earned classical piano as a child, although his personal tastes led him to playing blues on the organ. In 1965 the two conceived the idea of forming a band. Morrison wanted the band to be not just a group that creates music, but a form of 'rock guerrilla theatre'- using the music as a way to communicate his ideas beliefs. He wanted the band and the audience to be connected through a colletive conciousness. This being a long way from the music of previous decades, where while the audience may dance to the music, they were not physically, or emotionally involved with the band. Manzarek saw a performance by a group called the 'Psychedelic Rangers', and asked guitarist Robbie Krieger and drummer John Densmore whether they would be interested in joining the group. The two agreed, and they took the name 'The Doors' after a book called 'The Doors of Perception' by Aldous Huxley, which was in turn inspired by a quote from the poet William Blake "If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear as it is, infinite". Blake was one of Morrison's primary poetic influences. This was also the origin of Morrison's well known phrase "There are things known and things unknown and in between them are the doors". The Doors primary themes were sex, violence, and politics. Morrison was also a suprisingly good poet, which is evident in the song's lyrics, and many of his poems were published after his death.
             At this time, "rock acted as a kind of 'counter culture', challenging the boundaries of the dominant culture where it had become hyprocritical and even unjust... The main thrust of rock music was a force for change, both on a personal level [ie. sexual morality, drug use, etc.]... and on a societal level, in opposition to the Vietnam War, [and] racial injustice... Rock and roll provided much of the communicative power of the 'counter cul...