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Break on Through : Life and Death of Jim Morrison
When Jim Morrison, lead singer of The Doors, died in Paris in July 1971, a legend was born, for Morrison died in a way that was just as controversial, mysterious and public as the tumultuous life he had lived. As one of the few great stars of rock'n'roll whose music has endured and whose poetry is read seriously, Morrison's life and work have intrigued each new generation.
Break On Through is the first definitive and objective biography of this rock legend. Based on exhaustive research and extensive new interviews with everyone connected with Jim Morrison and The Doors, it also contains many never before seen photographs.
Break On Through is the first definitive and objective biography of this rock legend. Based on exhaustive research and extensive new interviews with everyone connected with Jim Morrison and The Doors, it also contains many never before seen photographs.
544 pages, Hardcover
First published June 1, 1991
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James Riordan
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"...James Riordan’s career began in the music industry where as a songwriter, manager, producer and concert promoter he worked with several well known artists. In 1976 he began writing a news-paper column on popular music, Rock-Pop, which he later syndicated. Riordan soon became one of America’s premier rock journalists..."
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"...James Riordan’s career began in the music industry where as a songwriter, manager, producer and concert promoter he worked with several well known artists. In 1976 he began writing a news-paper column on popular music, Rock-Pop, which he later syndicated. Riordan soon became one of America’s premier rock journalists..."
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January 22, 2009
Break On Through is the definitive biography of Jim Morrison, so far. It doesn’t possess the shortcomings of the other Morrison biographies, such as the near idolatry and hero worship of No One Here Gets Out Alive which did serve its purpose in resurrecting The Doors for a new generation (of which I’m one), or the more derivative renditions of Morrison’s life in more recent biographies. Break On Through has the focus of objectivity in looking at Morrison and his work in The Doors, and the original source material they generated bring forth new anecdotes and fresh insights into Morrison.
As in most biography we do go in knowing the outline of the subject’s life. In Morrison’s case that’s the son of a career Navy man who has a mystical encounter in the desert at a young age and believes the soul of an Indian leapt into his soul. The young Morrison grows up to be a rather bookish kid who gets the attention of his peers as much as for his classroom antics as his good grades. He disobeys his father’s wishes and registers at UCLA film school where he proceeds to write essays on the history of film and make a couple of films nobody seems to interested in except Ray Manzarek. Morrison quits school two weeks before graduation, retreats to a rooftop in Venice Beach, ingests a whole lot of LSD and manages to write some of the most seminal and original lyrics by seeing “a rock concert” in his head and taking notes. Later that same summer, Morrison seeks out Manzarek who Morrison knew was in a rock band and where Manzarek lived. Morrison sings him a couple of songs and the two decide to start a band, call it The Doors and make “a million dollars.” They work their way up the club scene on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles and Morrison proceeds to become one of the most original and provocative singers in Rock ‘n’ Roll history, becoming even a rock star’s idea of a rock star.
The difference in Break On Through from other biographies is that the authors James Riordan and Jerry Prochnicky examine the influences in Morrison’s thinking such as Antonin Artaud’s Theatre and it’s Double, Nietzsche especially The Birth of Tragedy which reads like a veritable blueprint of The Doors, and the film noir influences on both Morrison and Manzarek and how this all relates to the music of The Doors.
Everyone who is into The Doors or is getting into The Doors is trying to understand why Morrison did the things he did, and how he came to write the things he did. That may be a little beyond biography, but Break On Through is the place to start.
As in most biography we do go in knowing the outline of the subject’s life. In Morrison’s case that’s the son of a career Navy man who has a mystical encounter in the desert at a young age and believes the soul of an Indian leapt into his soul. The young Morrison grows up to be a rather bookish kid who gets the attention of his peers as much as for his classroom antics as his good grades. He disobeys his father’s wishes and registers at UCLA film school where he proceeds to write essays on the history of film and make a couple of films nobody seems to interested in except Ray Manzarek. Morrison quits school two weeks before graduation, retreats to a rooftop in Venice Beach, ingests a whole lot of LSD and manages to write some of the most seminal and original lyrics by seeing “a rock concert” in his head and taking notes. Later that same summer, Morrison seeks out Manzarek who Morrison knew was in a rock band and where Manzarek lived. Morrison sings him a couple of songs and the two decide to start a band, call it The Doors and make “a million dollars.” They work their way up the club scene on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles and Morrison proceeds to become one of the most original and provocative singers in Rock ‘n’ Roll history, becoming even a rock star’s idea of a rock star.
