-rock-royalty-light-up-l-a-celebration-for-ray-manzarek-20160213 |title=Surviving Doors, Alt-Rock Royalty Celebrate Ray Manzarek |date=February 13, 2016 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref>

== After the Doors ==
After Morrison died in 1971, Densmore and Krieger went to London looking for a new lead singer.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/butts-band-mn0000527239l |title=Buts Band – Biography |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=March 16, 2021 }}{{Dead link|date=November 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> They formed the [[Butts Band]] in 1973 there, signing with [[Blue Thumb Records]]. They released an album titled ''[[Butts Band (album)|Butts Band]]'' the same year, then disbanded in 1975 after [[Hear and Now (album)|a second album]] with [[Phil Chen]] on bass.<ref>{{cite web |first=Greg |last=Prato |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/phil-chen-mn0000336805 |title=Phil Chen – Biography |website=AllMusic |access-date=February 20, 2021}}</ref>

Manzarek made three solo albums from 1974 to 1983 and formed a band called [[Nite City]] in 1975, which released two albums in 1977–1978.<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.goldminemag.com/articles/time-capsule-ray-manzarek-february-12-1979 |title=TIME CAPSULE: Ray Manzarek, February 12, 1979 |first=Warren |last=Kurtz |date=May 8, 2017 |magazine=Goldmine Magazine |language=en-US |access-date=May 10, 2019}}</ref> Krieger released six solo albums from 1977 to 2010.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/robby-krieger-mn0000275991/biography |first=Greg |last=Prato |title=Robby Krieger – Biography |website=AllMusic |access-date=July 3, 2022}}</ref> In 2002, the two together formed a new version of the Doors which they called [[the Doors of the 21st Century]]. Due to legal battles with Densmore and the Morrison estate over use of the Doors name, they changed their name several times and ultimately toured under the name "[[Manzarek–Krieger]]" or "Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger of the Doors".<ref>{{cite magazine |first=John |last=Clarke |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-doors-john-densmore-talks-about-the-bands-ugly-six-year-feud-20130508 |title=The Doors' John Densmore Talks About the Band's Ugly, Six-Year Feud |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=May 8, 2013 |access-date=July 3, 2022}}</ref> The group toured extensively throughout their career.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rayandrobby.com/tour.html |title=Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger of The Doors Tour Dates |date=April 23, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110423213525/http://www.rayandrobby.com/tour.html |archive-date=April 23, 2011 |access-date=May 10, 2019}}</ref> In July 2007, Densmore announced he would not reunite with the Doors unless [[Eddie Vedder]] of [[Pearl Jam]] was the lead singer.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Densmore Considers Full Doors Reunion - With Vedder|url=https://www.contactmusic.com/the-doors/news/densmore-considers-full-doors-reunion---with-vedder_1021472|website=[[Contactmusic.com]]|date=February 8, 2007|access-date=February 20, 2021|archive-date=January 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121144849/https://www.contactmusic.com/the-doors/news/densmore-considers-full-doors-reunion---with-vedder_1021472|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On May 20, 2013, Manzarek died at a hospital in Rosenheim, Germany, at the age of 74 due to complications related to bile duct cancer.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://thedoors.com/news/ray-manzarek-founding-member-doors-passes-away-74-4872 |title=Ray Manzarek, Founding Member of The Doors, Passes Away at 74 |date=August 3, 2013 |website=The Doors |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130807180203/https://thedoors.com/news/ray-manzarek-founding-member-doors-passes-away-74-4872 |archive-date=August 7, 2013 |access-date=May 10, 2019}}</ref> Krieger and Densmore came together on February 12, 2016, at a [[benefit concert]] memorial for Manzarek. All proceeds went to "Stand Up to Cancer".<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.thedoors.com/news/the-doors-robby-krieger-john-densmore-to-honor-ray-manzarek-at-la-concert |title=THE DOORS' Robby Krieger & John Densmore To Honor Ray Manzarek at LA Concert! – The Doors |website=www.thedoors.com |access-date=May 10, 2019}}</ref>

== Musical style and influences ==
The Doors initially started as a conventional [[electric blues]] band, but subsequently enriched their sound with [[jazz]], [[psychedelic rock]],  [[raga]], [[classical music|classical]] references, [[funk]] and [[flamenco]].{{sfn|Hegarty|Halliwell|2011|p=11}} In live performances, they experimented with [[free improvisation]] based on [[dodecaphony|dodecaphonic]], cacophonic passages and [[delay (audio effect)|delay]]/[[echo]] effects,{{sfn|Weidman|2011|p=317}} in order to accompany [[spoken word|spoken-word poetry]] sessions or to fill long instrumental [[jam sessions|jams]].{{sfn|Weidman|2011|p=318}} In the second album the group introduced elements of [[electronic music]] and [[musique concrète]]{{sfn|Hegarty|Halliwell|2011|p=11}} and incorporated unusual instruments such as the [[Moog synthesizer]], the [[harpsichord]] and the [[marimba]].{{sfn|Weidman|2011|p=421}} The fourth album is also notable because it featured brass, wind and string instrumentation, touching upon [[big band]] and [[bluegrass music|bluegrass]] styles.{{sfn|Hegarty|Halliwell|2011|p=11}}  

