The Doors have reformed for a tour later this year with a new pressence at the mic.
Ian Atsbury of the Cult.
What do you think ( apart from the initial "That sucks, they shouldn't be doing that..." which Im sure most are saying...) All day I have been contemplating it and I think it would work.Kind of like the Terrence Trent D'arby/INXS thing.
That being part one.
What former bands with dead rockers would you like to see live on stage/ hear in the studio adn who would you replace the deceased with?
Oh yeah, and tell me your reactions to the Doors news as well.Thanks.
That was very alliterative.
Just told my flatmate about this- she's (for reasons known only to herself) obsessed with Ian Astbury. And she loves the Doors. She was still screaming when I hung up the phone.
It's as meaningless as Genesis being fronted by some other guy who's not Phil Collins (and didn't Bruce Dickinson leave Iron Maiden for a while)? The Doors WAS Jim Morrison, and at least by waiting 20 years it's a nice seal between The Doors and The Doors as Their Own Tribute Band.
Now I'm going to have to go listen to The End on my Best Of... CD.
I think The Doors were always a bit of a joke .. a few fun tunes, but all those hippies who take them oh so seriously just make me laugh really..
*shrugs*
Maybe they should team up with the Dead Kennedys and Queen and have kind of a "bands who've lost their vital and charismatic singer but still feel an overwhelming need to make money off it" festival..
Now Nico's rendition of 'The End', that's worth going out of your way for!
Why don't they just get the guy out of The Tea Party?
American music network VHI did an episode of its program Storytellers that had the surviving Doors playing the old choons with an "all-star" cast of pinch-hitters (including Astbury and Stone Temple Pilots' Scott Weiland) at the microphone, while Manzarek (who swears he never dropped acid—suuuuuuure) provided rambling introductions: the whole thging probably had its roots inn that.
And Stewart! Fucking! Copeland! on drums, no less: John Densmore decided the whole thing stank of a cash-in, and decided he wanted nothing to do with it.
John Densmore has shown a rare integrity when it comes to merchandising/capitalizing on the legacy of The Doors... and stops just short of calling Ray Manzarek a money-grubbing shill.
Call me crazy, but I have a gut feeling that "health reasons" is a euphemism. Unless you consider conscience to be a medical condition, as many in the entertainment industry seem to do.
d'ya reckon Ringo 'n' Paul would be able to get away with a Beatles tour? Hmmm... let's stick that in the 'no' pile. And let Astbury get on with his wanking.
If I ever catch him mugging my mum for cash, though, then all bets are off.
Look the cult were cool until they turned into LA rockers , the doors were cool before Jim turned into a fat bastard. It could be cool why worry - until you've heard it. Anythings possible?
