![]() ![]() Morrison’s frequent drunken and problematic behaviour also caused other promoters to shy away from booking the group so the band was performing less and less.Īlthough their albums were commercial successes, critically the support had been waning with their fourth studio album Soft Parade criticised as “bubblegum music”. The conviction and subsequent appeal was hanging over The Doors like a dark cloud as they were uncertain as to whether Morrison would be locked up for a long period of time. Jim told Circus magazine, “I think that really it was a life style that was on trial more than my specific incident.” ![]() Morrison had been arrested both in New Haven, Connecticut for indecent and immoral exhibition, breach of peace, resisting arrest and in Phoenix, Arizona where he had been charged along with friend and Warhol actor Tom Baker for abuse of an in-flight attendant and interfering with the flight of an aircraft.īut the biggest problem was his arrest and subsequent conviction for open profanity and indecent exposure at a concert in Miami for which he was given the maximum sentence of two months for the profanity charge and six months for indecent exposure. The end of the Sixties was marked by a series of collisions between lead singer Jim Morrison and the legal authorities. Have a listen to “Break on Through (To the Other Side)” below.The turn of the decade was not a good time for The Doors. ![]() Today, The Doors remains one of the most acclaimed and influential American rock albums from the counterculture era. ![]() 2 in the U.S., while the single “Light My Fire” reached No. 42 most influential album of all time by Rolling Stone (as well as the No. The Doors has sold over 20 million copies in its 54-year existence and was ranked as the No. Nearly all of the album’s songs have become radio mainstays, including the bluesy “Soul Kitchen” and the soulful psychedelic anthem “The Crystal Ship”–which was assumed to be inspired by an illuminated oil rig off the shore in Santa Barbara–along with “Light My Fire”, “Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)”, “Twentieth Century Fox”, and the album finale, “The End”. The two met while attending UCLA, and were able to work out the songs with a nightly residency at the now-famous Los Angeles club W hisky a Go Go. With nine original songs and two blues covers, The Doors emerged out of a college songwriting partnership between Morrison and Manzarek. Released 55 years ago today on January 4th, 1967, The Doors is arguably the band’s best studio work, brimming with a passionate energy from the beloved quartet comprised of Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger, and John Densmore who collectively reign supreme from the opening notes of “Break On Through (To The Other Side)” and never letting go. Emerging from Los Angeles like a flash of psychedelic rock lightning in the late 1960s, The Doors were introduced to the world with one of the best debut albums of all time. ![]()
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