American rock musician, poet, and filmmaker; lead vocalist of The Doors; combined Dionysian excess with serious literary and philosophical ambition; died at 27 in Paris, member of the 27 Club.
Fused rock music with Blakean mysticism, Nietzschean philosophy, and shamanic performance; created an aesthetic of transgression, darkness, and visionary experience in popular music; his persona and lyrics shaped the countercultural idea of the rock musician as poet-prophet.
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