John Densmore
Background information
Birth name	John Paul Densmore
Born	December 1, 1944 (1944-12-01) (age 62)
Origin	Los Angeles, California, USA
Genre(s)	Blues-rock, Blues, Psychedelic rock, Rock
Occupation(s)	Musician Drummer Filmmaker
Years active	1965 – present
Label(s)	Elektra
Associated acts	The Doors Riders on the Storm
Website	TheDoors.com Official John Densmore site

John Paul Densmore (born December 1, 1944, in Los Angeles, California) is American drummer best known as the drummer of the rock group The Doors from 1965 to 1973. is the 335th day of the year (336th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Nickname: Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: , State County Settled 1781 Incorporated April 4, 1850 Government  - Type Mayor-Council  - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa  - City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo  - Governing body City Council Area  - City  498. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Blues Rock or Blues-rock is a fusion genre of music which combines elements of the blues with rock and roll. ... “Blues music” redirects here. ... Psychedelic rock is a style of rock music that attempts to replicate the mind-altering experiences of hallucinogenic drugs; especially LSD.[1] by using lyrics that describe dreams and refer to drug use using bizarre sounds created by altering the instruments and vocals with electronic effects such as heavy distortion... For other uses, see Rock music (disambiguation). ... “Instrumentalist” redirects here. ... For the comic book character, see Drummer (comics). ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... Year 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. ... Present may mean: present (time): time that is neither past nor future a gift: thing given free of charge, gratis This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... Elektra Records is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group, and today operates under Atlantic Records Group. ... This page is about the rock band. ... is the 335th day of the year (336th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Nickname: Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: , State County Settled 1781 Incorporated April 4, 1850 Government  - Type Mayor-Council  - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa  - City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo  - Governing body City Council Area  - City  498. ... For the comic book character, see Drummer (comics). ... For other uses, see Rock music (disambiguation). ... In music, a band is a company of musicians, or musical ensemble, usually popular or folk, playing parts of or improvising a musical arrangement on different musical instruments. ... This page is about the rock band. ...

He is a drummer and songwriter and attended Santa Monica City College and Cal. State-Northridge. John is left handed, though he plays drums right-handed, as evidenced in numerous photographs. A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... Santa Monica College is a two-year public community college located in Santa Monica in Los Angeles County, California. ... California State University, Northridge (also known as CSUN, Cal State Northridge, or C-Sun) is a public university in the San Fernando Valley, within the city limits of Los Angeles, California, USA. Part of the California State University system, CSUN was founded in 1958 as San Fernando Valley State College... “Southpaw” redirects here. ...

"I've been playing for six years. I took piano lessons when I was ten. They tried to get me to play Bach. They tried for two years. When I was in junior high I got my first set of drums. I played symphonic music in high school (tympani, snare drum), then I played jazz for three years. I used to play sessions in Compton and Topanga Canyon."^{[cite this quote]}

John Densmore left the world of rock-and-roll in the 1980s, moving to the world of dance as he performed with Bess Snyder and Co., touring the United States for two years. A short grand piano, with the top up. ... “Bach” redirects here. ... For other uses, see Jazz (disambiguation). ... Nickname: Location of Compton in Los Angeles County, California County Government  - Mayor Eric Perrodin Area  - City 26. ... This article is about a town in Los Angeles County. ... This article is about the 1940s–1960s style of music. ...

