The Illustrated History
The Doors were among the most important, the most controversial and the most enduring, bands of the 60s. Their influence is heard in much of the post-punk music that has emerged and today, almost two decades since the mysterious death of singer Jim Morrison, their records continue to outsell most successful working rock bands.
The outrage of The Doors' stage appearances has passed into legend; their embrace of the counter culture, their troubles with the law and their personal scandals are lodged in the memory of two generations - those who first saw the band in the 1960s and now a new generation which has discovered The Doors and Morrison.
This history begins at the UCLA where the band was first proposed and follows the members through time up to Morrison's strange death in Paris in 1971.