Music journalist and critic [[David Fricke]] observed that they were "the first american rock ensemble to regularly blend [[reverb]], echos, [[fuzz (electric guitar)|fuzz]] and other innovative sound effects with keyboards and organ, both on studio works and live shows. A pioneering approach to improvisation in psychedelic music that established some of its most defining characteristics. A lot of keyboard-based groups of the era should thank them",{{sfn|Hegarty|Halliwell|2011|p=12}} and praised their efficiency during concerts to "alternate to intense, essential blues numbers [[jazz-rock]] instrumentals led by exceptionally dynamic drumming, masterfully calculated guitar insertions and challenging, explorative organ chords: giant rooms where an unlimited set of vocal improvisations has all the space to be delivered".{{sfn|Hegarty|Halliwell|2011|p=14}}

Manzarek cited a range of influences that include [[boogie-woogie]], [[Chicago blues]], the jazzers [[John Coltrane]], [[Miles Davis]] and [[Bill Evans]],{{sfn|Weidman|2011|p=318}} and classical composers such as [[Johann Sebastian Bach]], [[Claude Debussy]] and [[Igor Stravinsky]].{{sfn|Weidman|2011|p=421}} Krieger was heavily affected by his study of the [[sitar]] and the structures of indian classical music.{{sfn|Hegarty|Halliwell|2011|p=2011}} He said Coltrane was "my biggest music influence".{{sfn|Riordan|1996|p=311}} He was familiar with [[modal music|modal]] scales and the traditional spanish flamenco,{{sfn|Weidman|2011|p=421}} incorporating them all in his guitar style to create an original trademark of versatility that distinguished him from the other rock guitarists of the period.{{sfn|Hegarty|Halliwell|2011|p=11}} Densmore was shaped by [[Elvin Jones]], the drummer of John Coltrane's quartet,{{sfn|Riordan|1996|p=311}} and by the stylistic features of Latin American percussions, especially the [[bossa nova]] rhythms of saxophonist [[Stan Getz]].{{sfn|Weidman|2011|p=318}}

== Legacy ==
The band presaged [[gothic rock]] due to the violence and the darkness present in their early work. As soon as 1967, critic John Stickney announced in the title of his article: "Four Doors to the Future: Gothic Rock Is Their Thing".<ref name=Stickney>{{cite news|last=Stickney |first=John |date=October 24, 1967 |title=Four Doors to the Future: Gothic Rock Is Their Thing |newspaper=[[The Williams Record]] |url=http://mildequator.com/performancehistory/articlesreviews1967.html |access-date=March 11, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130504231130/http://mildequator.com/performancehistory/articlesreviews1967.html |archive-date=May 4, 2013}}</ref> Journalist [[Dave Marsh]] would also qualify a few years later the "first couple of Doors albums" as a prime example of "gothic rock".<ref>{{cite news|first=Dave|last=Marsh|author-link=Dave Marsh|title=Record Reviews - Philip Glass ''North Star''|newspaper=[[The Morning Record and Journal]] |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KfxcAAAAIBAJ&dq=gothic+rock+1977&pg=PA46&article_id=5826,2669496 |date=April 16, 1977 |page=46 |access-date=August 12, 2023}}</ref> Academics [[Paul Hegarty (musician)|Paul Hegarty]] and Martin Halliwell argued that the Doors were [[proto-prog|precursors]] of [[progressive rock|prog]] and reflected important developments in progressive music.{{sfn|Hegarty|Halliwell|2011|p=11}} 

