“When asked about his family, Jim would often explain that his parents – still very much alive – were dead”: How The Doors’ Jim Morrison went from from drunken teen rebel to leather-clad 60s rock god

The Doors’ Jim Morrison .

“Take off your clothes!” the singer leers at the thousands of fans surging toward him on the stage. “Let’s see a little skin around here! Let’s get naked!”

It’s March 1, 1969, and Jim Morrison is in full rock god mode onstage at Miami’s Dinner Key Auditorium. Blitzed out of his mind from a day of drinking, The Doors frontman has spent much of the show provoking the crowd. Many are unimpressed by his antics, though not as unimpressed as the Miami cops in attendance. Their mood isn’t improved when Morrison grabs the hat of one of them and hurls it into the audience.