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Drummer sues fellow band members over leaving him off tour
Tuesday February 04, 2003
LOS ANGELES (AP) Doors drummer John Densmore is suing fellow
bandmates Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger for going on tour as The
Doors without him.
The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in Superior Court, seeks a court
order prohibiting keyboardist Manzarek and guitarist Krieger from
calling themselves The Doors when they perform without Densmore. It
also requests that Densmore be paid a share of profits from any
shows that have already taken place without him.
The lawsuit states that after lead singer Jim Morrison died in
1971, Densmore, Manzarek and Krieger agreed they would split any
future profits from The Doors music three ways and that the band's
name would not be used if all three of the original surviving
members were not involved.
Manzarek, Krieger and their representatives could not be located
for comment. There were no Los Angeles telephone listings for the
musicians, The Doors Music Company, or their record label, Bright
Midnight Records.
Manzarek and Krieger, along with singer Ian Astbury of The Cult
and former Police drummer Stewart Copeland, were to perform Friday
at the Universal Amphitheatre.
According to the band's Web site, a new Densmore group called
Tribal Jazz plans to release its first album this spring.
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