The Doors

The Doors (formed in 1965 in Los Angeles, California) was a popular and influential American rock band.

The group started in 1965 in Los Angeles, California, after a meeting between UCLA film school students Jim Morrison

The Doors (formed in 1965 in Los Angeles, California) was a popular and influential American rock band.

The group started in 1965 in Los Angeles, California, after a meeting between UCLA film school students Jim Morrison and Ray Manzarek. Morrison sang Manzarek some of his poetry and song lyrics including Moonlight Drive. Manzarek was already in a band called Rick And The Ravens while Krieger and Densmore were playing with The Psychedelic Rangers, but knew Manzarek from shared meditation instruction. The latter two, with a female bass player, were rapidly recruited and the band took up a number of club residences first at LA's London Fog and later the Whisky A Go-Go.