Beginning in the late 1970s, there was a sustained revival of interest in the Doors which created a new generation of fans.{{sfn|Weidman|2011|p=418}} The origin of the revival is traced to the release of the album ''An American Prayer'' in late 1978 which contained a live version of "[[Roadhouse Blues]]" that received considerable airplay on [[album-oriented rock]] radio stations. In 1979, the song "[[The End (The Doors song)|The End]]" was featured in dramatic fashion in the film ''[[Apocalypse Now]]'',<ref name="allmusic.com" />{{sfn|Weidman|2011|p=421}} and the next year, the bestselling biography of Morrison ''[[No One Here Gets Out Alive]]'' was published. The Doors' first album, ''The Doors'', re-entered the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] album chart in September 1980 and Elektra Records reported the Doors' albums were selling better than in any year since their original release.<ref name="Breslin">{{Cite magazine |last=Breslin |first=Rosemary |date=September 19, 1981 |title=Jim Morrison: He's Hot, He's Sexy and He's Dead |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/jim-morrison-hes-hot-hes-sexy-and-hes-dead-113162/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |location=New York City |access-date=January 27, 2020}}</ref> In response a new compilation album, ''[[Greatest Hits (The Doors album)|Greatest Hits]]'', was released in October 1980. The album peaked at No. 17 in ''Billboard'' and remained on the chart for nearly two years.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |url=https://archive.org/details/joelwhitburnstop00whitbu/page/247 |title=Top Pop Albums 1955–2001 |date=2001 |publisher=Record Research Inc. |isbn=0-89820-147-0 |location=Menomonee Falls |page=[https://archive.org/details/joelwhitburnstop00whitbu/page/247 247] |author-link=Joel Whitburn}}</ref>
[[File:Los Angeles (California, USA), Hollywood Boulevard, The Doors -- 2012 -- 5040.jpg|thumb|A star for The Doors on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]], Los Angeles, California]]

The revival continued in 1983 with ''[[Alive, She Cried]]'', an album of previously unreleased live recordings. The track "[[Gloria (Them song)|Gloria]]" reached No. 18 on the ''Billboard'' [[Mainstream Rock (chart)|Top Tracks]] chart<ref>{{Cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |title=Rock Tracks |date=2002 |publisher=Record Research Inc. |isbn=0-89820-153-5 |location=Menomonee Falls |page=49}}</ref> and the video was in [[Rotation (music)|heavy rotation]] on [[MTV]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=January 7, 1984 |title=Video Music Programming |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |location=New York}}</ref> Another compilation album, ''[[The Best of the Doors (1985 album)|The Best of the Doors]]'' was released in 1985 and went on to be certified [[RIAA certification|Diamond]] in 2007 by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] for sales of 10 million certified units.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/1563045/the-doors-a-billboard-chart-history |title=The Doors a ''Billboard'' Chart History |magazine=Billboard |access-date=December 15, 2021}}</ref>

A second revival, attracting another generation of fans, occurred in 1991 following the release of the film ''[[The Doors (film)|The Doors]]'', directed by [[Oliver Stone]] and starring [[Val Kilmer]] as Morrison.{{sfn|Luhrssen|Larson|2017|p=98}} Stone created the script from over a hundred interviews of people who were in Morrison's life.<ref>{{cite news |title=Oliver Stone and ''The Doors'' |newspaper=[[The Economist]] |date=March 16, 1991}}</ref> He designed the movie by picking the songs and then adding the appropriate storylines to them.{{sfn|Riordan|1996|p=311}} The remaining band members did not like the film's portrayal of the events. In the book ''The Doors'',{{sfn|Fong-Torres|The Doors|2006|pp=232–234}} Manzarek states, "That Oliver Stone thing did real damage to the guy I knew: Jim Morrison, the poet." In addition, Manzarek claims that he wanted the movie to be about all four members of the band, not only Morrison.<ref>{{cite news |last=Broeske |first=P |date=March 10, 1991 |title=Stormy Rider |newspaper=[[Sunday Herald]]}}</ref> Densmore asserts, "A third of it's fiction." In the same volume, Krieger agrees with the other two, but also says, "It could have been a lot worse." The film's [[The Doors (soundtrack)|soundtrack album]] reached No. 8 on the ''Billboard'' album chart and ''Greatest Hits'' and ''The Best of the Doors'' re-entered the chart, with the latter reaching a new peak position of No. 32.

