Post by TheWallsScreamedPoetry on Jun 8, 2006 18:36:37 GMT
The Doors by The Doors by Ben Fong Torres.
DOORS OF PERCEPTION: Oh, yes-a second book. It's called The Doors By The Doors, and it's a big, splashy volume to observe the 40th anniversary of the band, which formed in 1966 and broke through the following year with "Light My Fire." I interviewed the three surviving Doors and included material from the chat I had with Jim Morrison, just before he left in spring of 1971 for Paris, where he died at age 27. There are also recollections from Morrison's father, sister and brother, and tons of photographs. The book will be out in early November, from Hyperion.
From Ben Fong Torres.com (and the band formed in 1965 you Nugget!
slip cover
One amusing anecdote comes on page 55 when it is noted.
"Although it's been written that The Doors opened for Them with Van Morrison on their very first night as (Whisky) house band that's not true"
The only person who has ever said this is the bands keyboard player who liked to mention the 2 Morrisons on stage together after that performance.
And even after this book noted this was not true he still peddled that crap in interviews.
Not one single human being with a Doors connection has said this and if it was mentioned in an article it was because of Ray.
book
LET THEM PHOTOGRAPH YOUR SOUL
Time to clear some space on the coffee table. The Doors Anthology - a huge, gorgeous volume in which the band tells its own story - is coming your way. Stuffed with never-before-seen photos, revealing interviews and more, this stunning book will be manna for Doors fans. Created with the assistance of esteemed rock journalist Ben Fong-Torres (Rolling Stone) and published by Hyperion Books, Anthology will be on shelves in your favorite book store November 7, 2006.
from The Doors site!
Marking the band’s fortieth anniversary, the surviving members of The Doors -- one of the most influential rock bands of all time -- finally invite fans inside their world
In the late 1960s, Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger, and John Densmore reinvented rock music. The Doors’ brooding, psychedelia-tinged songs combined with lead singer Morrison’s charismatic, leather-clad presence in a perfect manifestation of their turbulent era. Though they only recorded six studio albums together, the band’s influence continues even today, with countless new fans born decades after Morrison died under mysterious circumstances in 1971.
The Doors’ mystique is as enduring as their music. Bestselling books have been written, Oliver Stone made a hit movie about them, but there have always been more questions than answers. Now, at last, the surviving members of The Doors have united to provide their fans with an intimate, all-access pass to their history. The Doors is like a tour of the band’s personal archives, filled with previously unheard anecdotes and never-before-seen photographs from their private collections. In addition to material from Morrison’s archive, his father, Admiral George Stephen Morrison, will discuss his son and their troubled relationship for the first time ever. Others close to the group will be interviewed and featured throughout.
With new revelations on everything from the band’s genesis in Venice Beach, to their notorious Ed Sullivan Show appearance, to the surviving members’ reaction to the Stone film, The Doors is the book millions of fans have been waiting for.
From Hyperion Books
DOORS OF PERCEPTION: Oh, yes-a second book. It's called The Doors By The Doors, and it's a big, splashy volume to observe the 40th anniversary of the band, which formed in 1966 and broke through the following year with "Light My Fire." I interviewed the three surviving Doors and included material from the chat I had with Jim Morrison, just before he left in spring of 1971 for Paris, where he died at age 27. There are also recollections from Morrison's father, sister and brother, and tons of photographs. The book will be out in early November, from Hyperion.
From Ben Fong Torres.com (and the band formed in 1965 you Nugget!
slip cover
One amusing anecdote comes on page 55 when it is noted.
"Although it's been written that The Doors opened for Them with Van Morrison on their very first night as (Whisky) house band that's not true"
The only person who has ever said this is the bands keyboard player who liked to mention the 2 Morrisons on stage together after that performance.
And even after this book noted this was not true he still peddled that crap in interviews.
Not one single human being with a Doors connection has said this and if it was mentioned in an article it was because of Ray.
book
LET THEM PHOTOGRAPH YOUR SOUL
Time to clear some space on the coffee table. The Doors Anthology - a huge, gorgeous volume in which the band tells its own story - is coming your way. Stuffed with never-before-seen photos, revealing interviews and more, this stunning book will be manna for Doors fans. Created with the assistance of esteemed rock journalist Ben Fong-Torres (Rolling Stone) and published by Hyperion Books, Anthology will be on shelves in your favorite book store November 7, 2006.
from The Doors site!
Marking the band’s fortieth anniversary, the surviving members of The Doors -- one of the most influential rock bands of all time -- finally invite fans inside their world
In the late 1960s, Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger, and John Densmore reinvented rock music. The Doors’ brooding, psychedelia-tinged songs combined with lead singer Morrison’s charismatic, leather-clad presence in a perfect manifestation of their turbulent era. Though they only recorded six studio albums together, the band’s influence continues even today, with countless new fans born decades after Morrison died under mysterious circumstances in 1971.
The Doors’ mystique is as enduring as their music. Bestselling books have been written, Oliver Stone made a hit movie about them, but there have always been more questions than answers. Now, at last, the surviving members of The Doors have united to provide their fans with an intimate, all-access pass to their history. The Doors is like a tour of the band’s personal archives, filled with previously unheard anecdotes and never-before-seen photographs from their private collections. In addition to material from Morrison’s archive, his father, Admiral George Stephen Morrison, will discuss his son and their troubled relationship for the first time ever. Others close to the group will be interviewed and featured throughout.
With new revelations on everything from the band’s genesis in Venice Beach, to their notorious Ed Sullivan Show appearance, to the surviving members’ reaction to the Stone film, The Doors is the book millions of fans have been waiting for.
From Hyperion Books
another Ray Manzarek rant at the Oliver Stone Movie.
) it still seems like it'd be nice to flip through while on the toilet or somethin 