In 1984, at La Mama Theatre in New York, he made his stage acting debut in Skins, a one-act play he had written. In 1985, he won the L.A. Weekly Theatre Award for music with Methusalem, directed by Tim Robbins. The play, Rounds, which he co-produced, won the NAACP award for theatre in 1987. In 1988, he played a feature role in Band Dreams and Bebop at the Gene Dynarski Theatre. He developed and performed a one-man piece from the short story, The King of Jazz, at the Wallenboyd Theatre in 1989. With Adam Ant, he co-produced Be Bop A Lula at Theatre Theatre in 1992. He has acted in numerous TV shows, most memorably as himself in the show Square Pegs, working as a drummer for Johnny Slash's band Open 24 Hours. His film credits include: Get Crazy with Malcolm McDowell, Dudes directed by Penelope Spheeris, and The Doors directed by Oliver Stone. La Mama Theatre is a small theatre in Carlton, Victoria, Australia. ... This article is about the state. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Tim Robbins at Cannes, 2001 Height: 6 ft 4 in / 1. ... Look up Round in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Round might mean: In mathematics: A round number is one that ends with one or more zeroes. ... The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), is one of the oldest and most influential hate organizations in the United States. ... Bebop is a form of jazz characterized by fast tempos and improvisation based on harmonic structure rather than melody. ... For similar terms like Adam Adamant, Atom Ant, adamant, adamantium, etc, see Adamant (disambiguation). ... Square Pegs was a CBS comedy television series that aired during the 1982-83 season. ... Get Crazy is a 1983 film directed by Allan Arkush and starring Malcolm McDowell, Allen Garfield, Daniel Stern, and Ed Begley, Jr. ... Malcolm McDowell (born June 13, 1943) is an English actor probably best known for his portrayal of Alex in A Clockwork Orange. ... Penelope Spheeris (born December 2, 1945) is an American director, producer, and screenwriter. ... The Doors is a 1991 film about Jim Morrison and The Doors. ... William Oliver Stone (born September 15, 1946), known simply as Oliver Stone, is a three-time Academy Award-winning American film director and screenwriter. ...

John wrote his best-selling autobiography, Riders On The Storm; and as drummer and an influential member of The Doors, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He and Robby Krieger worked as technical advisors on the 1991 film, and while they were impressed with Val Kilmer's singing, they were not happy with the film as a whole. The film questionably depicts Densmore as growing to hate Morrison as Morrison's drug and personal problems begin to overwhelm and dominate his behavior. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at sunset. ... Robby Krieger (born January 8, 1946) is an American rock and roll guitarist and songwriter from Los Angeles, California. ... Val Edward Kilmer[1] (born December 31, 1959) is an American actor. ...

According to Ray Manzarek in his book Light My Fire, Morrison did not personally like Densmore. Manzarek theorized that this was because Densmore failed to look Morrison in the eyes when they first met. At one point, Manzarek actually had to talk Morrison out of firing Densmore. Densmore still stayed with the band throughout its life. It is worth noting that Densmore is almost constantly painted in a negative light in Ray Manzarek's book, which would indicate the two were not on good terms when the book was written. Raymond Daniel Manzarek or Manczarek (b. ...

According to Densmore's own book, he quit the band on one occasion in reaction to Morrison's increasingly self-destructive behavior, although he returned the next day. This episode, which occurred during the recording of Waiting For The Sun, was one in a series of incidents over the course of the Doors' career in which Densmore's commitment to the band and their music clashed with his feelings of concern for Morrison's continual deterioration. He felt that the Doors' stage performances had begun to decline and that Morrison's unreliability had become a hindrance. He repeatedly suggested that the band stop touring, but Krieger and Manzarek were resistant to this notion. After the Doors' last performance with Morrison in New Orleans in 1970, the band agreed to cease performing live. Waiting for the Sun is the third album released by The Doors in 1968. ...

Densmore is the singular member of The Doors who applies the group's democratic founding to veto licensing the band's songs to be used in commercials. Densmore vetoed an offer by Cadillac for 15 million dollars for "Break on Through (To The Other Side)". He has only broken his belief in this once, by allowing "Riders on the Storm" to be used to sell Pirelli Tires, in England only. Densmore later stated that he "heard Jim's voice" in his ears and ended up donating the money earned to charity. Break on Through (To the Other Side) is a song by the The Doors. ... Riders on the Storm is a popular 1971 song by The Doors from the L.A. Woman album. ...

He is reported to be working on a first novel, producing a documentary film, an after-care program for ex-criminal offenders titled Project Return directed by Leslie Neal. When time allows, he lectures in colleges throughout the United States.

John Densmore has an official website. The website contains an internet forum where fans can post questions directly to the drummer. A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... A typical Internet forum discussion, with common elements such as quotes and spoiler brackets A page from a forum showcasing emoticons and Internet slang An Internet forum is a web application for holding discussions and posting user generated content. ...

Densmore, popular as a rock drummer, expressed a desire to return to his roots as a jazz drummer. In 2006, John's new band, Tribaljazz, released their first album of original work.

External links

• johndensmore.com
• tribaljazzdensmore.com