The first Doors song Jim Morrison ever wrote: “We’re going all the way with this”
The beginnings of dark counterculture.
Jim Morrison
Jim Morrison’s favourite period of The Beatles: “They were authentic and very raw”
The garage side of Fab.
“The single most powerful band,” according to Jim Morrison
Jim Morrison deeply admired the proto-metal bands emerging in the late 1960s.
The five bands that Jimi Hendrix absolutely hated: “They don’t sound like nothing”
Five massive names brought under the spotlight.
Jerry Garcia’s brutal critique of Jim Morrison: “He was a Mick Jagger imitation”
“It was offensive.”
The Libertines claim to own the bathtub Jim Morrison died in
“I do have a tendency to exaggerate and… Well, lie, but this one is the bang honest truth.”
Lyrically Speaking: The Doors’ eerie swansong, ‘Riders on the Storm’
We explore the inspiration behind Jim Morrison’s final song with The Doors.
