Post by tzinana on Aug 13, 2005 6:16:12 GMT
"OPENING A DOOR ON THE PAST"
By Anthony Violanti
Buffalo News (New York)
October 6, 1993
Ray Manzarek, former keyboardist of the Doors, arrived in Buffalo on Tuesday and fired blasts at Beavis, Butt-Head and film director Oliver Stone.
Manzarek is on a six-city tour with beat poet Michael McClure. They will appear tonight at 8 in the Katherine Cornell Theatre on the University at Buffalo North Campus. Such a performance is a far cry from the MTV cartoon characters that Manzarek disdains.
"Beavis and Butt-Head are fascists," he said. "I think the kids who care about music want something more intelligent on MTV."
Manzarek also aimed some barbs at Stone, who directed the film biography of the Doors.
"I didn't like it because of the way it portrayed Jim Morrison. What Stone put on the screen just wasn't true. I told him that before the movie, but he said it didn't matter."
When asked his favorite memory of the Doors, Manzarek said, "Just sitting in a studio with Jim, Robbie Krieger and John Densmore, creating music and lyrics. It was rock 'n' roll. We never thought about it lasting all these years."
Among today's bands, Manzarek said he admires R.E.M., Nirvana and Pearl Jam. "Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam is something else. He's got a little bit of Morrison in him," Manzarek said.
Manzarek also enjoys his current role of touring with McClure and supplying the music to poetry. "I'm sure it's the kind of the thing Jim Morrison would be doing if he were still alive," Manzarek said. "The area we're exploring in music and poetry is what it means to be a human being and use your imagination. We did the same thing with the Doors."
By Anthony Violanti
Buffalo News (New York)
October 6, 1993
Ray Manzarek, former keyboardist of the Doors, arrived in Buffalo on Tuesday and fired blasts at Beavis, Butt-Head and film director Oliver Stone.
Manzarek is on a six-city tour with beat poet Michael McClure. They will appear tonight at 8 in the Katherine Cornell Theatre on the University at Buffalo North Campus. Such a performance is a far cry from the MTV cartoon characters that Manzarek disdains.
"Beavis and Butt-Head are fascists," he said. "I think the kids who care about music want something more intelligent on MTV."
Manzarek also aimed some barbs at Stone, who directed the film biography of the Doors.
"I didn't like it because of the way it portrayed Jim Morrison. What Stone put on the screen just wasn't true. I told him that before the movie, but he said it didn't matter."
When asked his favorite memory of the Doors, Manzarek said, "Just sitting in a studio with Jim, Robbie Krieger and John Densmore, creating music and lyrics. It was rock 'n' roll. We never thought about it lasting all these years."
Among today's bands, Manzarek said he admires R.E.M., Nirvana and Pearl Jam. "Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam is something else. He's got a little bit of Morrison in him," Manzarek said.
Manzarek also enjoys his current role of touring with McClure and supplying the music to poetry. "I'm sure it's the kind of the thing Jim Morrison would be doing if he were still alive," Manzarek said. "The area we're exploring in music and poetry is what it means to be a human being and use your imagination. We did the same thing with the Doors."