“Dead presidents”: Jim Morrison’s dark obsession with the JFK assassination
You can’t blame him…
Jim Morrison
The band that signified how rock had become overblown, according to Frank Zappa
“They want the candy gloss version of whatever it is…”
“A commanding performer”: David Bowie’s favourite song by The Doors
The Starman was inspired most by luminaries of the 1960s.
The Who song inspired by a shocking encounter with Jim Morrison
The messianic frontman inspired Pete Townshend.
How Jim Morrison convinced Nico to become a musician: “I just started writing songs”
“I thought of Jim Morrison as my brother.”
How a conversation with Alice Cooper inspired an iconic The Doors lyric
“I never caught him sober, but then neither was I.”
The first Doors song Jim Morrison ever wrote: “We’re going all the way with this”
The beginnings of dark counterculture.