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A comical Ray Manzarek interview

- Good evening everybody, I´m Jim Ladd. I´m now showing my face cause the artist found a pic of me...thanks for a message boards fella. Now we're gonna talk to Ray Manzarek and listen the mysterious and unbelievable stories of how the new band was formed. The Doors of the 21st Century...Now turn off the lights, lit a spliff, but leave your computer on so you can ready this...meeess!


Jim Ladd: How did the new band came about, Ray?

Ray Manzarek: Well, I was in Africa, Morocco, this time. I was nuts about the idea of re-forming The Doors again.

 


Ray: I got there with plenty of pictures of the latest Jim Morrison I had and started showing it for the natives to see if they knew Jim.

 

Ladd: Any affirmative replies?

Ray: Nothing even close to that. So, we have to acept that, Jim is dead. So, depressed, I flew back to Tanger, this strange town where Burroughs and the beatniks once refuged in the fifties. I was at a bar looking to Jim´s pics and an egyptian, started screaming behind me.

Ladd: What was that?

Ray: He was pointing to the picture and with the other hand pointing to some beduin, someone wrapped in white sheets.

Ladd: Egyptian typical clothes...

Ray: Right. And I thought 'Wait, is it he? Is he here?' 'Would we finally met?' I ran like a madman.

I went in front of him and I saw part of his face, you know, under that blazing sun, piramids around us... Wow, man! when I finally got in front of him, he took off the sheet and it was Ian Astbury!

Ladd: Wow. Hahaha...


Ray: I said hey man, I thought you were Jim Morrison!

Ray: He said 'Really?' I said 'Yeah, and I want to get our band together again! You will be in Jim´s place...Perfect!'.

Ladd: So he agreed right on...

Ray: Oh no...we continued talking, he said 'But your band were together like 40 years ago...' I interrupted 'Oh don´t make me look old, lets start rocking!'.

 


Ray: In a minute he was convinced and we did a little gig right there in Tanger.

Ladd: Woa, made a sucess?

Ray: No, everybody went out. But we were already drunk, we didn´t care. I phoned Robby and John right away. I said 'We have a band man!' and Robby said 'Hey, we had a band'. Them talking to John he said 'Listen Ray, do you know what time is it in America? Don´t call me ever again!'.

Ladd: Wow, man! Quite a story Ray, I want to thank you for sharing it with us. And you stay tunned in the same time in the same frequency, I´m Jim Laaadd.

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