The difference in Break On Through from other biographies is that the authors James Riordan and Jerry Prochnicky examine the influences in Morrison’s thinking such as Antonin Artaud’s Theatre and it’s Double, Nietzsche especially The Birth of Tragedy which reads like a veritable blueprint of The Doors, and the film noir influences on both Morrison and Manzarek and how this all relates to the music of The Doors.
Everyone who is into The Doors or is getting into The Doors is trying to understand why Morrison did the things he did, and how he came to write the things he did. That may be a little beyond biography, but Break On Through is the place to start.
May 25, 2008
This is currently the book I have deemed, "Book To Read On The Crapper." It definitely came in handy.
In the realm of Jim Morrison biographies, this is probably the least biased and the one that sticks mostly to the facts. The author (of course) idolizes him a bit too much for my liking (but that's virtually inescapable in any Jim Morrison biography); however, the author juxtaposes this by gently pointing out (without trying to pin-point or use supposition) that his subject was a particularly mentally ill person of an extremely sensitive and damaged temperament who seemed to be forever searching for some piece of mind, which ultimately eluded him in life.
It was interesting for me to read this at the age of 28, a year older than the subject when he died. The Doors were my first band and I greedily read any Jim Morrison biography I could get my hands on as a thirteen-year-old. I idolized him for being a rebel, etc. Now, while reading this, I found that his story made me feel deeply sad and realize that 27 is far too young to mentally and physically be that damaged.
In the realm of Jim Morrison biographies, this is probably the least biased and the one that sticks mostly to the facts. The author (of course) idolizes him a bit too much for my liking (but that's virtually inescapable in any Jim Morrison biography); however, the author juxtaposes this by gently pointing out (without trying to pin-point or use supposition) that his subject was a particularly mentally ill person of an extremely sensitive and damaged temperament who seemed to be forever searching for some piece of mind, which ultimately eluded him in life.
It was interesting for me to read this at the age of 28, a year older than the subject when he died. The Doors were my first band and I greedily read any Jim Morrison biography I could get my hands on as a thirteen-year-old. I idolized him for being a rebel, etc. Now, while reading this, I found that his story made me feel deeply sad and realize that 27 is far too young to mentally and physically be that damaged.
January 2, 2010
I had a slight obsession with Jim Morrison and The Doors throughout high school. I can't even count how many biographies on Morrison that I've read, but this is the only one that really sticks out in my mind. If you want to know everything you can about the life and death of Jim Morrison this is your book.
October 5, 2022
There are certain amateur moments than can take one out of the book, such as the terms "teenyboppers" and "The Establishment" (yes Riordan capitalizes those words). The Epilogue is stone deaf stupid with such lines as "In Washington D.C., a United States senator takes a break from the speech he is writing urging new cuts in the military budget. He leans back in his black leather desk chair and pushes the play button on his stereo. The song that plays is The Unknown Soldier."
I will forgive the book these missteps considering the research and the nuance. Riordan comes neither to bury nor to praise Morrison, but places him in his time and thoroughly discusses his musical, philosophical, theatrical, and literary influences. The tale is much like No One Here Gets Out Alive in that it is tragic, a poet who becomes a sex symbol and rock star and tries to chart another course. Yet, Riordan shows how Morrison actively cultivated what he hated and how his personal rebellion failed. He broke on through and once on the other side it felt hollow. He still had great moments after the Miami debacle, but by the time he was found guilty and Hendrix and Joplin were dead he was losing it. Paris was just the last attempt to avoid those demons.
This is a fair book. Multiple points of view are quoted on several occasions. Morrison is at best a tragic hero, and Riordan never shies away from his weaknesses, failures, and abusiveness. The result is a complex mosaic worthy of a complicated man with a considerable artistic legacy.
