Psychedelic rock figures. Some groups, such as the Jimi Hendrix Experience and Cream, broke up. Hendrix died in London in September 1970, shortly after recording "Band of Gypsys" (1970), Janis Joplin died of a heroin overdose in October 1970 and they were closely followed by Jim Morrison of the Doors, who died in Paris in July 1971. By this point, many surviving acts had moved away from psychedelia into either more back-to-basics "roots rock", traditional-based, pastoral or whimsical folk, the wider experimentation of progressive rock, or riff-based heavy rock. Following the lead of Hendrix in rock, psychedelia began to influence African American
The Doors discography and produced two singles, "Love Her Madly" and "Riders on the Storm". Like "Morrison Hotel" before it, "L.A. Woman" relied very heavily on the blues, which was a genre of music the Doors had often incorporated into their early live sets while the house band at the London Fog, a nightclub on the Sunset Strip, in Los Angeles. "L.A. Woman" was certified gold and platinum in several different countries. After the death of Morrison, the three remaining Doors members released two more studio albums before they eventually disbanded, "Other Voices" (1971), and "Full Circle" (1972). Both albums appeared on the