Love Becomes a Funeral Pyre: A Biography of the Doors by Wall, Mick - 2017-09-01

Chicago Review Press, 2017-09-01. Paperback. Like New. 96x16x148. Paperback. Cover shows very minor shelving wear, otherwise an unblemished copy.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Chicago Review Press, 2017. Paperback. New. New softcover in printed wraps. Text is clean and free of marks or underlining. Includes index and photo plates. 408 pp. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. Spanning the entire history of the Doors, this book will long remain the definitive biography of a band that forever changed popular music. But it's not the story you think you know. Yes, Jim Morrison died in Paris in 1971--but not in a bathtub. The other Doors were saddened and shocked but had already fired him anyway. It wasn't Jim who wrote the hits; it was guitarist Robby Krieger. It wasn't Jim who saw a bright, acid-flared future for the band but keyboardist Ray Manzarek. 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. Along with evoking the cultural milieu of Los Angeles in… Read More

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Chicago Review Press, September 2017. Trade Paperback. New.

Chicago Review Pr, 2017. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 416 pages. 9.25x6.00x1.20 inches.

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