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The Doors were an American rock band formed in 1965 in Los Angeles, California by vocalist Jim Morrison, keyboardist Ray Manzarek, drummer John Densmore, and guitarist Robby Krieger. The Doors’ music was a fusion of garage rock, blues, and acid rock. They were considered a controversial band, due mostly to Morrison’s cryptic lyrics and unpredictable stage persona. After Morrison’s death on July 3, 1971, the remaining members continued as a threesome until disbanding in 1973.[1] Despite a career that barely totaled eight years, The Doors still enjoy a huge cult following as well as status in the mainstream music industry as being hugely influential and original. According to the RIAA, they have sold over 32 million albums in the US alone.[2]
Origins and formation
The origins of The Doors lay in a chance meeting between acquaintances and fellow UCLA film school alumni Jim Morrison and Ray Manzarek on Venice Beach California in July 1965. Morrison told Manzarek he had been writing songs (Morrison said “I was taking notes at a fantastic rock-n-roll concert going on in my head”) and, with Manzarek’s encouragement, sang “Moonlight Drive”. Impressed by Morrison’s lyrics, Manzarek suggested they form a band.
Keyboardist Manzarek was in a band called Rick & the Ravens with his brothers Rick & Jim Manczarek, while drummer John Densmore was playing with The Psychedelic Rangers, and knew Manzarek from meditation classes. In August, Densmore joined the group and, along with members of The Ravens and bass player Pat Sullivan (later credited using her married name Patricia Hansen in the 1997 box CD release), recorded a six-song demo in September 1965. This circulated widely as a bootleg recording and appeared in full on the 1997 Doors box set.
That month the group recruited guitarist Robby Krieger, and the final lineup — Morrison, Manzarek, Krieger and Densmore — was complete. The band took their name from the title of a book by Aldous Huxley, The Doors of Perception (1954). That title was in turn taken from a line in a poem by the 18th-century artist and poet William Blake: “If the doors of perception were cleansed, every thing would appear to man as it is: infinite”.[3]More
Disc Track list:
01. Break on Through (Infected Mushroom Swing Rmx)
02. Roadhouse Blues (Crystal Method Rmx)
03. Rapture Riders (Blondie vs. The Doors Extended Clubdub Remix)
04. The End (Dave the Drummer Rmx)
05. Love Me 2 Times (Infected Mushroom Rmx)
06. Break On Through (BT vs. The Doors Remix)
07. Riders on the Storm (Infected Mushroom Rmx)
08. People Are Strange (Infected Mushroom Rmx)
09. L.A. Woman (Paul Oakenfold Rmx)
10. Hello I Love You (Adam Freeland Rmx)
11. Riders on the Storm (Deep Dish Mix)
Disc2 Track List:
12. This Is The End (Dirty South Remix)
13. Roadhouse Blues (Zuker XP Techno Remix)
14. Riders on the Storm (Blondie Rapture Riders Rmx)
15. Break on Through (BT Rmx)
16. Stormy Dance (Deep Dish vs. The Doors Tommy Boy Remix)
17. Light My Fire (Hot Rocks Club Rmx)
18. Strange Days (TC Rmx)
19. Riders on the Storm (Fredwreck Ft. Snoop Dogg Rmx)
20. Hello I Love You (Adam Freeland Fabric Rmx)
21. Break on Through (Infected Mushroom Guitar Rmx)
22. Riders On The Storm (The Chemical Brothers Chill Out Remix)
23. The End (Apocalypse Now Remix)
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