The Official 1967 Jim Morrison Biography By Elektra Records

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A curious and interesting look at how Morrison perceived himself

The Official 1967 Jim Morrison Biography By Elektra Records

In 1966, after being signed by Elektra, The Doors were asked to write their biographies so it could be used for promotional purposes. Read Jim Morrison’s one, where among many curiosities he states that his family is dead, which was not true.



FULL REAL NAME:
James Douglas Morrison

BIRTH DATE & PLACE:
December 8, 1943, Melbourne, Florida, USA

PERSONAL DATA (Height, weight, and coloring):
5’11”, 145lbs., brown hair, blue-gray eyes

FAMILY INFO (Names of parents, brothers, and sisters):
Dead

HOME INFO (Where located and description):
Laurel Canyon, L.A. – nice at night

SCHOOLS ATTENDED:
St. Petersburg Junior College, Florida State Univ., UCLA

MARRIAGE INFO:
Single

INSTRUMENTS PLAYED/PART SUNG:
Lead voice

FAVORITE SINGING GROUPS:
Beach Boys, Kinks, Love

INDIVIDUAL SINGERS:
Sinatra, Presley

ACTOR/ACTRESS:
Jack Palance, Sarah Miles

TV SHOWS:
News

COLORS:
Turquoise

FOODS:
Meat

HOBBIES:
Horse races

SPORTS:
Swimming

WHAT LOOKED FOR IN A GIRL:
Hair, eyes, voice, walk

WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO DO ON A DATE?:
Talk

PLANS/AMBITIONS:
Make films



You could say it’s an accident that I was ideally
suited for the work I am doing. It’s the feeling of a bowstring
being pulled back for 22 years and suddenly being let go. I
am primarily an American, second, a Californian,
third, a Los Angeles resident. I’ve always been attracted
to ideas that were about revolt against authority. I like ideas
about the breaking away or overthrowing of established
order. I am interested in anything about revolt, disorder,
chaos—especially activity that seems to have no
meaning. It seems to me to be the road toward freedom—external
revolt is a way to bring about internal freedom. Rather
than starting inside, I start outside—reach the mental
through the physical. I am a Sagittarian—if astrology has anything to
do with it—the Centaur—the Archer—the Hunt—But the main
thing is that we are The Doors.

We are from the West.
The whole thing is like an invitation to the West.

The sunset—This is the end
The night—The sea

The world we suggest is of a new wild west.
A sensuous evil world. Strange and haunting, the
path of the sun, you know? Toward the end. At
least for our first album. We’re all centered around
the end of the zodiac. The Pacific—violence and peace—the
way between young and the old.

Taken from the original Elektra Records biography, 1967

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