Robby Krieger, the Doors guitarist known for mostly writing and playing on such songs as “Light My Fire,” “Touch Me,” and “Love Her Madly,” has made some interesting turns in his career since his time with the legendary band. After Jim Morrison’s passing, Krieger and the rest of the band had considered trying out new singers to fill his place, but that plan soon went out the window and the band was put to an end, per Louder. Krieger would soon form a band with Doors drummer John Densmore called the Butts Band. The band only lasted a few years, which would give Krieger time for solo work. Eventually, he formed a band called the Robby Krieger Band, which also featured his son, per Vintage Guitar.

In the early 2000s, Krieger and Doors bandmate Ray Manzarek, along with Ian Astbury from The Cult on vocals and Stewart Copeland from the Police on drums, started playing the Doors music live. In an interview with Louder, Krieger said: “But then I started seeing these Doors tribute bands popping up all over the place. And some of them were pretty good. I used to sit in with them once in a while, and I would see how much fun everybody was having. And little by little, I would just put a couple of Doors songs into my set. And then at one point, I was talking to Ray and said: ‘Sh*t, why don’t we go back out and do the Doors? These tribute bands are doing great, and we could do it a lot better than that.'”

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