13 Facts About The Doors

The Doors were an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1965, with vocalist Jim Morrison, keyboardist Ray Manzarek, guitarist Robby Krieger, and drummer John Densmore.

The Doors were the first American band to accumulate eight consecutive gold LPs.

The Doors have been listed as one of the greatest artists of all time by magazines including Rolling Stone, which ranked them 41st on its list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time".

The Doors began with a chance meeting between acquaintances Jim Morrison and Ray Manzarek on Venice Beach in July 1965.

The Doors recorded their self-titled debut album in late August 1966, at Sunset Sound Studios.

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The Doors made their international television debut in May 1967, performing a version of "The End" for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation at O'Keefe Centre in Toronto.

The Doors spent several weeks in Sunset Studios in Los Angeles recording their second album, Strange Days, experimenting with the new technology, notably the Moog synthesizer they now had available.

The Doors' main act was delayed for an hour while Morrison recovered, after which the band took the stage very late.

The Doors was convicted and sentenced to six months in jail with hard labor, and ordered to pay a $500 fine.

The Doors staged a return to a more conventional direction after the experimental The Soft Parade, with their fifth LP Morrison Hotel in 1970.

In 2013, the remaining members of the Doors recorded with rapper Tech N9ne for the song "Strange 2013", appearing on his album Something Else, which features new instrumentation by the band and samples of Morrison's vocals from the song "Strange Days".

Second revival, attracting another generation of fans, occurred in 1991 following the release of the film The Doors, directed by Oliver Stone and starring Val Kilmer as Morrison.

The Doors designed the movie by picking the songs and then adding the appropriate storylines to them.