The Doors reunite, Ian Astbury sings, world stifles giggles...

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Oh brother.

― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 4 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Astbury's next job will be filling in for Ian Curtis, you know.

― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 4 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

It could be worse. It could be Billy Idol.

― Tadeusz Suchodolski, Thursday, 4 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Remember when Queen were thinking of reforming with Lenny Kravitz?

― Dom Passantino, Thursday, 4 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

''It could be Billy Idol.''

And what's wrong with that. 'White wedding' was genius, man.

― Julio Desouza, Thursday, 4 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I once read that after Morrison's death, the Doors talked of continuing, with Iggy Pop as frontman. What would that have been like?

― j.lu, Thursday, 4 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

At least he fills out a pair of leather trews quite convincingly.

― Billy Dods, Thursday, 4 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I remember when Queen was thinking of reforming with George Michael...

― JM, Thursday, 4 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

iggy in the Doors might have been good. George in Queen - well, there's something appropriate about that.

― Andrew, Thursday, 4 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

After JM's death they also auditioned NZ leather trouser wearing local rock 'star' Graham Brazier - be thankful that NEVER happened!

― Bill E, Thursday, 4 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

The Doors with Iggy would have been a vast improvement.

― Alex in NYC, Thursday, 4 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

George Michael not taking the opportunity to front Queen was the worst mistake he ever made (other than Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1). I seem to recall some great anecdote about Iggy almost fronting the Doors from Please Kill Me with some incredibly asinine Manzarek quotes but the details slip my mind right now.

― J Blount, Friday, 5 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I don't think Iggy was in very good health in those L.A. days, didn't he end up in a hospital for a few months in the early 70s?

Manzarek is almost 60 years old, Kreiger isn't that much younger, if they want to play some music, go ahead. It has been over thirty years, the expiration date is long over shelf life anyway, not like anyone is expecting them to be the real thing.

I'm not going to be buying a ticket.

― earlnash, Friday, 5 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

re the iggy story, apparently robby or john gave iggy 30 pairs of jimbo's leather pants as a sign of welcoming to the band - pants which iggy proceeded to very quickly pawn off and exchange for speed.

― Queen G of the pinched nerve in her neck, Friday, 5 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

i remember when van halen was thinking of re-forming with sammy hagar.

― drake, Friday, 5 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I'm astonished Jimbo had 30 pairs of leather pants. 30??

― Sean, Friday, 5 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I seem to recall some great anecdote about Iggy almost fronting the Doors from Please Kill Me with some incredibly asinine Manzarek quotes but the details slip my mind right now.

I just re-read that part the other day. It wasn't Iggy with the Doors, per se, but Iggy with some sort of Ray Manzerek-led band. Somebody said to Ray they should hook up, and Ray thought he could control Iggy. "Iggy may think he's dangerous, but I worked with Mr. Danger himself, Jim Morrison." I think I rolled my eyes at this point (it's even funnier given Danny Field's slagging of Jimbo earlier in the book and somebody from Elektra recalling meeting Bowie, and being glad he was asked aboot Iggy, cuz everyone asked aboot Jim). The get together with the band at Ray's house fell apart when Iggy walked into the performance room completely naked.

― Vic Funk, Friday, 5 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Ian Astbury? Poor Ian McCullough, he's been auditioning for the role with nil success for years ... OK, they got Manzarek to play keyboards on one song, but he must be gnashing his teeth now. Sigh, is there no justice for poor Ian?

― kate, Saturday, 6 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

They should have gotten Scott Weiland to do it, at least he did the best Morrison imitation on that ridiculous VH1 special.

― Jordan, Saturday, 6 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Though it was pretty satisfying to see what's-his-face from Creed sing, "Passionate lady, give up your vows."

― Prude, Saturday, 6 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I guess Val Kilmer wasn't available.

― Ace Kabob, Monday, 8 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

three weeks pass...

You are all so jaded! Did you not hear the Cult's cover of "Wild Child"? It is brilliant! Astbury's stage persona during the Sonic Temple years was very reminiscent of Morrison. I cannot think of anyone BUT Ian Astbury to do justice to Morrison's vacancy. Lighten up and see what they sound like before you judge their choice of singers. I for one will be happy to see the Doors with Ian.

― Suzanne Hudson, Tuesday, 30 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

"Morrison's vacancy".

