The Doors

The Doors was founded in 1965, by poet and singer Jim Morrison, drummer John Densmore, keyboarder Ray Manzarek – originally from the Rick And The Ravens band – and guitarist Robby Krieger. The musicians decided not to take a bassist for live acts, making a major accent of their work on the electric organ of Manzarek and mesmerizing vocals by Morrison. However, they invited many famous bassists for their studio sessions, among them – Harvey Brooks, Larry Knetchel and others. Since their first release to the final dissolution in 1972, The Doors was rightfully considered one of the mysterious and unusual rock commands ever on the world scene. Even after Morrison's strange death his albums are of immense success – one million discs is sold annually – while his poetic legacy still thrills the conscious of many people.

In 1966, The Doors started performing at a fashionable at that time club Whisky A Go Go. However, soon the band was fired with a scandal. Nevertheless, the musicians showed no sorrow about this case – they got down to the record of their debut The Doors, which was released in 1967. Winding and rocky Break On Through (To The Other Side) became the first single from the disc, it was followed by the love song Light My Fire, which made stars out of the command members. Morrison became the sex symbol for the youth, and The Doors itself got its rebellious image after a scandalous performance at the Ad Sullivan Show. The band continued its success with the dark and philosophic single People Are Strange. The second disc Strange Days that hit the shelves the same year presented the world with the eponymous hit single. The record of the third work Waiting For The Sun was accompanied with tension among the members, as Morison started drinking too much. In 1968, The Doors released an up-tempo single Hello, I Love You, which extricated hot debates in press, trying to charge musicians in plagiarism.

In 1969, the so-called Miami accident took place. Morrison shouted abusive phrases to the public, had emotional outbursts on the scene – in the end the show was closed. Morrison received a notice paper to appear in court, while The Doors had to cancel the scheduled tour. In October 1970, the singer was acquitted of two charges, but he appealed. His case was still on appeal, when Morrison died. In 1969, The Doors released a new album The Soft Parade, which featured the experimental material with the pop music slant. The lead single Touch Me was decorated with the saxophone party. Morrison's alcoholism progressed – he became very aggressive, which made problems in The Doors functioning. In 1970, the band released a powerful hard rock full-length Morrison Hotel, which was opened by the Roadhouse Blues song. The L.A. Woman disc, fulfilled in the best traditions of The Doors, followed. Jim Morrison died under strange circumstances in Paris and was buried there in July 1971. The Doors released two more albums after his death and disintegrated. Its former members still play the legacy of The Doors in other collectives, releasing the unpublished earlier musical material by the legendary group. This year they issued the unique live record of The Doors concert in Pittsburgh, titled Life In Pittsburgh.