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The Doors

The Doors
Photo: Joel Brodsky; Distributed by Elektra Records · Public domain

About

The Doors were an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1965, comprising vocalist Jim Morrison, keyboardist Ray Manzarek, guitarist Robby Krieger, and drummer John Densmore. Their six Morrison-era studio albums - blending psychedelic rock, blues and a distinctly organ-driven sound - sold over 100 million copies worldwide and earned the band a place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993. Morrison's baritone voice, poetic lyrics and volatile stage presence set them apart from their contemporaries, and his death in Paris in 1971 at age 27 only deepened the band's mythic status.

100M+
albums sold worldwide (RIAA estimate)
1993
inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
2007
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
consecutive gold albums (first American band to achieve this)

What's new

  • 2025-12

    The documentary 'When You're Strange' returned to cinemas in remastered 4K for the band's 60th anniversary, with an introduction recorded by Robby Krieger and John Densmore.

  • 2025-10

    The Doors released 'Immersed: 1967-1971', a Blu-ray box set featuring all six Morrison-era studio albums remixed in Dolby Atmos by longtime engineer Bruce Botnick.

  • 2025-03

    As part of the 60th anniversary, The Doors began releasing previously vault-only live recordings to streaming platforms, starting with 'Live at the Matrix 1967: The Original Masters'.

  • 2025-01

    The band's first complete anthology book, 'Night Divides the Day', shipped to buyers - a 344-page volume with rare photography and interviews with Krieger and Densmore.

  • 2024-11

    For Record Store Day Black Friday 2024, The Doors released 'Live in Detroit' - a previously unreleased recording of their longest-ever concert, from Cobo Arena on May 8, 1970.

Tracks

Light My Fire1967 #1 Billboard Hot 100 hit, first Elektra Records single to top the chart; one of the band's most-streamed songs
Riders on the Stormfrom L.A. Woman (1971), inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame; consistently the band's top-streamed track
Break On Through (To the Other Side)debut single (1967), opening track of their self-titled first album
The End11-minute album closer from The Doors (1967); used in Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now (1979)
People Are Strangefrom Strange Days (1967); title referenced in the band's 2009 Grammy-winning documentary

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