The Doors' Surviving Members Respond To Ray Manzarek's Death
As I'm sure you've heard, legendary The Doors keyboardist Ray Mazarek passed away yesterday at 74, succumbing to a long and secretive battle with bile duct cancer. Manzarek, who founded The Doors in 1965 with the late Jim Morrison, guitarist Robbie Krieger and drummer John Densmore, was a true original; his iconic sound--which provided both the bass lines and classically-influenced flourishes behind many of The Doors' greatest songs—won't soon be forgotten.
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"I'm just glad to have been able to have played Doors songs with him for the last Decade," Krieger said in a statement (via
Watch Jimmy Kimmel Join Huey Lewis And The News For "I Want A New Drug"
It's a good thing Huey Lewis And The News chose Jimmy Kimmel Live to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their 1983 breakout Sports with a super-fun version of "I Want A New Drug"—who else on late night TV could've possibly handled those wailing clarinet solos but Kimmel, right?
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The special anniversary deluxe edition reissue of Sports, featuring a slew of bonus material (but, thankfully, no Jimmy Kimmel clarinet solos) is out now. Check out last night's "I Want A New Drug" below and feel free to speculate what Patrick Bateman might make of it in the comments.
Next Wednesday marks four decades since David Bowie unleashed his "wham, bam, thank you, ma'am" masterpiece The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars on an unsuspecting populace of weirdos, freaks, loners, outcasts, wallflowers and losers everywhere—rock 'n' roll (and lightning bolt face painting) hasn't been the same since.
If you weren't already aware, EMI are marking the occasion by re-releasing Bowie's 1972 classic in an all-new, totally remastered special edition (out Tuesday), meticulously remixed by original engineer Ray Staff. If the single CD edition isn't your bag, man, you can snag a copy of the limited edition 180-gram vinyl version, which comes with a DVD featuring 5.1 surround mixes of the entire album plus a handful of rarities and alternate mixes.
Can't wait until next week? Our friends over at Rolling Stone have an exclusive, limited-time full length stream of the entire Ziggy Stardust remaster. Give it a listen right here.
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