OnlineHost:  Your host for tonight's event is CSEMCEE11 (Bob XR)!



CSEMCEE11:  Welcome to AOL Live, Guys!



DOORSLV:  Ray: Yeah this is Ray Manzarek.



CSEMCEE11:  Here's your first question from our audience:



Question:  As a group, what do you think was the most memorable moment you

had together?



DOORSLV:  The first time we played "Moonlight Drive" together. We got high

and I showed Robby the chord changes and he pulled out his bottleneck and we

were off.



Question:  Compared to everything I have read by J. Hopkins, "D. Sugerman,"

the movie left out many important qualities of Jim Morrison, and was not an

accurate portrayal. What are your opinions of the movie?



DOORSLV:  The movie was not very accurate! Jim was much more intelligent and

soft and pure and fine. A Poet and an artist. The movie never really showed

that side of Jim.



Question:  Welcome, Gentlemen. When will you be playing together in concert

again? Tonight?



DOORSLV:  Robby says, "Not tonight but maybe in the future. Who knows? The

future is uncertain and the end is...well...infinite! Don't you think?



Question:  Is Elektra going to release a Doors boxed set? Also, are there

plans to release more videos containing the concert footage that is out

there?



DOORSLV:  John says, "Box set in a year or two. Maybe Christmas of 96.

Videos! Have you seen 'The Doors Live AT the Hollywood Bowl?' Also 'Dance On

Fire?' "



Question:  Are there going to be any Doors tribute albums to be made in the

near future?



DOORSLV:  Ray:  Maybe.



DOORSLV:  Robby:  Depends what you mean by the near future. 



DOORSLV:  John:  It's not up to us unless WE do a tribute, but how do you a

tribute to yourself?



DOORSLV:  Ray:  I'd like to do some Doors songs with other artists like Crisy

Hynde and Annie Lennox.



DOORSLV:  Robby:  I may sit in with Plant and Page in England in the next

month or so.



Question:  "American Prayer" is a gold CD like "The Doors" and "Strange Days"

and "Waiting for the Sun "and "LA Woman?"



DOORSLV:  No, it's not! It's regular and not as expensive as gold. But that

gold does sound good. Don't it?



Question:  Any plans to play together anymore like you did at the Rock N Roll

Hall of Fame?



DOORSLV:  At the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in September? So call the Rock

and Roll Hall of Fame and tell them who you want the Doors to play with like

Eddie Vedder, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, David Bowie, Van Morrison or Who?



Question:  John, did you ever expect that something you did as a young man

would have such a long-lasting influence upon your life?



DOORSLV:  No, I didn't, in fact I hoped this band would have lasted 10 years.

Frig, it's been a long time. Ray says the band would have lasted 5 years, but

instead it's been 25 years. Thanks to all of you guys out there.



Question:  Do Ray or Robby plan to write a book like John did?



DOORSLV:  "If I ever get bored enough," says Robby.



DOORSLV:  Ray says, "In  the 21st century," and John says, "Book writing is

not as exciting as playing in a band, but I can do it alone and I don't have

to depend on screwed up musicians."



DOORSLV:  Ray says, "I can do other alone." Do you guys?



Question:  How many Doors records have you made without Jim Morrison? I have

the record "Other Voices" and thought it was pretty good.



DOORSLV:  "Full Circle" is the other one. It's pretty good too.



Question:  Do you wish that people would stop obsessing about the past and

move on?



DOORSLV:  Yes.



Question:  What would you say to today's youth about drugs, sex and rock &

roll?



DOORSLV:  No white powder or brown powder. Don't put anything up your nose.

Stay strictly psychedelic. And John would like to add that there are others

that should stay strictly sober and find out who you are.



DOORSLV:  Robby says, "Don't follow Jim's example with liquor. It killed

him."



Question:  Any explanation for the ever-increasing popularity of The DOORS

with teenagers?



DOORSLV:  "The drumming. The sheer power of the drumming," says John. :-) Ha

ha ha.



DOORSLV:  Robby says, "A honest message comes from the music, not from the

money."



DOORSLV:  "Money is the root of all pain," says Ray.



Question:  Are there any lost tracks of the Doors music that could be

released as a new album?



DOORSLV:  Yeah, except that they're lost. There were sh#$# load of them, but

they got lost because we were stoned. Ha ha ha.



Question:  Why did you guys wait so long to come out with "American Prayer"

on CD?