― The Actual Mr. Jones, Tuesday, 30 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Quite. Vacancy sounds like the Rolling Stones discussing who they get to play on bass. ;-)

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 30 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I can't think of anyone other than Ian Astbury to fill Jim's shoes.He is an excellent frontman and performer and has had his fair share of drugged out visionary moments too...allegedly (you could almost think he modelled himself on JM).Dreamtime album excellent work.I look forward to tour if cheap enough

― Rob Windsor, Wednesday, 31 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

i heard dave mustaine is available too.

― dyson, Wednesday, 31 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I can't think of anyone other than Ian Astbury to fill Jim's shoes.
I look forward to tour if cheap enough

only one of these statements can be the winner in our 'most amusing comment on this thread' contest. let the best sentence win!

― Dave M., Wednesday, 31 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Jim's not here anymore-right?-ok then- Ian's still here--Question answered.He's the only one who can to it right

― Anna, Friday, 2 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I'm wondering what the Doors with Dennis DeYoung would sound like..

― Dave225, Friday, 2 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I think that a Beatles "reunion" with Julian Lennon and Sean Lennon replacing John Lennon and George Harrison would be great.

What if Davy Jones of The Monkees took Jim Morrison's spot? That'd be good.

― Steve Morrissey, Saturday, 3 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Hmmmm.... Maybe they will give me a crack at it.... Go to http://psycho-attitude-productions.com/ to download a video of me attempting to sing Morrison.... Whoa! LOL!

― Troy "Attitude" Helenick, Wednesday, 14 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

eight months pass...

these clowns are on tv right now and he doesn't even know the words

manzarek is a dork

― ron (ron), Friday, 2 May 2003 07:33 (twenty-two years ago)

I too think the similarities bewteen Jim Morrison and Ian Astbury are striking - both started out very promisingly doing something interesting and different and distinctive and both sadly completely lost the plot and started turning out turgid, formularised, crap once they'd started to get successful and a combination of greed, drugs and their own egos took over.

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Friday, 2 May 2003 10:22 (twenty-two years ago)

anything's better than jim morrison

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Friday, 2 May 2003 10:26 (twenty-two years ago)

I saw an ad for their concert here in Boston. $50 to $101 a ticket. Give me a break...$50 a door i suppose. I've always hated The Doors ever since some tool in high school decided he was Jim Morrison and whipped his cock out in front of the whole school for a scavenger hunt. The biggest point getter on the sheet was "Jim Morrison". I hated catholic school.

― Chris V. (Chris V), Friday, 2 May 2003 10:45 (twenty-two years ago)

I think Morrison's family is suing them or something. It all looks pretty sad to me, but hey... I'm sure Manzarek has house payments.

But the re-formed band is still probably better than Other Voices and Full Circle. *shudder*

― Aaron W (Aaron W), Friday, 2 May 2003 12:26 (twenty-two years ago)

Couldn't it have been Julian Cope? That would have been so much funnier, and more appropriate. The only problem is that the Doors would still be the crappiest band ever.

― Hurlothrumbo (hurlothrumbo), Friday, 2 May 2003 12:57 (twenty-two years ago)

Stewart Copeland got kicked out of this band for not being able to keep time!

― dleone (dleone), Friday, 2 May 2003 13:14 (twenty-two years ago)

well Astbury definitely looks the part, and he has a helluva voice.... so why not? Just throw a muslin sheet over the rest of the band so no-one sees the cobwebs......

― russ t, Friday, 2 May 2003 13:51 (twenty-two years ago)

One of the most unlikely but true stories in the annals of rock history is that Paul Rothchild wanted Kevin Coyne to replace Jim Morrison in the Doors - this is especially amusing if you compare the differing physiques and backgrounds of Kevin Coyne and Jim Morrison. One a bronzed, six foot sex god in leather trousers, from an upper class Californian family - the other a dumpy, five foot four oddbod from a council house in Derby.

― Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 2 May 2003 13:57 (twenty-two years ago)

Julian Cope did have a fondness for leather pants. That's about as deep as you need the approximation to be, and Julian would be a riot.

― fortunate hazel (f. hazel), Friday, 2 May 2003 15:57 (twenty-two years ago)

Not to mention that Julian would undoubtedly play up the "I am a REAL shaman, bitch!" angle.

― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 2 May 2003 16:03 (twenty-two years ago)

Has Astbury ever hit more than that one note? He's probably got the most monotonous scream I've heard from a successful rock singer. I saw their version of "BACK! DOOR! MAN!" on VH1 Classic. They found the one guy who might see this as the peak of his career. Sheeeit.

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Friday, 2 May 2003 21:05 (twenty-two years ago)

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