![]() The surviving trio of Doors members reunited once again in the latter half of the 70s to record and compile American Prayer, a spoken word collection of Morrison’s poetry with newly recorded instrumentation by the band. ![]() These two releases are the last “true” Doors albums the band would disband in 1973, just a few months after the release of Full Circle, with Densmore and Krieger going on to form the short lived Butts Band, which only recorded a pair of albums with widely varied lineups. In fact, the surviving trio of guitarist Robby Krieger, keyboardist Ray Manzarek, and drummer John Densmore recorded an additional two studio albums following Morrison’s passing, which are widely and largely forgotten, and generally not even acknowledged by the surviving band members themselves. ![]() Morrison’s death at age 27 is largely regarded as one of the rock and roll world’s great tragedies.Ĭontrary to popular belief, the Doors did NOT disband when Jim Morrison died. Despite just a short tenure with lead vocalist Jim Morrison prior to his death in July of 1971, in a few short years the quartet changed the world of music forever, releasing six classic studio albums that have stood the test of time and then some. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the Doors were one of the most popular bands in the world. Other Voices and Full Circle are the two albums released by the Doors following Jim Morrison’s death, widely forgotten and rarely mentioned by fans or the band members themselves.
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