O ne day in May 1988, Antoine Le Grand, a photographer in Paris, was sent on a mysterious assignment for a culture magazine called Globe. Two young men had called the office claiming to be the culprits in one of rock’s most legendary heists: the recent theft of a 300-pound …
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After nearly 40 years, a bust of Jim Morrison stolen from his gravesite at the famous Père-Lachaise cemetery in Paris has been found. French police rediscovered the marble bust while carrying out a search in a completely unrelated fraud investigation. Authorities have yet to share further details, meaning there’s still …
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How does a truly terrible song end up an otherwise flawless album? Blame ego-appeasing band-politics concessions, drug-fueled studio experiments, songwriters working through a few too many personal demons, and artists who just ran out of songwriting steam a little too soon. Or maybe it all comes down to bad judgment. …
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The building that once housed the Morrison Hotel — featured on the iconic cover of the Doors’ 1970 album of the same name — suffered significant damages Thursday after a fire tore through the downtown Los Angeles property. No one was injured in the blaze, which caused the roof to …
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