John Densmore

John Densmore (born December 1, 1944 in Los Angeles, California) was the drummer of the rock group The Doors from 1965 to 1973.

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December 1 - 1944 - Los Angeles, California - Drummer - The Doors - 1965 - 1973

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He is a drummer and writer and attended Santa Monica City College and Cal. State-Northridge.

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:"I've been playing for six years. I took piano lessons when I was ten. They tried to get me to play Bach. They tried for two years. When I was in junior high I got my first set of drums. I played symphonic music in high school (tympani, snare drum), then I played jazz for three years. I used to play sessions in Compton and Topanga Canyon."

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Piano - Bach - Jazz - Compton - Topanga Canyon

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John Densmore left the world of rock-and-roll in the 1980s, moving to the world of dance as he performed with Bess Snyder and Co., touring the United States for two years.

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Rock-and-roll - Bess Snyder and Co.

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In 1984, at La Mama Theatre in New York, he made his stage acting debut in Skins, a one-act play he had written. In 1985, he won the L.A. Weekly Theatre Award for music with Methusalem, directed by Tim Robbins. The play, Rounds, which he co-produced, won the NAACP award for theatre in 1987. In 1988, he played a feature role in Band Dreams and Bebop at the Gene Dynarski Theatre. He developed and performed a one-man piece from the short story, The King of Jazz, at the Wallenboyd Theatre in 1989. With Adam Ant, he co-produced Be Bop A Lula at Theatre Theatre in 1992. He has acted in numerous TV shows, and his film credits include: Get Crazy with Malcolm McDowell, Dudes directed by Penelope Spheres, and The Doors directed by Oliver Stone.

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1984 - La Mama Theatre - New York - Methusalem - Tim Robbins - Rounds - NAACP - Bebop - Gene Dynarski Theatre - Wallenboyd Theatre - 1989 - Adam Ant - 1992 - Malcolm McDowell - Penelope Spheres - Oliver Stone

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John wrote his best-selling autobiography, Riders On The Storm; and as drummer and founding member of The Doors, he was inducted into the Rock-and-Roll Hall of Fame.

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He is reprted to be working on a first novel, producing a documentary film, an after-care program for ex-criminal offenders titled Project Return directed by Leslie Neil. When time allows he lectures in colleges throughout the United States.

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