Awards and critical accolades:
* In 1993, the Doors were inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Cherry |first=Jim |author-link=Jim Cherry |url=http://doorsexaminer.com/doors-history-january-12-1993-the-doors-inducted-into-the-rock-roll-hall-of-fame/ |title=January 12, 1993: The Doors Enter the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame |date=January 11, 2017 |work=The Doors Examiner, Redux |access-date=October 8, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171008231514/http://doorsexaminer.com/doors-history-january-12-1993-the-doors-inducted-into-the-rock-roll-hall-of-fame/ |archive-date=October 8, 2017}}</ref>
* In 1998, "Light My Fire" was inducted into the [[Grammy Hall of Fame]] under the category Rock (track).<ref name="grammy">[http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/awards/hall-of-fame Grammy Hall of Fame] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707235113/http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/awards/hall-of-fame |date=July 7, 2015}}. Santa Monica, CA: The Recording Academy. Accessed October 8, 2017.</ref>
* In 1998, [[VH-1]] compiled a list of the 100 Greatest Artists of Rock and Roll. The Doors were ranked number 20 by top music artists while Rock on the Net readers ranked them number 15.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1998/vh1artists.htm |title=VH1: 100 Greatest Artists of Rock & Roll |website=RockOnTheNet |access-date=October 13, 2017}}</ref>
* In 2000, the Doors were ranked number 32 on VH1's 100 Greatest Hard Rock Artists,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2000/vh1hardrock.htm |title=VH1: '100 Greatest Hard Rock Artists': 1–50 1–50 – 51–100 (compiled by VH1 in 2000) |website=RockOnTheNet |access-date=October 11, 2017}}</ref> and "Light My Fire" was ranked number seven on VH1's Greatest Rock Songs.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2000/vh1rocksongs.htm |title=VH1: '100 Greatest Rock Songs' (compiled by VH1 in 2000) |website=RockOnTheNet |access-date=October 11, 2017}}</ref>
* In 2002, their [[The Doors (album)|self-titled album]]' was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame under the category Rock (Album).<ref name="grammy" />
* In 2004, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' ranked the Doors 41st on their list of 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.<ref name="Manson" />
* Also in 2004, ''Rolling Stone'' magazine's list of [[The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time]] included two of their songs: "Light My Fire" at number 35 and "[[The End (The Doors song)|The End]]" at number 328.<ref name="rs">{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/the-500-greatest-songs-of-all-time-20110407 |title=The RS 500 Greatest Songs of All Time |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=December 9, 2004 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080622142703/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/500songs |archive-date=June 22, 2008 |access-date=April 10, 2008}}</ref>
* In 2007, the Doors received a [[Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award|Grammy Award for lifetime achievement]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/tribute-doors |title=A Tribute To The Doors |last=Fong-Torres |first=Ben |author-link=Ben Fong-Torres |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191228203357/https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/tribute-doors |archive-date=December 28, 2019 |date=December 2, 2014 |website=[[Grammy Awards]] |access-date=August 28, 2023}}</ref>
* In 2007, the Doors received a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/the-doors-honored-with-star-on-hollywood-walk-of-fame/ |title=The Doors Honored With Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame |date=February 28, 2007 |website=Fox News |agency=Associated Press |access-date=October 11, 2017}}</ref>
* In 2010, "Riders on the Storm" was inducted into the [[Grammy Hall of Fame]] under the category Rock (track).<ref name="grammy" />
* In 2011, the Doors received a Grammy Award in Best Long Form Music Video for the film ''[[When You're Strange]]'', directed by [[Tom DiCillo]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.latimes.com/la-et-env-grammys-nominees-2010-list-htmlstory.html |title=Grammy Awards 2011: Winners and nominees for 53rd Grammy Awards |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=March 12, 2014 |access-date=October 14, 2017}} '''Note''': scroll to very bottom for "Best Long Form Music Video".</ref>
* In 2012, ''Rolling Stone'' magazine's list of [[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]] included three of their studio albums; the self-titled album at number 42, ''L.A. Woman'' at number 362, and ''Strange Days'' at number 407.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-20120531 |title=500 Greatest Albums of All Time |date=May 31, 2012 |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=October 14, 2017}}</ref>
* In 2014, the Doors were voted by British [[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]] magazine's readers to receive that year's [[Classic Rock Roll of Honour Awards|Roll of Honour]] [[Tommy Vance]] "Inspiration" Award.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://teamrock.com/news/2014-11-05/classic-rock-roll-of-honour-2014-gregg-allman-doors-metallica-queen |title=Allman, Doors, Metallica, Queen win Classic Rock Awards |last=Kielty |first=Martin |date=November 5, 2014 |website=Classic Rock |access-date=October 14, 2017}}</ref>
* In 2015, the [[Library of Congress]] selected ''The Doors'' for inclusion in the [[National Recording Registry]] based on its cultural, artistic or historical significance.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2015/15-041.html |date=March 26, 2015 |title=National Recording Registry Adds New Titles! |publisher=Library of Congress |access-date=May 14, 2015}}{{void|Fabrickator|comment|original url: http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2015/15-041.html (redirects to https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-15-041/) titled "National Recording Registry To ''Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive''"}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
* In 2016, the Doors received a Grammy Award in Favorite Reissues and Compilation for the live album ''[[London Fog 1966]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/london-fog-1966-mw0003008751 |title=The Doors: ''London Fog 1966'' |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=May 24, 2021}}</ref>
* The Doors were honored for the 50th anniversary of their self-titled album release, January 4, 2017, with the city of Los Angeles proclaiming that date "The Day of the Doors".<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Jon |last=Blistein |date=December 29, 2017 |title=Doors Plot 50th Anniversary Celebration in Los Angeles |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/doors-plot-50th-anniversary-celebration-in-los-angeles-112315/
|magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=January 3, 2017}}</ref> At a ceremony in Venice, Los Angeles Councilmember [[Mike Bonin]] introduced surviving members Densmore and Krieger, presenting them with a framed proclamation and lighting a Doors sign beneath the famed 'Venice' letters.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://veniceupdate.com/2017/01/04/doors-get-the-sign-and-the-day-of-the-doors/ |title=» Doors Get the Sign and the "Day of the Doors" – Venice Update |website=Veniceupdate.com |access-date=July 9, 2017}}</ref>
* The 2018 Asbury Park Music & Film Festival has announced the film submission award winners. The ceremony was held on Sunday, April 29 at the Asbury Hotel hosted by Shelli Sonstein, two-time Gracie Award winner, co-host of the Jim Kerr Rock and Roll Morning Show on [[WAXQ|Q104.3]] and APMFF Board member. The film ''Break on Thru: Celebration of Ray Manzarek and The Doors'', won the best length feature at the festival.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.thedoors.com/news/2018-asbury-park-music-film-festival-winners |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906084754/https://www.thedoors.com/category/news |archive-date=September 6, 2018 |access-date=April 24, 2023 |date=May 1, 2018 |title=Asbury Park Music Film Festival Winners |website=Thedoors.com}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
* In 2020, ''Rolling Stone'' listed the 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition of ''[[Morrison Hotel]]'' among "The Best Box Sets of the Year".<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=https://thedoors.com/news/rolling-stone-morrison-hotel-50th-anniversary-deluxe-edition-listed-among-the-best-box-sets-of-2020|title=The Doors – ''Morrison Hotel'' (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) Listed Among the Best Box Sets of 2020 |date=December 17, 2020 |magazine=Rolling Stone |via=Thedoors.com}}</ref>

