The Doors (music group)

Ray Manzarek remembered the Doors in his books

2013-05-21 10:37:00

When Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek died Monday, he left behind a musical legacy that included 15 singles that made Billboard's hot 100 list, including the songs "Light My Fire," "Waiting for the Sun," "Touch Me," "Riders on the Storm," and "People Are...

Health's Jake Duzsik on the Doors' Ray Manzarek

2013-05-21 10:45:00

The death Monday of Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek was a sad mark in the ledger of L.A. rock history. But although the Doors are a classic-rock radio staple, the band's vision of L.A. -- seductive and evil, gaudy and threatening -- has stayed powerful...

Ray Manzarek: Three enduring examples of his artistry

2013-05-20 15:27:00

Though Jim Morrison drew much of the attention (and nearly all of the eyeballs), Ray Manzarek of the Doors did as much as any of his bandmates to define the sound of the legendary L.A. group, which helped push 1960s rock to trippy new extremes. As Pop &...

Ray Manzarek, the Doors' keyboardist, dies at 74

2013-05-20 15:09:00

Keyboardist Ray Manzarek, the founding member of the Doors whose piercing electric organ sound defined their career-establishing hit “Light My Fire” and most of the L.A. group’s cornerstone songs, died Monday in Germany after a lengthy...

Ray Manzarek dies at 74; keyboardist for the Doors

2013-05-20 20:29:00

When the Doors were still a fledgling quartet, and the band members were honing their chops playing five sets a night at the London Fog club in Hollywood, it wasn't rock stardom on keyboardist Ray Manzarek's mind as he and his three band mates laid down...

Doors drummer John Densmore to visit 'Late Night With Jimmy Fallon'

2013-05-03 12:41:00

Jimmy Fallon, who has made high art out of his impersonation of Neil Young, gets a shot at getting inside the mind -- and tight leather pants -- of another Rock and Roll Hall of Famemember on his show tonight when he fills in for the Doors’ lead...

Record Store Day's most curious releases: A list of vinyl to chase

2013-04-19 10:17:00

The annual music geek holiday known as Record Store Day arrives Saturday, and with it precious rewards for the fans and collectors looking to hold in their hands music that could be easily heard for free on the Internet. That, of course, is missing the...

Marilyn Manson, Offspring, Bad Religion to play Sunset Strip Fest

2012-06-13 21:37:52

Old Hollywood lingers at Chez Jay

2012-02-24 00:00:00

When piped-in music and a bar's history perfectly align, it makes for a sweet cocktail of synchronicity, a besotted wink from the intimate interior that makes all the drinkers lean into their liquor just a little bit more. On a recent Sunday night, the...

Hollywood arson fires damage Doors' 'Love Street' house

2011-12-30 16:35:55

Doors release new 'L.A. Woman' outtake 'She Smells So Nice'

2012-01-11 16:35:51

Quick chat: With John Densmore

2012-03-05 21:38:06

Ray Manzarek, far right, with the rest of the Doors: John Densmore, from left, Jim Morrison and Robby Krieger in London in 1968.

2013-05-21 10:15:29

Ray Manzarek, the keyboardist who co-founded the Doors rock band in Los Angeles in 1965 and went on to produce the seminal punk band X, has died in Germany, where he was receiving treatment for bile duct cancer. He was 74.

2013-05-20 17:30:51

John Densmore, former drummer for the Doors, has written a book called "The Doors Unhinged: Jim Morrison's Legacy Goes on Trial."

2013-05-03 09:32:16