I will forgive the book these missteps considering the research and the nuance. Riordan comes neither to bury nor to praise Morrison, but places him in his time and thoroughly discusses his musical, philosophical, theatrical, and literary influences. The tale is much like No One Here Gets Out Alive in that it is tragic, a poet who becomes a sex symbol and rock star and tries to chart another course. Yet, Riordan shows how Morrison actively cultivated what he hated and how his personal rebellion failed. He broke on through and once on the other side it felt hollow. He still had great moments after the Miami debacle, but by the time he was found guilty and Hendrix and Joplin were dead he was losing it. Paris was just the last attempt to avoid those demons.
This is a fair book. Multiple points of view are quoted on several occasions. Morrison is at best a tragic hero, and Riordan never shies away from his weaknesses, failures, and abusiveness. The result is a complex mosaic worthy of a complicated man with a considerable artistic legacy.
January 31, 2024
i wrote a paper about the doors for a class not too long ago, so i decided to read one of jim's biographies (because i hyperfixated a little bit, as one does writing an interesting paper. idk about y'all.)
anyway, this was a very interesting book for so many reasons - a glimpse into the relatively brief existence of a band that shouldn't have really been a band, led by someone as all-encompassing and enigmatic as jim morrison. he was undoubtedly very fucked up, of course, but also beautiful, witty, strange and remarkably intelligent. by the end, i was actually incredibly moved by the book and even brought to tears. i find this book and the whole journey with this band really hard to describe, now as i sit here and ponder it. and i will be thinking about them, especially jim, for a long time i think. awh man :(
anyway, this was a very interesting book for so many reasons - a glimpse into the relatively brief existence of a band that shouldn't have really been a band, led by someone as all-encompassing and enigmatic as jim morrison. he was undoubtedly very fucked up, of course, but also beautiful, witty, strange and remarkably intelligent. by the end, i was actually incredibly moved by the book and even brought to tears. i find this book and the whole journey with this band really hard to describe, now as i sit here and ponder it. and i will be thinking about them, especially jim, for a long time i think. awh man :(
January 13, 2019
The authors tend to be a bit wordy at times, but this bio is a good antidote to more sensationalized treatments of Morrison's life (and there was certainly plenty of incidents to sensationalize). The book makes clear the obvious importance of Morrison to the group's vision and impact, but it also shows that Manzarek, Krieger, and Densmore were strong contributors. The Doors' music is still listened to today because, though it was often not easy, they worked as a group to fashion the songs. Though I am a big fan of the group, I've long been ambivalent about the value of Morrison's poetry. This book makes a good argument that we should all take another look.
March 13, 2009
I couldn't have said it better, so I am pasting someone eles's review, but I can say that this is the only 500+ page book I've read about 4 times over, ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT !:
Tortured visionary and bumbling drunk--two sides of ``The Lizard King'' that emerge from this lengthy but less-than-probing biography of the late rock star. Riordan (a Rolling Stone contributor) and Prochnicky (a self-professed veteran Morrison scholar) attempt to retrace Morrison's ``aural, visual, and psychological journey'' through ``a fun house mirror'' of Sixties-style metaphysics. They recount Morrison's repressive childhood under a Navy captain father, his youth as school misfit and troublemaker, his post-college life as a Venice beach-bum, and his subsequent descent into an acid- inspired ``spiritual netherworld.'' Morrison comes across as an insecure but creatively driven man prone to extreme mood swings, and an emotional manipulator who ``enjoyed dangling people from his own self-styled parapet.'' In some respects, he seems a hippie Oscar Wilde who strove for recognition as a serious poet only after establishing a notorious persona. But it is less the star and more the martyr that surfaces here, with gruesome accounts of Morrison being beaten by cops, lambasted by finicky critics, verbally abused by audiences, and incessantly drained by a neurotic girlfriend. Riordan and Prochnicky try to bolster the Morrison mythos by mentioning his love of Nietzsche, romantic attachment to shamanism, undying interest in film history, and gift for surrealist thinking that nurtured his work but abetted his ``failing to draw the line between art and life, business and pleasure, self-instruction and self-destruction.'' Unfortunately, they sidestep any fresh or bold interpretations of Morrison's mystique, resorting to redundant drugstore psychologisms and a disturbing zeal to discount any allegations of Morrison's thinly veiled homosexual side. Worse, the authors promise to delve into Morrison's subtle lyrics but opt instead for shallow and rushed summaries. Candid and