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"This generation's Doors"???? Please! Setting aside any comparisons of album sales, sold out shows, etc., Let's keep a proper perspective on the Doors as they were perceived at the time. They were THE "Dark" band of the 60s. People frowned on the Stones when they did songs like "Sympathy For The Devil", and they didn't like Jefferson Airplane's drug references, but "The Doors" were seen as an open gateway to damnation. Morrison was viewed in much the same way Marilyn Manson is now (no, Manson isn't this generation's Doors either), and Alice Cooper in his heyday (ditto). All of them didn't just shock and outrage parents when they arrived in the mainstream scene - they SCARED THE HELL out of them. Their music was discussed in sociological terms, not just for musical content. They were denied bookings in clubs and venues throughout the Bible belt. Mothers with baby carriages would RUN from them through airports. Ministers warned against their evil words from pulpits. I seriously doubt any parent ever had a stronger reaction to their kids blasting Pearl Jam music than "Turn that annoying overrated shit down!"
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