== Band members ==
* [[Jim Morrison]] – lead vocals, harmonica, percussion {{small|(1965–1971; died 1971)}}
* [[Ray Manzarek]] – keyboards, backing and lead vocals {{small|(1965–1973, 1978, 1993, 1997, 2000, 2011–2012, 2012–2013; died 2013)}}
* [[Robby Krieger]] – guitar, backing and lead vocals {{small|(1965–1973, 1978, 1993, 1997, 2000, 2011–2012, 2012–2013)}}
* [[John Densmore]] – drums, percussion, backing vocals {{small|(1965–1973, 1978, 1993, 1997, 2000, 2011–2012, 2012–2013)}}
* Patricia Sullivan (Patricia Hansen) – bass {{small|(1965)}}

=== Live musicians ===
* Jack Conrad – bass {{small|(1972)}}
* Bobby Ray Henson – rhythm guitar {{small|(1972)}}
* [[Eddie Vedder]] – vocals {{small|(1993)}}
* [[Don Was]] – bass {{small|(1993)}}
* [[Angelo Barbera]] – bass {{small|(2000)}}
* [[Perry Farrell]] – vocals {{small|(2000)}}
* [[Pat Monahan]] – vocals {{small|(2000)}}
* [[Ian Astbury]] – vocals {{small|(2000)}}
* [[Travis Meeks]] – vocals {{small|(2000)}}
* [[Scott Weiland]] – vocals {{small|(2000; died 2015)}}
* [[Scott Stapp]] – vocals {{small|(2000)}}

