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June 04, 2003

Time Warp

Stewart Copeland has settled his lawsuit with the new line-up of the Doors. He claims that his being temporarily sidelined with an injury became unfairly permanent. More importantly, the article shows that you can take a boy out of the 60s, but you can't take the 60s out of the boy:

Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek said the personnel change didn't have anything to do with Copeland's injury. "Stewart lacked the mystery,” Manzarek said. “He's not a mysterious, mystical drummer who's willing to just be the support to the melodic flights of [guitarist Robbie] Krieger and Manzarek. I mean, we want to float over the top of a good, solid, mystical, mysterious rhythm, and Stewart is very, very busy, and just can't relax into the pocket."

Hey man, is that Freedom Rock? Well, turn it up, man!

Seems the new Doors are getting sued from all over:

The Doors 21st Century is involved in two other lawsuits--one with founding drummer John Densmore, whose request for a temporary restraining order against the band was denied last month, and another filed by the parents and in-laws of the late singer, Jim Morrison, who has been replaced in the new band by the Cult's Ian Astbury.

Uh, I don't really know my Doors history all that well, but I'm pretty sure that the only way Jim Morrison is coming back to front the band is if Jason Bateman pulls another It's Your Move* "Dregs of Humanity" stunt.

* That was a fine situation comedy, that show. And who could forget the lovely Caren Kaye in the role of the mother - although, my being a young lad in 1983, I preferred her rather understated underdressed performance in My Tutor.