articulate but essentially a star-struck reminiscence that fails to transcend the packaged legend. For more compact and worthy biographies of Morrison, see David Dalton's Mr. Mojo Risin' and Dylan Jones's Jim Morrison (p. 466). (Twenty-five b&w photographs--not seen.) -- Copyright ©1991, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Tortured visionary and bumbling drunk--two sides of ``The Lizard King'' that emerge from this lengthy but less-than-probing biography of the late rock star. Riordan (a Rolling Stone contributor) and Prochnicky (a self-professed veteran Morrison scholar) attempt to retrace Morrison's ``aural, visual, and psychological journey'' through ``a fun house mirror'' of Sixties-style metaphysics. They recount Morrison's repressive childhood under a Navy captain father, his youth as school misfit and troublemaker, his post-college life as a Venice beach-bum, and his subsequent descent into an acid- inspired ``spiritual netherworld.'' Morrison comes across as an insecure but creatively driven man prone to extreme mood swings, and an emotional manipulator who ``enjoyed dangling people from his own self-styled parapet.'' In some respects, he seems a hippie Oscar Wilde who strove for recognition as a serious poet only after establishing a notorious persona. But it is less the star and more the martyr that surfaces here, with gruesome accounts of Morrison being beaten by cops, lambasted by finicky critics, verbally abused by audiences, and incessantly drained by a neurotic girlfriend. Riordan and Prochnicky try to bolster the Morrison mythos by mentioning his love of Nietzsche, romantic attachment to shamanism, undying interest in film history, and gift for surrealist thinking that nurtured his work but abetted his ``failing to draw the line between art and life, business and pleasure, self-instruction and self-destruction.'' Unfortunately, they sidestep any fresh or bold interpretations of Morrison's mystique, resorting to redundant drugstore psychologisms and a disturbing zeal to discount any allegations of Morrison's thinly veiled homosexual side. Worse, the authors promise to delve into Morrison's subtle lyrics but opt instead for shallow and rushed summaries. Candid and articulate but essentially a star-struck reminiscence that fails to transcend the packaged legend. For more compact and worthy biographies of Morrison, see David Dalton's Mr. Mojo Risin' and Dylan Jones's Jim Morrison (p. 466). (Twenty-five b&w photographs--not seen.) -- Copyright ©1991, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
December 24, 2012
Break on Through by James Riordan and Jerry Prochnicky is an extremely well-written biography of Jim Morrison. Having read other books on the subject, I can say that this book presents Morrison very objectively, presenting not only his pubic image or the myth, but also giving insights as to what he was off stage by providing interviews with people close to him. Because, indeed, Morrison the rock star and Jim the poet are two different people. The authors make the distinction between the two visible.
This book also stands out because of its incredibly detailed account of the story. All the fact are presented from multiple perspectives with the interviews of Morrison himself and the people around him. The authors present many facts previously less known about the Doors through a well-organized and easy to follow narrative. But easy to follow does not mean a tale of what was visible only on the surface. The authors offer insights about the turmoil in Morrison's mind and the poet trying to fight off the sex symbol. They speculate about what sparked the disappointment and dissatisfaction with his reality, making it easier sympathize with Morrison's actions. Every event in Morrison's life is inspected, along with why it was like that and what it lead to in the end. The authors strengthen their speculations with excerpts from Morrison's poetry and the Doors' lyrics.
The authors also provide context about society's values and morals at the time to provide ground for comparing and contrasting the Doors' philosophy. The albums of the group as a whole and the separate songs are analyzed along with the public's and the critics' reaction to them.
The book Break on Through offers an in-depth insight of Morrison's life, death, inspirations, and legacy. It is a superb account of a genius trapped by the philosophy he advocated.
This book also stands out because of its incredibly detailed account of the story. All the fact are presented from multiple perspectives with the interviews of Morrison himself and the people around him. The authors present many facts previously less known about the Doors through a well-organized and easy to follow narrative. But easy to follow does not mean a tale of what was visible only on the surface. The authors offer insights about the turmoil in Morrison's mind and the poet trying to fight off the sex symbol. They speculate about what sparked the disappointment and dissatisfaction with his reality, making it easier sympathize with Morrison's actions. Every event in Morrison's life is inspected, along with why it was like that and what it lead to in the end. The authors strengthen their speculations with excerpts from Morrison's poetry and the Doors' lyrics.
