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The use of the Doors song "The End", from their debut album, in the popular Vietnam War film, Apocalypse Now in 1979 and the release of the first compilation album in seven years, Greatest Hits, released in the fall of 1980, created a resurgence in the Doors. Due to those two events, an entirely new audience, too young to have known of the band ...
The Doors were 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 ...
L.A. Woman is the sixth studio album by the American rock band the Doors, released on April 19, 1971, by Elektra Records.It is the last to feature lead singer Jim Morrison during his lifetime, due to his death exactly two months and two weeks following the album's release, though he would posthumously appear on the 1978 album An American Prayer.
The Doors was released on January 4, 1967, by Elektra Records. [4] Jac Holzman had initially intended to release the record in November 1966, but after a negotiation with the band, he decided to postpone the release to the new year, as he felt that period was the appropriate time for album sales. [38]
Light My Fire: My Life with the Doors. New York City: Berkley Boulevard Books. ISBN 0-425-17045-4. Shepherd, John (2003). Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World: VolumeII: Performance and Production, Volume 11. Continuum. ISBN 978-0-8264-6322-7. Weidman, Rich (2011). The Doors FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Kings of Acid Rock.
It should only contain pages that are The Doors songs or lists of The Doors songs, as well as subcategories containing those things (themselves set categories). Topics about The Doors songs in general should be placed in relevant topic categories .
Strange Days is the second studio album by the American rock band the Doors, released on September 25, 1967 by Elektra Records, arriving eight months after their self-titled debut album. After the latter's successful release, the band started experimenting with both new and old material in early 1967 for their second record.
Despite the fact that "Waiting for the Sun" was not released as a single or how it did not surpass Morrison Hotel's much more popular songs "Peace Frog" and "Roadhouse Blues" in significance, "Waiting for the Sun" is considered to be one of the Doors' best songs of all time for its haunting composition and lyrics, with it gaining mostly positive reviews from critics.