![]() ![]() As an appendix to his history of the iconic Sixties band, Densmore could place these recent events in the proper context of the group's entire history. This new project might've been preferable as a suffix to Densmore's largely excellent autobiography, Riders on the Storm (Delacorte Press, 1990). It's difficult, nigh impossible, to truly doubt the earnest intent at the heart of the writing, but in expanding the story of the legal and philosophical squabbles between himself and the other surviving members of the group, keyboardist Ray Manzarek and guitarist Robby Krieger, the drummer of The Doors swerves into self-serving sanctimony almost as often as he clearly states his case. Notwithstanding the all-too-genuine ambivalence that permeates The Doors Unhinged, John Densmore may not have done any favors for himself or the legacy of his band by writing the book. ![]() The Doors Unhinged: Jim Morrison's Legacy Goes On Trial ![]()
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