The authors also provide context about society's values and morals at the time to provide ground for comparing and contrasting the Doors' philosophy. The albums of the group as a whole and the separate songs are analyzed along with the public's and the critics' reaction to them.
The book Break on Through offers an in-depth insight of Morrison's life, death, inspirations, and legacy. It is a superb account of a genius trapped by the philosophy he advocated.
August 18, 2012
The blurb calls this "the authoritative portrait of the man and his career." Having read through page 24, I look at that phrase a bit askance. Chapter One purports to give a stream of consciousness from Jim himself. On page 24 the authors refer to "the Dionysian principles of shamanism," which I would think is rather a clash of cultures.
On finishing: In spite of the purported stream of consciousness, I think this is an excellent and sympathetic analysis of ... the legend. Riordan and Prochnicky seem to agree with Morrison that his life was changed at age four. They base their analysis of his crazy spells on the imposition of a shaman's mind on his own. But they never quite come out and say they believe it, so they are left between two stools. In spite of this, they have drawn a very believable human being, one whose feet of clay are believeable, to be sympathized with, because they are not clearly pictured.
Especially interesting to me was the infusion of a shamans' ceremonies into Morrison's stage performance. I was surprised to learn how closely Morrison modeled his stage work of the Doors' highest years on descriptions of shamanic trances.
The authors, 20 years after Jim Morrison's death, have bought into the legend to an extent. Yes, they want to do a thoroughly honest psychological analysis. Yes, they have drawn a well-rounded, in-depth human being, including the warmth, the genius, the narcisism, and the abrasiveness. But the pictures the reader is left with, the emotions the authors want us to feel toward Jim, are vague enough that we don't actually see the man who threatened a terrified girlfriend with a knife, who lulled friends into loving him and in the next second turned on them verbally. The authors, like the rest of us, want to see the legend.
On finishing: In spite of the purported stream of consciousness, I think this is an excellent and sympathetic analysis of ... the legend. Riordan and Prochnicky seem to agree with Morrison that his life was changed at age four. They base their analysis of his crazy spells on the imposition of a shaman's mind on his own. But they never quite come out and say they believe it, so they are left between two stools. In spite of this, they have drawn a very believable human being, one whose feet of clay are believeable, to be sympathized with, because they are not clearly pictured.
Especially interesting to me was the infusion of a shamans' ceremonies into Morrison's stage performance. I was surprised to learn how closely Morrison modeled his stage work of the Doors' highest years on descriptions of shamanic trances.
The authors, 20 years after Jim Morrison's death, have bought into the legend to an extent. Yes, they want to do a thoroughly honest psychological analysis. Yes, they have drawn a well-rounded, in-depth human being, including the warmth, the genius, the narcisism, and the abrasiveness. But the pictures the reader is left with, the emotions the authors want us to feel toward Jim, are vague enough that we don't actually see the man who threatened a terrified girlfriend with a knife, who lulled friends into loving him and in the next second turned on them verbally. The authors, like the rest of us, want to see the legend.
June 8, 2017
Amazing!
I am so glad that I read this book. It is wonderfully detailed - a photo of the mind. After digesting every word, I was saddened when the final page was turned. The group truly loved one another. There music was an outpouring of their souls. I didn`the know this until I read the book
Another point I learned is how each song came into being. They honed their craft like an intricate knitted sweater. The listening audience gained a quick glimpse into their lives. An unforgettable one at that.
I am so glad that I read this book. It is wonderfully detailed - a photo of the mind. After digesting every word, I was saddened when the final page was turned. The group truly loved one another. There music was an outpouring of their souls. I didn`the know this until I read the book
Another point I learned is how each song came into being. They honed their craft like an intricate knitted sweater. The listening audience gained a quick glimpse into their lives. An unforgettable one at that.
June 23, 2016
I read this in 1991. I did not enjoy it as much as "No One Gets Out Alive" which is also about Jim Morrison. " Break On Through" has lots of good good of Morrison and friends. I keep trying to give these books up...maybe this time? Yep, I gave them up today: Jan 14, 2013.
September 10, 2016
The best book on Morrison. I've read damn near all of them and this one is top of my list.
