'For Doors fans, and readers of rock biographies in general, this should be considered a must read.' - Booklist 'A thorough look at the Doors' career, this book is a musical, cultural, and legacy-examining history of one of the most important bands in rock and roll.' - Library Journal ' attention to both the musical and business parts of the equation is a welcome addition.' - Kirkus Reviews 'a smooth, snarky, sarcastic and pull-no-punches look' and 'at his best, Wall cuts through the haze and the myths surrounding Morrison and The Doors, backing it up in interviews with girlfriends, journalists, record company flacks and drinking friends.' - Tampa Tribune ' Wall's account pulls no punches, cataloguing each of the primal scenes-early performances, indecent exposure, Jim's sexuality, decline and death-with a detached, knowing eye.' -Guitarist In the process, he also deconstructs the well-oiled 'Myths' of both the Doors and Jim Morrison.' - Houston Press 'What sets this book apart is that Wall, while getting all the facts and stories and behind-the-music tales down, also offers his own insight and commentary. Here James Douglas Morrison emerges more and more as a stand-up, reciting American poet, and an artist whom this author makes you really feel for.' -Stephen Davis, author of Hammer of the Gods 'Jim Morrison was the terrible angel of the American sixties, and his latest biographer Mick Wall tells his story with a passionate, wide-open drive, like Jim's famous Shelby GT Ford Mustang with a nitrous oxide hookup. Along with evoking the cultural milieu of Los Angeles in the sixties, in Love Becomes a Funeral Pyre bestselling writer Mick Wall captures the true spirit of that tarnished age with a brilliantly penetrating and contemporary investigation into the real story of the Doors. And so, the band that started out as the 'American Rolling Stones,' noted for their wildly unpredictable performances, their jazzy vibe, and the crazed monologues of their front man, ended as badly as did the sixties: abruptly, bloodily, cripplingly. It wasn't Jim who saw a bright, acid-flared future for the band but keyboardist Ray Manzarek. It wasn't Jim who wrote the hits it was guitarist Robby Krieger.

The other Doors were saddened and shocked but had already fired him anyway.

Yes, Jim Morrison died in Paris in 1971-but not in a bathtub. But it's not the story you think you know. About the Book Originally published: London: Orion Publishing Group, 2014.īook Synopsis Spanning the entire history of the Doors, this book will long remain the definitive biography of a band that forever changed popular music.

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