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    Cops And Rockers: Jim Morrison’s Mysterious Miami Incident

    The brief but extraordinary career of Doors frontman Jim Morrison is peppered with controversial moments, mostly in live settings with thousands of witnesses. The infamous (legendary?) Miami incident of 1969, however, stands tall above the rest of his shenanigans, and is made almost mythical based on the varying accounts of what actually happened.

    2013/04/05

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    Jim Morrison Says ‘Fat Is Beautiful’ In Lost Interview From 1969

    In a lost interview conducted by Howard Smith in 1969, Jim Morrison revealed that he, like many other collegians, put on a lot of pounds and ponders why society has an obsession with being overweight. […]

    2013/04/04

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    Top 10 Rock Star Drug Overdoses

    Sadly, the history of rock is littered with tales of immense talent being snuffed by addiction to lethal narcotics. Here is our breakdown of 10 of the worst-case scenarios when rock stars got mixed up with hard drugs and lost.

    2012/11/20

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    Ray Manzarek On The Doors’ “Live At The Bowl ’68″: “Those Four Guys Were The Four Horsemen Of The Apocalypse!”

    With their second #1 single under their belt (“Hello, I Love You”; the first was “Light My Fire”) the Doors were on top of the world, having realized all their dreams of becoming rock stars in just a few short years. “The best laid plans of mice and men had not gone astray yet,” Manzarek muses. “We dreamed of putting a rock and roll band together on Venice Beach in the summer of 1965. This is now the summer of 1968 and we had attained the goal. We wanted to be as big as the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, and we had arrived at that place.”

    2012/10/29

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    WZLX Ticket Stash: The Doors Play Boston Common Without Jim Morrison

    Losing incendiary frontman Jim Morrison in 1971 did not stop The Doors from touring. They toured in support of 1972′s “Full Circle” during the summer of the album’s release, when the band stopped for an outdoor concert at the Boston Common on August 16.

    100.7 WZLX–2012/08/16

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    The Doors To Be Honored By Marilyn Manson, Bad Religion & More At Sunset Strip Music Fest

    A number of bands have name-checked The Doors as a musical influence through the years, but now an unlikely group of music stars will honor the Los Angeles rockers at the city’s Sunset Strip Music Festival.

    100.7 WZLX–2012/06/14

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    Ready for More Hologram Shows? Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison Could Be Resurrected

    The advent of digital hologram performances has led to the resurrection of dead rock stars in recent months. Now that a holographic Elvis Presley is under construction, more deceased rock legends could be joining him.

    100.7 WZLX–2012/06/13

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    The Doors Release New “L.A. Woman” Video

    The Doors have just released a brand new video for “L.A. Woman” to help promote the deluxe reissue of their L.A.Woman album.

    2012/03/19

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    U.K. Station Votes Oasis Singer Greatest Frontman of All-Time

    We’d like to get some of whatever the British fans are smoking over there…Apparently they believe Freddie Mercury is only the SECOND-greatest frontman of all-time and could not top Oasis singer Liam Gallagher for top […]

    2012/03/13

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    Ray Manzarek Says The Doors Would Have Changed Their Style

    In a recent interview Ray Manzarek said if it wasn’t for Jim Morrison’s tragic death in 1971, [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]The Doors[/lastfm] would have likely changed their style over time.

    2012/01/24

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