May 21, 2017
This book is actually quite good, I wasn't sure what to expect. Riordan really gets deep into it, and explains both Morrison, his personality, the group dynamics, the music, the music industry, the sociopolitical situation in the US at the time that inspired (or provoked) them to write such music. It was an enjoyable read, and probably the first book on The Doors that I should have picked up (instead I went with Densmore's /Riders on the Storm/, which isn't bad, but leaves the reader short). This one filled a lot of gaps for me.
February 15, 2021
The definitive account of the life and times of Jim Morrison. Clocking in at over 500 pages, the book focuses on Jim’s early life, coming to LA, meeting and forming The Doors with Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger, and John Desmore. It discusses his literary background and poetic soul that created the unique sound of The Doors. Chronicling his tumultuous relationship with Pam Courson and his struggles with fame, inner demons, and the mantle of “rock god”, the book is a page turner and a must read for any Doors fan.
October 20, 2021
As a fan of music of the sixties and seventies and all the back stories, this book about The Doors was truly a full deep dive into all things Jim Morrison and The Doors. It is a long book and takes a commitment to read but it is well worth it, especially if you are a fan of the group. If you don't have the time then watch the movie about The Doors directed by Oliver Stone. It's good but this author gives you more.
February 10, 2024
This book pales to the NO ONE HERE GETS OUT ALIVE book by Sugarman and Hopkins book. There are a number of factual errors in this book, including Jim Morrison's religion at birth (as refuted in Patricia Kennealy's book that came out later). There were other similar errors as well, and I gave this book away. If you are going to a book on a famous person like Jim Morrison's life, the basic facts must be correct or don't do the project at all.
December 27, 2020
A detailed biography of Jim Morrison that has lots of information not in the Hopkins/Sugerman books. The facts are coherent and organized well, which gave me a good feel for the chronology involved unlike other biographies. Very much worth a read for anyone interested in The Doors and their Lizard King.
May 18, 2020
3.5 stars. God, did this book need an editor to cut out the intermittent agonizingly mindless wanderings of the authors. If you cut out the 100 pages that this book doesn't need, it's a 4 star book with a lot of good information and a sympathetic portrait of all the band members.
June 18, 2020
Well done
Pretty good book had a lot of things about the Doors I was not aware of. I was 17 when Jim left us and remember how good the Doors were. I have a bootleg of the Philadelphia concert from 1970 bought it a t a Flea market its a great concert!
Pretty good book had a lot of things about the Doors I was not aware of. I was 17 when Jim left us and remember how good the Doors were. I have a bootleg of the Philadelphia concert from 1970 bought it a t a Flea market its a great concert!
March 27, 2021
The first objective and balanced biography I have read of Jim Morrison. He was not the monster other sensationalist biographies have made him out to be and when sober was like a college professor, highly erudite, charming and mild mannered. His undoubted dark side, made worse by alcoholism, is however unflinchingly acknowledged.
June 11, 2023
Un libro ben scritto se di piacevole lettura che affronta tutte le tematiche riguardo la vita di questo poeta-sex symbol americano, la cui storia non è raccontata in modo distaccato, ma accesa da numerose interviste a persone a lui vicino e numerosi extra (con tanto di fonte)
September 29, 2024
A phenomenal read! I liked the Doors before reading this, but wasn't super obsessed or anything. This book was extremely interesting and enlightening. Author was fantastic as well as objective and really emerged you in Morrison's life. Would highly recommend and would definitely re-read.
August 8, 2018
I've read a whole bunch of Jim Morrison/ Doors books over the years. This one is one of the best. It is Extremely factual and included many many details that I've never seen or read before.
January 27, 2020
Really liked the book. Has alot of great tales about Jim but many things seemed repeated. Overall a very good insight to the man and the legend.
January 16, 2021
My favorite book on The Doors...it paints a good picture of what was going on at the time and how The Doors fit in with the times.
February 26, 2021
Best book I’ve read on Jim Morrison. The author really did his research to separate myth from fact.
September 16, 2021
SO FUCKING LONG but good. I’m glad I read it but it took for FUCKING EVER
October 14, 2022
fat, ugly, dead. WHY does anyone care about thsi man?
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October 24, 2022
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August 29, 2019Very technical and analytic. Very detailed. Gives you a different perspective of Morrison as a person and the Doors as a group.
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