=== Session musicians ===
* [[Larry Knechtel]] – bass {{small|(1966–1967; died 2009)}} {{small|(on ''[[The Doors (album)|The Doors]]'' (1967))}}
* [[Doug Lubahn]] – bass {{small|(1967, 1968–1969; died 2019)}} {{small|(on ''[[Strange Days (The Doors album)|Strange Days]]'' (1967), ''[[Waiting for the Sun]]'' (1968), ''[[The Soft Parade]]'' (1969))}}
* Kerry Magness – bass {{small|(1968; died 2004)}} {{small|(on ''[[Waiting for the Sun]]'' (1968))}}
* [[Leroy Vinnegar]] – acoustic bass {{small|(1968; died 1999)}} {{small|(on ''[[Waiting for the Sun]]'' (1968))}}
* [[Harvey Brooks (bassist)|Harvey Brooks]] – bass {{small|(1968–1969; died 2004)}} {{small|(on ''[[The Soft Parade]]'' (1969))}}
* [[Curtis Amy]] – saxophone {{small|(1968–1969; died 2002)}} {{small|(on ''[[The Soft Parade]]'' (1969))}}
* [[George Bohanon]] – trombone {{small|(1968–1969; died 2024)}} {{small|(on ''[[The Soft Parade]]'' (1969))}}
* Champ Webb – English horn {{small|(1968–1969)}} {{small|(on ''[[The Soft Parade]]'' (1969))}}
* [[Jesse McReynolds]] – mandolin {{small|(1968–1969; died 2023)}} {{small|(on ''[[The Soft Parade]]'' (1969))}}
* Jimmy Buchanan – fiddle {{small|(1968–1969)}} {{small|(on ''[[The Soft Parade]]'' (1969))}}
* Reinol Andino – conga {{small|(1968–1969)}} {{small|(on ''[[The Soft Parade]]'' (1969))}}, percussion {{small|(1978)}} {{small|(on ''[[An American Prayer]]'' (1978))}}
* Ray Neopolitan – bass {{small|(1970, 1971)}} {{small|(on ''[[Morrison Hotel]]'' (1970), ''[[Other Voices (The Doors album)|Other Voices]]'' (1971))}}
* [[Lonnie Mack]] – bass {{small|(1970; died 2016)}} {{small|(on ''[[Morrison Hotel]]'' (1970))}}
* [[John Sebastian]] (aka G. Puglese) – blues harp {{small|(1970)}} {{small|(on ''[[Morrison Hotel]]'' (1970))}}
* [[Jerry Scheff]] – bass {{small|(1970–1971, 1978)}} {{small|(on ''[[L.A. Woman]]'' (1971), ''[[Other Voices (The Doors album)|Other Voices]]'' (1971), ''[[An American Prayer]]'' (1978))}}
* [[Marc Benno]] – rhythm guitar {{small|(1970–1971)}} {{small|(on ''[[L.A. Woman]]'' (1971))}}
* Jack Conrad – bass {{small|(1971, 1972; died 2017)}} {{small|(on ''[[Other Voices (The Doors album)|Other Voices]]'' (1971), ''[[Full Circle (The Doors album)|Full Circle]]'' (1972))}}, rhythm guitar {{small|(1972)}} {{small|(on ''[[Full Circle (The Doors album)|Full Circle]]'' (1972))}}
* [[Willie Ruff]] – acoustic bass {{small|(1971; died 2023)}} {{small|(on ''[[Other Voices (The Doors album)|Other Voices]]'' (1971))}}
* Wolfgang Melz – bass {{small|(1971)}} {{small|(on ''[[Other Voices (The Doors album)|Other Voices]]'' (1971))}}
* [[Emil Richards]] – marimba {{small|(1971; died 2019)}} {{small|(on ''[[Other Voices (The Doors album)|Other Voices]]'' (1971))}}
* [[Francisco Aguabella]] – percussion {{small|(1971; died 2010)}} {{small|(on ''[[Other Voices (The Doors album)|Other Voices]]'' (1971))}}
* [[Venetta Fields]] – vocals {{small|(1972)}} {{small|(on ''[[Full Circle (The Doors album)|Full Circle]]'' (1972))}}
* [[Clydie King]] – vocals {{small|(1972; died 2019)}} {{small|(on ''[[Full Circle (The Doors album)|Full Circle]]'' (1972))}}
* Melissa Mackay – vocals {{small|(1972; died 2023)}} {{small|(on ''[[Full Circle (The Doors album)|Full Circle]]'' (1972))}}
* [[Chris Ethridge]] – bass {{small|(1972)}} {{small|(on ''[[Full Circle (The Doors album)|Full Circle]]'' (1972))}}
* Charles Larkey – bass {{small|(1972)}} {{small|(on ''[[Full Circle (The Doors album)|Full Circle]]'' (1972))}}
* [[Leland Sklar]] – bass {{small|(1972)}} {{small|(on ''[[Full Circle (The Doors album)|Full Circle]]'' (1972))}}
* [[Charles Lloyd (jazz musician)|Charles Lloyd]] – tenor saxophone, flute {{small|(1972)}} {{small|(on ''[[Full Circle (The Doors album)|Full Circle]]'' (1972))}}
* [[Bobbye Hall]] – percussion {{small|(1972)}} {{small|(on ''[[Full Circle (The Doors album)|Full Circle]]'' (1972))}}
* Chico Batera – percussion {{small|(1972; died 2012)}} {{small|(on ''[[Full Circle (The Doors album)|Full Circle]]'' (1972))}}
* [[Bob Glaub]] – bass {{small|(1978)}} {{small|(on ''[[An American Prayer]]'' (1978))}}

