L.A. Woman

In the Doors’ song “L.A. Woman,” Jim Morrison calls himself Mr. Mojo Risin’, an anagram of his name. In J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, a version of the antagonist, Lord Voldemort, from 50 years prior shows Harry how he used an anagram to change his…

…the quartet’s sixth studio release, L.A. Woman (1971), Morrison retreated to Paris, where he hoped to pursue a literary career. Instead, he died there of heart failure in 1971. Without Morrison, the Doors produced two undistinguished albums before breaking up. They reunited briefly in 1978 to record An American Prayer,…

…as The Doors (1967) and L.A. Woman (1971). The dark-edged eroticism of Morrison’s baritone voice and poetic lyrics helped make the band one of rock music’s most potent, controversial, and theatrical acts.