Tragic Details About The Doors

The Doors helped establish the psychedelic era of music during the late 1960s. Their history, though, like the era during which they played, was fraught with tension and destruction. This is the tragic real-life story of the Doors.

As the frontman and face of one of rock 'n' roll's most rebellious bands, Jim Morrison's upbringing would surprise people. Unlike rebels of the period, like John Lennon, Morrison grew up in a stable, two-parent home, and unlike Elvis Presley, he did not have to deal with the pains of poverty. James Douglas Morrison was born to Clara Clarke Morrison and George Stephen Morrison on December 8th, 1943. His father was a naval aviator at the time and eventually earned the rank of rear admiral.

Early in Morrison's childhood, the boy who would eventually become known as "The Lizard King," would have a life-changing experience. While riding through the New Mexico desert at around age five, he saw the aftermath of a car accident and would later describe seeing the dead bodies of Native Americans on the side of the road. While his family members have said the accident was exaggerated by Morrison, the event had an altering effect on him. Morrison would later say of the incident that it was the first time he, quote, "tasted fear."

A studious student and heavy reader, Morrison began to rebel as he reached his teens. While attending Florida State University in 1963, a drunk Morrison was arrested for disturbing the peace during a football game. The next year, he would transfer to UCLA to study film.

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Jim Morrison's troubled youth | 0:14
The Doors get fired | 1:31
Ed Sullivan bans The Doors | 2:45
The New Haven arrest | 4:02
The Miami arrest | 5:18
Recording The Soft Parade | 6:25
Jim joins the 27 Club | 7:17
Densmore was against selling out | 8:22
Manzarek hated The Doors biopic | 9:35
Manzarek dies of cancer | 10:57

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