Alice Cooper is convinced he survived rock 'n' roll excess because he wasn't doomed to become part of the Forever 27 club, and always knew when it was time to stop partying. The School's Out singer insists he was a "lightweight drunk" compared to pal Jim Morrison, who like Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and Amy Winehouse, was destined to live hard and die young - at I was a drunk, but I was a lightweight compared to him, and nobody could talk him out of where he was going. Jim was gonna go there and that was it.
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We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. For 90 years, Hollywood's Chateau Marmont hotel has kept guard over Sunset Boulevard, providing a discreet haven for celebrities, rock stars, writers, and artists to let loose and be themselves in private, away from prying eyes. It might not have been the most glamorous or expensive hotel in L. Anyone who was anyone in this town had a Chateau Marmont story to tell. In Shawn Levy's new book, The Castle on Sunset: Life, Death, Love, Art, and Scandal at Hollywood's Chateau Marmont , which is being adapted into an HBO series by John Krasinski, the author—not to be confused with the filmmaker of the same name—delves into the storied hotel's rich, colorful—and oftentimes painful—history. Below are ten of the most scandalous tales from behind the Marmont's tall hedges. Before he became one of the most famous filmmakers of Hollywood's Golden Age, with credits including The Seven Year Itch , Sunset Boulevard , Some Like It Hot , and The Apartment , for which he became the first person to win producing, screenwriting, and directing Oscars for the same film, Billy Wilder was a budding writer fleeing Hitler's Germany in the s.
The Doors places is an attempt to map all the key locations where the legend of The Doors took shape over the years , from to First in The Doors places is the incomparable Venice Beach! This is where Jim Morrison and Ray Manzarek met and first discussed the idea of making music together. John Densmore, who played drums in another band but knew Jay from meditation classes, quickly joined the band.
Nancy Deedrick. This is a photo left to right of an English roadie, unknown my sister, Dixie, me, and Quint, who was an Electric Prune; it was taken at the Classic Cat. I believe Quint was from Kansas City.
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