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by wickedwillie on May 15th, 2004

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What's the origin of the bandname 'The Doors'?

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  • by wickedwillie on May 17th, 2004

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    The band took their name from a line in a book by Aldous Huxley, The Doors of Perception, which was in turn borrowed from a line of poetry by the 18th century artist and poet William Blake: "If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it truly is, infinite."

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