Love Becomes a Funeral Pyre: A Biography of The Doors - Hardcover

Mick Wall

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1409151220 ISBN 13: 9781409151227

Publisher: Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ), 2014

Synopsis

The Doors were emblematic of the Summer of Love of 1967, and Jim Morrison its rock god. So what happened to the golden boy, who died only 4 years later, fat and old far beyond his 27 years?

About this title

About the Author:

Mick Wall is the UK's best-known rock writer, author and TV and radio programme maker, and is the author of numerous critically-acclaimed books, including definitive, bestselling titles on Led Zeppelin (When Giants Walked the Earth), Metallica (Enter Night), AC/DC (Hell Ain't a Bad Place To Be), Black Sabbath (Symptom of the Universe), Lou Reed and The Doors (Love Becomes a Funeral Pyre). He lives in England. http://www.mickwall.com/home.htm http://www.mickwall.com/blog/blog.php https://twitter.com/WallMick

Review:

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 this edition

• Publisher: Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1409151220
• ISBN 13: 9781409151227
• Binding: Hardcover