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The Doors, led by Morrison, were a mysterious group, as even their sudden popularity seemed to come unexpected.  Jim Morrison, who would probably tell you he was a poet before a musician, used singing as an outlet for his heavy writing.  His music wasne’t necessarily a creative priority, which people understood.  However, his indifference was compelling for his audience.  Jim would often slip into comfortable stanzas of poetry mid-song that allowed his listeners to understand why he was really there.  The Beatles and the Stones were artistic, no doubt.  But, the Doors, specifically Morrison, treated music respectfully as an experiment for his other forms of expression.

No One Here Gets Out Alive was the first biography of Jim Morrison, lead singer and lyricist of the L.A. rock band The Doors, written after his death by journalist Jerry Hopkins, with later insider information added by Danny Sugerman. The book is largely credited with revitalizing the popularity of the Doors and Morrison.[citation needed] Hopkins had done an extensive interview with Morrison before his death, but his first manuscript was rejected by major publishers. Sugerman began working as an assistant in the Doors office at the age of thirteen, and became their manager after Morrison died (replacing Bill Siddons).

This is the book that started it all. There are those that repeat the old saying: If you can remember the 60s you weren't there . They say that this book is obsequious, that it's full of myth and exaggeration, that it perpetuates the stories about things that never happened, that is focuses too heavily on Jim Morrison's extreme side and his alcoholism. They'll make accusations of fabrication and even plagiarism. Well, they're right - but they miss the point entirely. The story of The Doors is the best rock and roll story there is. It has a magical beginning, a legendary middle - and The End - everyone knows what happened in the end. And it really happened and the sound track is unparalleled.

No One Here Gets out Alive is a remarkable novel that follows Jim Morrison through his childhood where he constantly is moving between military bases and then on to his college years at Florida State University, then to UCLA for film school. The majority of the novel is about when he went on to start the band and through all of his drug problems until his mysterious death. It is made evident that...