The Doors consists of Jim Morrison (vocals), John Densmore (drums), Ray Manzarek (keyboards), Robby Krieger (guitar).
For the Oliver Stone film, The Doors; see The Doors (film).
The Doors (formed in 1965 in Los Angeles, California) were a popular and influential American rock band.
John Densmore – drums Robby Krieger – guitar Ray Manzarek – organ, piano, keyboard bass Jim Morrison - lead vocals
Founded in 1965 in Los Angeles, California, after a meeting between UCLA film school students Jim Morrison and Ray Manzarek, "The Doors" became one of the premier acts of the late 1960s. Ray Manzarek was already in the band called Rick And The Ravens while Robby Krieger and John Densmore were playing with The Psychedelic Rangers, and knew Manzarek from shared meditation instruction. The latter two, with a female bass player, were rapidly recruited and the band took up a number of club residences first at LA's London Fog and later the famed Whisky A Go-Go.
The band took their name from the title of a book by Aldous Huxley, The Doors of Perception, which was in turn borrowed from a line of poetry by the 18th century artist and poet William Blake: "If the doors of perception were cleansed [often misquoted in this context as 'opened'], every thing would appear to man as it is, infinite."
After being spotted by producer David Pollack, the band was signed to the Elektra Records label beginning a long and successful partnership with producer Paul Rothchild and engineer Bruce Botnick. Their self-titled debut LP featured most of the major songs from their set, including the eleven-minute musical drama, " The End". With the band at the peak of their form and bristling with energy and ambition, the album was recorded in only a few days, almost entirely live in the studio, with most songs captured in a single take. Morrison and Manzarek also directed an innovative promotional film for the single "Break on Through", which was an important stepping stone in the development of the music video genre.
