“Pot, hash, coke, whatever”: Grace Slick was amazed Jim Morrison made it to 27
The Doors frontman Jim Morrison packed a lot into his 27 years on Earth, but for Jefferson Airplane vocalist Grace Slick, it ...
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"I decided that I was going to write a song with a lot of chords." Robby Krieger tells how he wrote a timeless hit with "Light My Fire"
Krieger explains how the song changed from the time they played it in clubs until it became a chart-topping hit single ...
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Robby Krieger reveals how breaking the rules resulted in the Doors' breakthrough hit, "Light My Fire"
Light My Fire” wasn’t the Doors’ first single — that honor went to “Break on Through (To the Other Side).” It was actually ...
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Today in Entertainment History: Spears' conservatorship ended
In 2021, a judge in Los Angeles ended the conservatorship that oversaw singer Britney Spears’ life for nearly 14 years.
47 of the best albums in history that weren't nominated for album of the year at the Grammys
Award shows are bound to get stuff wrong, but a shocking number of masterpieces were ignored by the Grammys in the album of ...
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'Edge Of Reality' at Academy
From the creators of smash hit plays such as “The Buddy Holly Show,” “Remembering Janis,” “The Johnny Cash Tribute Show” and “Songs & Sonnets By Jim Morrison” comes their most ...
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Today in Entertainment History: Metallica played free show
In 1997, Metallica played a free concert in the parking lot of the CoreStates complex in Philadelphia. The band had gone to court and won the right to do so after CoreStates officials bowed to ...
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The strange rivalry of California’s two most glamorous writers
She went on to date Jim Morrison, of the Doors (“Michelangelo’s David, only with blue eyes”) and Harrison Ford (“the thing ...
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Why November 7th Matters In Rock History
It’s November 7th and here are some reasons why this day matters in rock history: In 1991, guitarist Izzy Stradlin quit Guns N’ Roses because he objected to Axl Rose’s behavior and he had trouble ...
‘Flooding Nightmare’ For Tāneatua Tamariki
"The Tāneatua stormwater and flood drainage system collects water from a large, diverse area, including forest, bush, and ...
The 27 club is a ‘real phenomenon’
The 27 club is a “real phenomenon” that makes the deaths of celebrities more famous, a study has found. When rock stars Brian ...
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Night Divides the Day
Jim Morrison Created in celebration of the band’s upcoming 60th anniversary, Night Divides the Day opens up The Doors archives like never before. The band’s most definitive book yet presents rare ...