The Doors’ debut eponymous 1967 album featured several of the band’s greatest hits, including “Break On Through (To the Other Side),” “Light My Fire,” and “Soul Kitchen.” But tucked away toward the ...

The Doors have gone through more than their share of ups and downs. Many of those ups and downs came at the hands of their infamous lead singer, Jim Morrison, who accomplished more before his untimely ...

Jim Morrison would’ve turned 80 years old on December 8, 2023, a feat that may seem like an impossibility from our modern perspective when he’s been a dead legend for far longer than he was a living ...

The Alabama Song has a history as wild as its lyrics. From Bertolt Brecht’s satirical operas in 1920s Germany to The Doors' psychedelic take in the 1960s, this tune spans decades, cultures, and ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...