== Discography ==
{{Main|The Doors discography}}

* ''[[The Doors (album)|The Doors]]'' (1967)
* ''[[Strange Days (The Doors album)|Strange Days]]'' (1967)
* ''[[Waiting for the Sun]]'' (1968)
* ''[[The Soft Parade]]'' (1969)
* ''[[Morrison Hotel]]'' (1970)
* ''[[L.A. Woman]]'' (1971)
* ''[[Other Voices (The Doors album)|Other Voices]]'' (1971)
* ''[[Full Circle (The Doors album)|Full Circle]]'' (1972)
* ''[[An American Prayer]]'' (1978)

== Videography ==
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* ''[[The Doors Are Open]]'' (1968)
* ''[[Feast of Friends]]'' (1969)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://mildequator.com/filmhistory/fofscreenings.html |title=Screening Dates: Feast of Friends |website=Mildequator.com |access-date=April 30, 2025}}</ref>
* ''[[A Tribute to Jim Morrison]]'' (1981)
* ''[[The Doors – 30 Years Commemorative Edition|Dance on Fire]]'' (1985)
* ''[[The Doors – 30 Years Commemorative Edition|Live at the Hollywood Bowl]]'' (1987)
* ''Live in Europe 1968'' (1989)
* ''[[The Doors (film)|The Doors]]'' (1991)
* ''[[The Doors – 30 Years Commemorative Edition|The Soft Parade: A Retrospective]]'' (1991)
* ''The Best of the Doors'' (1997)
* ''The Doors Collection – Collector's Edition'' (1999)
* ''VH1 Storytellers – The Doors: A Celebration'' (2001)
* ''[[The Doors – 30 Years Commemorative Edition]]'' (2001)
* ''[[No One Here Gets Out Alive]]'' (2001)
* ''[[Soundstage Performances]]'' (2002)
* ''The Doors of the 21st Century: L.A. Woman Live'' (2003)
* ''The Doors Collector's Edition – (3 DVD)'' (2005)
* ''[[Classic Albums|Classic Albums: The Doors]]'' (2008)
* ''[[When You're Strange]]'' (2009)
* ''Mr. Mojo Risin' : The Story of L.A. Woman'' (2011)
* ''[[Live at the Hollywood Bowl (The Doors album)#Live at the Bowl 68|Live at the Bowl '68]]'' (2012)
* ''[[R-Evolution (film)|R-Evolution]]'' (2013)
* ''The Doors Special Edition – (3 DVD)'' (2013)
* ''[[Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970 (The Doors album)|Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970]]'' (2018)
* ''Break on Thru: Celebration of Ray Manzarek and The Doors'' (2018)
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==See also==
* [[Outline of the Doors]]
* [[The Doors of Perception]]

== Notes ==
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== References ==
{{reflist}}

