Before he met Jim Morrison. before he jammed with Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger on Little Red Rooster. or read the lyrics to •Break on Through. John Densmore took LSD. It was his first glimpse of the abyss. But it wouldn't compare to the dark path he would take as drummer of the Doors.
Riders on the Storm is the first account of this seminal rock band by one of its members. John Densmore, the Doors drummer, remembers how the music grew, but he cannot forget the way Jim Morrison tore himsell-and the band-apart, and in this frank and unsparing book he wrestles with the demons that have haunted him since Morrison's death in
1971. This search for the truth behind the myth that the Doors have become is a rare look into the heart of Rock and Roll.