DOORSLV:  Because they weren't ready for "Spoken Word" and because in the

last few years "Spoken Word" has become big with young people like Henry

Rollins, beatniks, coffee houses. So now was the time to release "American

Prayer."



Question:  Are there any plans to include Atlanta in your tour schedule in

the near future? I'm 51 years old, and I still like your music. Good Luck!



DOORSLV:  Ray says, "We are not touring or going on the road! That is a false

rumor. Besides, Atlanta wouldn't let The Doors play there after Miami.



Question:  With a new album coming out, what direction are you taking and how

do you see old Doors fans reacting?



DOORSLV:  We're goin in a spoken word direction, and we hope the fans will

like and understand the poetry of Jim Morrison.



Question:  How much of  "American Prayer" was recorded before, and what all

did you do new?



DOORSLV:  Almost all of it. 90% is from 1978. We added three new...ALL NEW

bonus tracks!



Question:  Why was "The Doors" chosen as a name?



DOORSLV:  It comes from Aldus Huxley's book "The Doors of Perception."



Question:  When will we see a book about Jim coming from you?



DOORSLV:  John has a book about Jim called "Riders on the Storm." It's in

your local book store.



Question:  What's your favorite cut from the new album?



DOORSLV:  "Ghost Song Part II."



Question:  Speaking of the Stone movie, Ray, I heard you were going to offer

your own version?



DOORSLV:  No, I'm not going to do a movie about the Doors.



Question:  Have you had any adverse reaction to recording new music for Jim's

poetry for the new release?



DOORSLV:  No. Everyone seems to love it and think it fits Jim's poetry.



Question:  Ray, have you done any other adaptation projects since "Carmina

Burana"?



DOORSLV:  Yes. My solo album called, "The Golden Scarab," is on CD and came

out about a year and a half ago on Polygram.



Question:  Ray, are you still involved in music projects in the LA area or

anywhere?



DOORSLV:  I play with Michael McClure, a beatnik poet and friend of Jim's.



Question:  Would you like to do something with Eddie Vedder again?



DOORSLV:  Yes. Sure he it a great singer.



Question:  Your music is timeless considering the last material released was

like 20 years ago. What do you think is the most important aspect of your

music that keeps it "Timeless?"



DOORSLV:  The sheer power and the heft of the drumming . :-> The snaky

bottleneck guitar and the Aaron Coplan piano. The compositional genius of

Robby Krieger. =->



Question:  I saw a sign for a concert called "The Soft Parade" with you guys

and someone else singing Jim's lines. What is this about?



DOORSLV:  One of the many Doors clone groups.



Question:  Of all the songs, which are you most proud of?



DOORSLV:  All of them.



Question:  How did you come up with words to your songs? I try to write but I

can never come up with words?



DOORSLV:  Since we can't ask Jim, we have to ask Robby. Robby says, "First

you come up with the music, then put the words to the music. You have to

experience life and put the experience to words."



Question:  How do you think The Doors have affected today's modern music?



DOORSLV:  Positively.  



Question:  How is it that you didn't have a bassist as part of the group?



DOORSLV:  We auditioned lots of bass players, but we sounded like the Rolling

Stones and there wasn't a need for another Rolling Stones. So we used Ray's

left hand as our bass player and it worked out pretty good (when he wasn't

using his left hand for something else).



Question:  Did you donate anything to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?



DOORSLV:  Yes. Robby says a guitar, Ray's Vox organ, John's drum set, and

many articles from Jim's childhood like his  Cub Scout uniform.



Question:  Do any of you have e-mail addresses?



DOORSLV:  Not yet, but soon.



Question:  Will there be any other albums by you guys?



DOORSLV:  A box set, Christmas 94 maybe.



Question:  What made the Doors decide to do the new album?



DOORSLV:  96



Question:  Where can we get the words to your songs. They don't print them on

the CD's.



DOORSLV:  All the words are on "American Prayer" and Robby has a new album

out now on One Way records called "RKO Live." And John is producing a new

singer songwriter named John Coinman. And The Doors say, "Thanks, Everybody!

We love you madly."



CSEMCEE11:  We have time for one last question.



Question:  What bands are each of you currently involved in? I know Robby is,

but...



DOORSLV:  Ray is playing with poet and beatnik Michael McClure and Robby is

going to Europe in the middle of June.



DOORSLV:  In another 5 minutes, we'll take this conversation to the HoB chat

lounge on AOL b/c we're having so much fun.



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Transmitted: 95-07-20 00:16:44 EDT