People ‘Just Want Dirty Stories’ About Jim Morrison, Says Ray Manzarek

The Doors would likely have taken a theatrical turn – and perhaps focused on film work – had Jim Morrison survived, keyboardist Ray Manzarek has revealed.

In an interview with M – Music and Musicians, Manzarek said, “My guess is we would have done more theater venues, playing smaller places for a week at a time, preparing the theater with laser lights and speakers under the seats so that we could swirl the sound throughout the auditorium. We would probably have done theatrical presentations that included dancers and actors with recitations. We would have combined film and music. We all had big ambitions. I wanted to make movies starring the band.”

Manzarek also lamented the fact that the public has a skewed perception of Morrison. “People don’t want to hear about how smart he was, how he was a real poet,” Manzarek said. “They just want dirty stories.”

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Text Message Urges People to Pray Against Incubus Show

A text message aimed at American alternative rock band Incubus is circulating in advance of the group’s July 28 concert at the Araneta Coliseum in the Philippines.

The anxious text message states: “PRAYER ALERT !! A rock band called INCUBUS s comin 2perform at d Araneta Coliseum on July 28. We mUST pRAY this group dUZnt even step on2 Philippine soil so that they dONT impart their spirits in2 our youth!!” according to ABS-CBN News.

The message then describes the word “incubus,” stating the word is a “male demon believed to lie on sleeping persons…,” a “situation resembling a terrifying dream” or “someone who depresses or worries others.”

The text also states “incubus” is another word for “nightmare.”

Incubus’ July 28 concert is part of their If Not Now, When? world tour. This would be the rockers’ third visit the country; they played Manila in 2008 and 2004.

In an interview posted in March 2009 on YouTube, Incubus frontman Brandon Boyd and lead guitarist Mike Einziger explained the reason they named their band “Incubus.”

“Because it’s a silly sounding word,” Einziger said.

Boyd added, “And we were 15 [years old] and we had to think of a name quickly because we got to play at a party in someone’s backyard.”

Both band members thought the word was “pretty harmless.”

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