== Sources ==
* {{Cite book |last=Cherry |first=Jim |title=The Doors Examined |date=March 25, 2013 |publisher=Bennion/Kearny |isbn=978-1909125124 }}
* {{Cite book |last=Davis |first=Stephen |title=Jim Morrison: Life, Death, Legend |publisher=Gotham Books |year=2005 |isbn=978-1-59240-099-7 |location=New York |author-link=Stephen Davis (music journalist) }}
* {{Cite book |last1=Debolt |first1=Abbe A. |title=Encyclopedia of the Sixties: A Decade of Culture and Counterculture |first2=James S. |last2=Baugess |date=December 2011 |publisher=[[ABC-CLIO]] |isbn=978-0-313-32944-9 }}
* {{Cite book |last=Densmore |first=John |author-link=John Densmore |year=1990 |title=Riders on the Storm: My Life with Jim Morrison and the Doors |publisher=[[Delacorte Press]] |isbn=978-0-385-30033-9 }}
* {{Cite book |first=John |last=Einarson |author-link=John Einarson |year=2001 |title=Desperados: The Roots of Country Rock |publisher=Cooper Square Press |isbn=978-0-8154-1065-2 }}
* {{Cite book |last1=Fong-Torres |first1=Ben |author1-link=Ben Fong-Torres |author2=The Doors |title=The Doors |publisher=Hyperion |date=October 25, 2006 |isbn=978-1-4013-0303-7 }}
* {{Cite book |first=Gillian G. |last=Gaar |title=The Doors: The Illustrated History |date=July 8, 2015 |publisher=[[Voyageur Press]] |isbn=978-0760346907 }}
* {{Gilliland|url=https://digital.library.unt.edu/search/?fq=str_title_serial%3A%22The+Pop+Chronicles+%28John+Gilliland+Collection%29%22&sort=date_a&start=42 }} 
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* {{Cite book |first=Peter K. |last=Hogan |year=1994 |title=The Complete Guide To the Music of the Doors |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QDbS4d7nu_4C |publisher=Music Sales Group |isbn=978-0-7119-3527-3 |author-link=Peter Hogan}}
* {{Cite book |last1=Hopkins |first1=Jerry |title=No One Here Gets Out Alive |title-link=No One Here Gets Out Alive |last2=Sugerman |first2=Danny |publisher=Warner Books |year=1980 |isbn=978-0-446-97133-1 |location=New York |author-link=Jerry Hopkins (author) |author-link2=Danny Sugerman }}
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* {{Cite book |last=Krieger |first=Robby |author-link=Robby Krieger |year=2021 |title=Set the Night on Fire: Living, Dying, and Playing Guitar with the Doors |publisher=Hachette |isbn=978-0316243544 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e4EeEAAAQBA }}{{Dead link|date=November 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
* {{Cite book |last=Manzarek |first=Ray |title=Light My Fire: My Life With the Doors |title-link=Light My Fire (book) |publisher=Putnam |year=1998 |isbn=978-0-399-14399-1 |location=New York |author-link=Ray Manzarek }}
* {{Cite book |first=Christian |last=Matijas-Mecca |year=2020 |title=Listen to Psychedelic Rock! Exploring a Musical Genre |publisher=Hardcover |isbn=978-1440861970 }}
* {{Cite book |last=Moskowitz |first=David |title=The 100 Greatest Bands of All Time: A Guide to the Legends Who Rocked the World |publisher=Greenwood |location=Santa Barbara, California |year=2015 |isbn=978-1440803390 }}
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* {{Cite book |last1=Riordan |first1=James |last2=Prochnicky |first2=Jerry |title=Break On Through: The Life and Death of Jim Morrison |publisher=Quill |year=1991 |isbn=978-0-688-11915-7 }}
* {{Cite book |last=Riordan |first=James |date=September 1996 |title=Stone: A Biography of Oliver Stone |location=New York |publisher=Aurum Pres |isbn=1-85410-444-6 }}
* {{Cite book |last1=Segalstad |first1=Eric |url=https://archive.org/details/27sgreatestmytho0000sega |title=The 27s: The Greatest Myth of Rock & Roll |last2=Hunter |first2=Josh |publisher=Samadhi Creations |year=2008 |isbn=978-0615189642 |location=Berkeley Lake, GA }}
* {{Cite book |first=Dave |last=Thompson |author-link=Dave Thompson (author) |year=2009 |title=Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell: The Dangerous Glitter of David Bowie, Iggy Pop, and Lou Reed |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1NCGDwAAQBAJ |publisher=[[Rowman & Littlefield]] |isbn=978-0879309855 }}
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* {{Cite book |first=Mick |last=Wall |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CGPaAwAAQBAJ |title=Love Becomes a Funeral Pyre: A Biography of The Doors |date=October 30, 2014 |publisher=Hachette UK |isbn=978-1409151258 }}
* {{Cite book |last=Wallace |first=Richard |title=The Lazy Intellectual: Maximum Knowledge, Minimal Effort |date=September 18, 2010 |publisher=[[Adams Media]] |isbn=978-1-4405-0888-2 }}
* {{Cite book |last=Weidman |first=Rich |title=The Doors FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Kings of Acid Rock |date=October 1, 2011 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield }}

== Further reading ==
* Ashcroft, Linda. ''Wild Child: Life with Jim Morrison''. Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, August 21, 1997. {{ISBN|978-0-340-68498-6}}
* Jakob, Dennis C. ''Summer With Morrison''. Ion Drive Publishing, 2011. {{ISBN|978-0-9817143-8-7}}
* [[Greil Marcus|Marcus, Greil]]. ''The Doors: A Lifetime of Listening to Five Mean Years''. PublicAffairs, 2011. {{ISBN|978-1-58648-945-8}}
* [[Greg Shaw|Shaw, Greg]]. ''The Doors on the Road''. Omnibus Press, 1997. {{ISBN|978-0-7119-6546-1}}
* [[Danny Sugerman|Sugerman, Danny]]. ''The Doors: The Complete Lyrics''. Delta, October 10, 1992. {{ISBN|978-0-385-30840-3}}

== External links ==
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* {{Official website|https://www.thedoors.com}}
* {{Discogs artist}}
* [https://time.com/3616899/jim-morrison-and-the-doors-portraits-of-the-lizard-king-1968/?iid=sr-link1 ''Time'' Magazine's Life With the Lizard King: Photos of Jim and The Doors, 1968]
* {{Rockhall}}
* [https://www.namm.org/library/oral-history/ray-manzarek Ray Manzarek Interview] at [[NAMM Oral History Program|NAMM Oral History Library]] December 8, 2008
* [https://vault.fbi.gov/The%20Doors Federal Bureau of Investigation Record: The Vault – "The Doors"] at fbi.gov

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