Reflecting on The Doors' legacy, John Densmore discusses their poetic sound, early gigs, and the re-release of 'When You’re ...

The Doors were unlike any other U.S. classic rock act of the 1960s. There was their instrumental make up, first of all: They bucked the default setting of lead guitar-rhythm guitar-bass-drums, instead ...

You’ve been into jazz for quite some time, right? Yeah, exactly. Probably since the ’80s, when jazz fusion got going. I always loved jazz, but I never really thought about playing it until I met some ...

Rock ‘n’ roll was still a new concept when Robby Krieger first picked up a musical instrument. As a Los Angeles kid in the 1950s, he learned to play the trumpet and piano, but then discovered a ...

The Doors, an iconic rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1965, are known for their distinctive sound, poetic lyrics, and enigmatic frontman, Jim Morrison. With a blend of rock, blues, and psychedelia, ...

The lizard king is dead, long live The Doors. It’s August 1971, barely a month after Jim Morrison was found dead in a bathtub in Paris, and his surviving bandmates in The Doors are putting the ...

A great way to beat the winter blahs is blasting vinyl until a semblance of spring arrives. Some hot new reissues are helping ease the pain caused by the January doldrums – and February, really. While ...

Though he cites the pianists of New Orleans as the biggest influences on his own musical style, the one band that George Winston credits with starting him on the road to being a musician was actually ...

Joe Bilotti is ready to throw open the doors of the COVID shutdown and get his band back on stage to light a fire for classic rock fans around the world. As the lead guitarist for the Soft Parade, the ...

Oliver Stone’s 1991 movie The Doors has been restored for release on 4K Ultra Blu-ray on July 23, with a new edit that the director says gives the movie a stronger ending. “This brand-new 4K ...