The Doors are closed!

[bertrand]

Are they billing themselves as the Creedence Clearwater Revival Revival?

Nothing beats the Jefferson Starship, which eventually wound up having no former Airplane members in its ranks. What a joke.

Bertrand.

Edited July 26, 2005 by bertrand

[Dr. Rat]

Are they billing themselves as the Creedence Clearwater Revival Revival?

Nothing beats the Jefferson Starship, which eventually wound up having no former Airplane members in its ranks.  What a joke.

Bertrand.

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At which point they became Madison Starship and soldiered on for eight more years.

--eric

[dave9199]

I remember Stewart Copeland was the original drummer for D21C. Why did he end up leaving, and so soon after it started?

[Michael Fitzgerald]

He got a chance to tour with the 21st Century Police*?

Mike

* Sting and Andy Summers not included.

[AllenLowe]

maybe McCoy Tyner can tour with the John Coltrane Quartet, with himself and 3 strangers (I'd be willing to play sax if the money's ok, and I know a good washtub bassist) -

[AllenLowe]

hey, I knew Al Haig and Curley Russell - if I can talk Roy Haynes into it, I can also re-form the Charlie Parker Quintet (gotta find a trumpet player; I'll ask Randy Sandke) -

[BFrank]

Maybe Marky Ramone can get some guys from Brooklyn together and take the Ramones out on tour.

[Tjazz]

Are they billing themselves as the Creedence Clearwater Revival Revival?

Nothing beats the Jefferson Starship, which eventually wound up having no former Airplane members in its ranks.  What a joke.

Bertrand.

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Creedence Clearwater Revisited

The Four Freshmen tour with different members. They slowly changed members over the years.

[Quincy]

The Four Freshmen tour with different members.  They slowly changed members over the years.

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Don't get me started on The Andrew Sisters!

[AllenLowe]

might call the Four Freshman the 4 Seniors, now -

[JSngry]

Ain't nobody gonna beat The Platters in this field...

[Kalo]

Ain't nobody gonna beat The Platters in this field...

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How 'bout The Drifters?

[Big Al]

I'm happy for Densmore.

Still, I'm puzzled by the continued high repute in which this band is held.

I guess that there's more of a following for "existential bubblegum" music than I would ever have imagined. As far as I'm concerned, they're the bastard offspring of Jacques Brel and the 1910 Fruitgum Company.

Never underestimate the power of a dead frontman. (Why else would INXS, for example, now have a TV show?)

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I like the Doors, but you nailed it on the head there.

Remember that old Rolling Stone cover? "Jim Morrison: He's Hot, He's Sexy, He's Dead."

[Kalo]

Thanks, Big Al!

Hey, I like 'em too, as a pop group. But what I don't get is the folks who think they're profound, or that Morrison was a manifestation of Dionysus.

Edited July 29, 2005 by Kalo

[AllenLowe]

well, we've got ghost bands - we might call these Corpse bands - (and I don't mean the Marines)

[Big Al]

Thanks, Big Al!

Hey, I like 'em too, as a pop group. But what I don't get is the folks who think they're profound, or that Morrison was a manifestation of Dionysus.

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You mean like the Pearl Jams, the Creeds, the Ian Astburys of the world?

But then, I remember being 15 years old, and thinking that No One Here Gets Out Alive was as seminal a rock manifesto as there ever was. Yeah, I even scrawled the spoken interlude from “When the Music’s Over” on my Sociology book cover. Tried to grow my hair long (oh, THAT was a bad idea!). Collected all the records. About the only thing I didn’t do was harbor a resentment towards my parents. Could never do that: mine were always way cool. My friends thought so. Heck, even I told ‘em so!

I laugh about that shit now, but here I am twenty years later, and I’m listening to them even as I type this. Deep music? Yeah, right. But enjoyable? Damn straight! I still crank it up for “Roadhouse Blues,” “Moonlight Drive,” and “LA Woman.” “Wishful Sinful” is just flat-out gorgeous. “Riders on the Storm” is just plain eerie. Sure the words are dated, (REEEEEEEEEEEALLY dated), but they were a tight band. Nothing more, nothing less.

[Soulstation1]

[Big Al]

That's the one!

[Joe G]

Interesting article...

The Man Who Would Be Jim

...Nevertheless, an American viewer tuning in to cable channel VH1's Storytellers program on November 22, 2000, would have seen the three remaining Doors playing hits such as Light My Fire, Break On Through and L.A. Woman with a procession of guest vocalists, including the Stone Temple Pilots' Scott Weiland, Janes Addiction's Perry Farrell, and Ian Astbury, lead singer of flamboyant '80s rock band the Cult.

More than four years later, Astbury still seems lost for words to describe the experience. "That was ... my God ... it was incredible," is the best he can come up with at first, although he eventually finds his voice. "Those guys put musicians half their age to shame. The level they are playing at is intense - they burned my ass up on stage! They put so much electricity through Morrison, no wonder it burned him out. They are like grand masters - and there are so few of those left in the world."

[BFrank]

Thanks, Big Al!

Hey, I like 'em too, as a pop group. But what I don't get is the folks who think they're profound, or that Morrison was a manifestation of Dionysus.

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You mean like the Pearl Jams, the Creeds, the Ian Astburys of the world?

But then, I remember being 15 years old, and thinking that No One Here Gets Out Alive was as seminal a rock manifesto as there ever was. Yeah, I even scrawled the spoken interlude from “When the Music’s Over” on my Sociology book cover. Tried to grow my hair long (oh, THAT was a bad idea!). Collected all the records. About the only thing I didn’t do was harbor a resentment towards my parents. Could never do that: mine were always way cool. My friends thought so. Heck, even I told ‘em so!

I laugh about that shit now, but here I am twenty years later, and I’m listening to them even as I type this. Deep music? Yeah, right. But enjoyable? Damn straight! I still crank it up for “Roadhouse Blues,” “Moonlight Drive,” and “LA Woman.” “Wishful Sinful” is just flat-out gorgeous. “Riders on the Storm” is just plain eerie. Sure the words are dated, (REEEEEEEEEEEALLY dated), but they were a tight band. Nothing more, nothing less.

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*** What Big Al said!

[RDK]

I'm with Big Al and BFrank too.

IMO, The Doors (1st album) is still one of the best debut albums in rock history (a feat I'm sure a lot on this board couldn't care less about). Sugarman's book may have done more harm than good in the long run since it elevated the band so much that it helped create the not-unexpected backlash that we're seeing now...

[Jazzmoose]

Grand Funk Railroad also tours around with a different singer!

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My guess is that in this case, it's a distinct improvement...