Here Today... Gone To Hell!

From Rolling Stone:

It was Doors-mania on the Sunset Strip last night as a line of hundreds wrapped around the famed Whiskey-A-Go Go for a special 40th anniversary show. Time warp? Sure. This was the very same spot where Jim Morrison first performed the epic and controversial ?The End? back in 1966. Miraculously, the fans haven?t aged. But that?s the thing about the Doors ? no matter what year it is, there?s always a new generation there to rediscover that unmistakable sound.And to there to help the assembled crowd honor the Doors? legacy were Linkin Park?s Chester Bennington, Perry Farrell and Slash. The three rockers joined original Doors members Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger for an abridged ?best of? set, appropriately timed to the release of Perception, a new six-CD/DVD box set and book celebrating the band?s anniversary. Before taking the stage, the guys ? along with a dozen friends and family (including Linkin Park?s Mike Shinoda, Audioslave?s Tom Morello and Puddle of Mudd?s Wes Scantlin) ? staged a last-minute rehearsal/jam session in an upstairs dressing room. With Bennington taking the lead on ?Light My Fire,? Farrell guiding the sing-along through ?L.A. Woman? and Slash ripping straight into the Rolling Stones? ?Sympathy for the Devil? (on acoustic guitar no less), passersby ? and even the city fire marshals who came to break up the hallway cluster-fuck ? stood with mouths agape in awe.

?I can?t describe how I feel,? Bennington, who penned Perceptions? foreword, told us just before hitting the stage. ?By no means am I trying to step into Jim?s shoes. It?s just a great honor to be here,? he told Rolling Stone. ?The Doors were the first music I learned to play and fell in love with.? That sentiment was echoed by Farrell. ?I remember when my brother bought the forty-five of ?Light My Fire? and we listened to it non-stop on the porch of our house in Queens,? he said. ?Even as a little kid, I knew it was for real.?

In what certainly must have been a surreal experience for all, the six-song tribute kicked off with a steady, boozy riff of ?Roadhouse Blues,? during which Bennington and Farrell traded off verses with surprisingly natural ease. The combo worked even better on ?Light My Fire? and ?L.A. Woman? with the band warmed up. And once you added Slash to the mix on ?Break On Through,? you had the makings of a memorable rock show which, for Manzarek, may well have induced a flashback. ?It was the most bitchin? time I?ve had on the Sunset Strip since Jim did the Oedipal section of ?The End? back in 1966,? he said back in that packed hallway after the show. ?Perry and Chester sang the shit out of those songs and Slash played amazing. It was a great night at the Whiskey a Go Go, very much like back in 1966-67, the Summer of Love.?

One guy who wasn?t feeling the love? Val Kilmer, who had sound-checked ?Break on Through? with the band that afternoon (a reprise of his role as Jim Morrison in the Oliver Stone film). Upon learning that he had to share the stage AND microphone with Bennington and Farrell, the actor stormed out and never cam back for the show. Not that anyone was sweating it. ?Fuck that guy,? proclaimed one crew member before downing another shot of vodka.
-- Shirley Halperin

Story and Photo here: http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2006/11/09/last-night-in-la-strange-daze/

sounds cool. i like chester.

Man, we need video of that!  Bad ASS!!!!!!!

I don't know about that Chester guy being up onstage with those other legends, but to hear Slash ripping through a set of Doors songs would be awesome. Hopefully some video/audio surfaces.

Slash looks so awesome in that pic... i hope there's a video of this!  :smoking:

Im sure there will be but Ray Manzarek will stick it on yet another ?80 boxset.

The Doors are my fave band but all they do now is grab money. Its a shame, its not like theyre skint.

Still if Slash is on it Im sure I'll fork out more cash for the Ray & Robbie Self Importance Fund.

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Awesome pic ! :beer:

Same here, plus he has a great singing voice in my opinion.

Sound cool! We just need video from there :peace:

could you make it any larger lol

Larger pic here : http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2006/11/09/last-night-in-la-strange-daze/

 : ok:

Coool to see slash out and about playing cool tunes,... I want a vr album though.. Lets get going..

Video!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjbPxf3MOX4

Hell yes!

I would have killed to be at that show! can't wait to watch the video.

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Slash+with+Doors

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Val Kilmer must have a pretty inflated ego.

ooooh - would love to hear all the songs they played - what a line-up!  not sure about chester, but will watch the youtube before I judge.  Val kilmer needs to chill out - he should have been honoured to be asked, and not be so rude!  sharing the stage with slash and perry is not something to storm away from.

last time I saw VR, they played Five to one - it was amazing -Slash sounds achingly good on Doors tracks.   :smoking:

Maybe Val Kilmer wanted to get into character and reprise his role, which would have made him look silly next to the other singers