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“That was one thing I wanted to get right with Oliver. I went to his house and made sure he knew how that one had happened”: Robby Krieger sets the record straight on how a Doors classic was really written – and what the controversial movie got wrong

Oliver Stone's 1991 movie The Doors was panned for its historical inaccuracy – and Krieger is now clarifying how the band's songwriting process actually played out

"He was so drunk, we couldn't even finish the show": Surviving members of The Doors on the breakdown of the band and life with Jim Morrison

"He was so drunk, we couldn't even finish the show": Surviving members of The Doors on the breakdown of the band and life with Jim Morrison

"His real problem was the Oedipus complex": Drummer and guitarist John Densmore and Robbie Krieger speak to Rick Beato

“They said, You boys will never do this show again!” The Doors' Robby Krieger and John Densmore share their memories of being banned from America's most legendary TV show

“They said, You boys will never do this show again!” The Doors' Robby Krieger and John Densmore share their memories of being banned from America's most legendary TV show

On September 17 1967, The Doors performed live on US TV institution The Ed Sullivan Show. They would not be invited back

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“The Grateful Dead wouldn’t let us use their amps. Ray was aghast – he kept saying, ‘Pigpen? Someone named Pigpen won’t let me use his instrument?’”: With a volatile lead singer and no bass player, they left an indelible mark on rock

The Doors' ever-versatile and underrated guitar slinger, Robby Krieger, charts the band's career – from the difficulties of working with Jim Morrison, his best guitar solo, and the time they consciously stole from Cream

“Jim’s attitude was always: ‘Look out, man, I’m hell-bent on destruction.’ We couldn’t moralise”: How The Doors snatched victory from the jaws of chaos to make the classic Morrison Hotel album

By 1970, Jim Morrison was in an alcoholic spiral and facing jail time – but The Doors still managed to make one of their greatest albums in Morrison Hotel

“Jim’s whole shaman thing only became apparent later, after people wrote books about us. To us, he was just the frontman”: Jim Morrison – the man behind the myth, by the people who knew him

Shaman? Lizard King? Visionary? This was the real Jim Morrison, according to his Doors bandmates

The 60th anniversary of The Doors is to be celebrated with a box set, a live album and a lavish book

1965 marks the 60th anniversary of Ray Manzarek and Jim Morrison's first encounter at Venice Beach

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"I remember him coughing and spitting up blood, probably from smoking too many cigarettes. But in my mind, Jim was indestructible": Robby Krieger looks back on the making of The Doors' LA Woman

"I remember him coughing and spitting up blood, probably from smoking too many cigarettes. But in my mind, Jim was indestructible": Robby Krieger looks back on the making of The Doors' LA Woman

Classic interview: Revisiting a 2012 chat on the album where The Doors produced themselves for the first time and Jim Morrison's health decline became clear – "It was a stressful time"

Robby Krieger wrote The Doors' classic Light My Fire. But what he really wants, more than anything, is to have an instrumental hit

Robby Krieger wrote The Doors' classic Light My Fire. But what he really wants, more than anything, is to have an instrumental hit

Taking influences from soul, jazz, blues, psychedelia and more, Robby Krieger's new group the Soul Savages have the pop charts in their sights

Light My Fire turned The Doors into superstars: For a moment, it also turned Jim Morrison into a target for the Mob

Light My Fire turned The Doors into superstars: For a moment, it also turned Jim Morrison into a target for the Mob

The Doors experienced their first taste of big success with Light My Fire, but it infuriated a certain Frank Sinatra

"We have one rule: you can have body punches and choke-holds and throw bottles at each other, but we never crack each other in the face": What happens when bands fight

"We have one rule: you can have body punches and choke-holds and throw bottles at each other, but we never crack each other in the face": What happens when bands fight

The 40 bitterest bust-ups in rock history: From fisticuffs to wars of words to litigation and beyond, rock'n'roll’s divorce courts are packed with ire and animosity:

Robby Krieger's track-by-track guide to his favourite songs by The Doors

Robby Krieger's track-by-track guide to his favourite songs by The Doors

"Why would a young man like Jim think so much about death? Sure he was a poet. But my theory was that he always felt he had something wrong" - Robby Krieger

Column: A 91-year-old drummer meets John Densmore of the Doors, and the music soars

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