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Jim Morrison's stolen gravestone bust recovered by police after nearly four decades

The bust was installed to mark the 10th anniversary of The Doors' frontman's death in 1971

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Bust of The Doors' Jim Morrison, stolen from Père Lachaise cemetery, found 37 years later

The mythical bust that once sat on top of Jim Morrison's grave in Paris has been found by accident during a search linked to a case of fraud. It remains to be determined whether the Père Lachaise cemetery will get the sculpture back.

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"On stage, I'd surrender to the ritual. It was like a meditation": Robby Krieger and John Densmore remember life with Jim Morrison and tell the acid-fuelled story of The Doors

Sixty years after The Doors took audiences on a destination-unknown thrill ride, Robby Krieger and John Densmore tell the band's wild story

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Tom Petty, Motörhead, The Doors, plus some big surprises: we reveal 10 top music journalists’ most treasured vinyl records

10 of the world's top music journalists reveal their most cherished records as part of our Vinyl Week special event

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Val Kilmer was handsome, charismatic and difficult to work with – but he was worth it

TRIBUTE: The star of ‘The Doors’, ‘Top Gun’, ‘Heat’ and ‘Batman Forever’ – who has died at the age of 65 – was notorious for clashing with directors and struggling with his own celebrity. Coupled with his undeniable talent, it made him one of Hollywood’s most complex stars, writes Adam…

The Independent UK

Val Kilmer dead at 65: Tributes pour in for Hollywood star of Top Gun and Batman Forever as daughter reveals cause of death

Tributes pour in for Val Kilmer following the death of the actor who was once one of Hollywood’s most prominent leading men

Evening Standard

Sex! Jazz! LSD! The Doors' Robby Krieger and John Densmore on their extraordinary ride - only in the new issue of Classic Rock

Also in this issue: Elton John, John Sykes, Jethro Tull, Bonnie Raitt, Led Zeppelin, The Wildhearts, Twisted Sister, Bon Mould, Black Spiders, Ice-T and more

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"We were so fired up to go on before Jim checked out that we didn't acknowledge his death and grieve": When the music's over - the story of The Doors' strange afterlife

The death of talismanic frontman Jim Morrison in 1971 looked like it marked the end of the road for The Doors. But his bandmates had other ideas

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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

Guitar World

“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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“Hendrix took a look at my first album and said: ‘I’ll try it this way’. I don’t appreciate that. But then I can’t play the guitar like him”: The chaotic story of Arthur Lee and Love, the 60s renegades who helped invent the LA scene

The Doors were stars but their Sunset Strip peers Love deserved to be equally famous

Louder

"I just thought it was a good Queen gig. I was more interested in The Who": Photographer Neal Preston on being onstage with Queen at Live Aid

Legendary rock photographer Neal Preston tells stories of his time with Queen, Led Zeppelin, The Doors, the Allman Brothers and more

Louder

Celebrating 50 Years Of Rush: an exclusive new interview with Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson - only in the new issue of Classic Rock

Also in this issue: Styx, Joe Satriani, The Doors, DeWolff, Sweet, Mark Tremonti, Metallica, Andy Fairweather Low, Tom Morello, Brothers Osborne, The Struts and more

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Morrison hotel featured on Doors’ album cover burns in Los Angeles fire

Blaze engulfed landmark building where Jim Morrison and bandmates posed for a photograph for their 1970 LP

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'Morrison Hotel' made famous by The Doors goes up in flames in LA

The former Morrison Hotel, made famous by The Doors and their 1970 album sharing the same name, was significantly damaged by a fire in downtown Los Angeles on Thursday

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“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

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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

Guitar World

“Riders on the Storm started off as a surf tune – then it somehow morphed into what it became…” Robby Krieger on honing his Doors guitar tone, overcoming “dentist’s syndrome”, and why slide guitar is the ultimate way to express yourself as a player

Robby Krieger breaks down his new album with the Soul Savages’ new album, and details his struggles to come up with his own sound during his time with the Doors

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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

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"

Louder

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

Louder

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

Louder

“It was the kind of place where you could start a religion or plan a murder”: the story behind The Doors’ Morrison Hotel album cover

How an LA flophouse and the original Hard Rock Café played a part in creating the iconic artwork of The Doors’ Morrison Hotel album

Guitar World

“It looked cool – especially when you took acid… those horns looked like the devil!”: The Doors’ Robby Krieger on his love of the SG, studio accidents and a challenging move away from his signature fingerstyle

The influential Doors guitarist is back with a new record. He explains how he’s (almost) found comfort in a new way of playing

Louder

"When I first heard it, driving round LA, it sounded great, it leapt out of the speakers": the story of The Doors' Love Her Madly

The Doors' Robby Krieger reveals how he came to write Love Her Madly, how Jim Morrison loved it, and how their producer didn't

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16 famous musicians who almost joined very famous bands

Best of 2023: What could have been: featuring The Rolling Stones, Guns N' Roses, Beatles, Van Halen, The Doors, Led Zeppelin and more

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