Love Becomes a Funeral Pyre
A Biography of The Doors
$26.70
- Paperback
512 pages
- Release Date
13 October 2015
Summary
Think you know how Jim Morrison died? Think you know who wrote all their hits? Think you know why Morrison fled to Paris, never to return?
Well now you will with the definitive biography, Love Becomes a Funeral Pyre, of the legendary rock band and their iconic frontman Jim Morrison, written by Mick Wall, one of our most revered music writers and one of the last journalists to interview Ray Manzarek.
The Doors have sold over 100 million albums. Inducted in the Rock and…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781409151241 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1409151247 |
| Author: | Mick Wall |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Orion |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 512 |
| Release Date: | 13 October 2015 |
| Weight: | 400g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 34mm |
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Critics Review
This biography explodes in to life from the opening paragraph..
This biography explodes in to life from the opening paragraph.. – Mick Houghton * RECORD COLLECTOR *The pick of the best guitar tomes: Wall’s account pulls no punches, cataloguing each of the primal scenes - early performances, indecent exposure, Jim’s sexuality, decline and death - with a detached, knowing eye. * GUITARIST *
About The Author
Mick Wall
Mick Wall was the editor-in-chief of CLASSIC ROCK Magazine for five years. He’s the author of numerous music titles, including books on Iron Maiden, Don Arden and Black Sabbath. He ghosted XS All Areas: the autobiography of Status Quo, and is a former DJ on Capital Radio. In the late eighties he was a regular guest on Andy Kershaw’s Radio 1 show – it was then, one night at the BBC that he first bumped into John Peel. Peel helpfully showed him how to use the coffee machine.
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