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The Doors (part 1): The Hunting of the Lizard King

Mick Farren, New Musical Express, 27 September 1975

Visionary? Poet? Revolutionary? Or was he simply a narcissist with a drink problem? Either way he created a considerable legend. In the first of a two-part examination of the myth and music of Jim Morrison and the Doors, MICK FARREN travels to Los Angeles on the trail of the late Lizard King.

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