Since Jim Morrison's death 35 years ago, The Doors have continued to be heard on the radio, but the three remaining Now, 40 years after the band was discovered at Los Angeles' Whisky a Go Go, The Doors are having a revival Krieger, Ray Manzarek and John Densmore - are getting their Hollywood Walk of Fame, a traveling Doors exhibit, a main exhibit in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, a Las Vegas show, Records"), a new Doors documentary, a pair of of The Cult.
"There is an awful lot of interest in The Doors," Los Angeles. "That comes partly from the book and the "Back in the 1970s, Danny Sugerman, The Doors' manager, wrote a book and it became almost a bible for young people.
In those days, and even today, they identify with it for some reason, and after that Oliver Stone made a movie The Doors, especially the young people of every young Krieger has one big regret.
"I just wish Jim was here to see it," Krieger said. "He really wanted to be big like The Beatles.
Back then, The Doors were more of an underground group, not that big. We were on a small record company, not one like Capitol that could shoot out zillions of albums."
would we be doing?
One possibility is films. Ray and Jim lot of videos."
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So how do they compare to the original Doors?
"In a way, it's very similar," Krieger said. "Ian is not Jim, but he's great in his own regard.
He's very influenced by Jim, a but not like a Jim clone. He brings his own thing to it."
And how should music historians view The Doors?
"That's tough to say, if you ask me 50 years from now I might know better," Krieger said. "But I think we've influenced a lot of people and groups, just as much as Elvis and The Beatles. To me, that's the mark of how successful a group is.
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