Ex-Doors pick Morrison's last song

Doors founders Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger have gone back to their past to rename their group. Manzarek announced on Friday (August 5th) that the group which was recently known as the Doors Of The 21st Century would now be called Riders On The Storm. From the stage, Manzarek said that "Riders On The Storm" was both the last song the late Jim Morrison recorded with the Doors, and the last one he ever sang with them. The news came as the band shot their Decades Rock Live TV show in Atlantic City, New Jersey, with guests including Vanilla Fudge, Pat Travers, and the Lovin Spoonful's John Sebastian. The special will air on VH1 Classic in the autumn.

After Doors drummer John Densmore and the estates of Morrison and his widow Pamela Courson filed suit, a judge recently issued a permanent injunction against Krieger and Manzarek that bars them from using the word "Doors" in their band name.

While neither side has ever confirmed it, there have been rumors over the years that Manzarek and Densmore don't like each other. That makes the choice of Riders On The Storm as a band name interesting, since Densmore used Riders On The Storm: My Life With Jim Morrison And The Doors as the title of his 1990 book about his time with Morrison.