Keyboardist Manzarek was in a band called Rick & the Ravens with his brothers Rick and Jim Manzarek, while drummer John Densmore was playing with The Psychedelic Rangers and knew Manzarek from meditation classes.
Ray Manzarek in Robby Krieger še vedno hodita po turnejah in z dodatnimi glasbeniki predstavljata izključno skladbe zasedbe The Doors.