No One Here Gets Out Alive No One Here Gets Out Alive No One Here Gets Out Alive (1980) is a biography of American singer-songwriter Jim Morrison, lead singer and lyricist of the rock band the Doors. Morrison died in Paris in July 1971 and this was the first biography written about the singer. The first draft was written solely by Jerry Hopkins shortly after Morrison's death. Hopkins, a journalist with "Rolling Stone", based the draft on an extensive interview he conducted with Morrison as well as interviews with friends and associates. However, attempts to find a publisher failed. A second manuscript, with additional content added
13 (The Doors album) they had also opted to do for the group's live album "Absolutely Live", also released in 1970. Morrison's image is much larger than those of guitarist Robby Krieger, keyboardist Ray Manzarek, and drummer John Densmore. As Danny Sugarman observes in his memoir of the band "No One Here Gets Out Alive", "Elektra obviously wanted the 'pretty' Jim Morrison...Although Ray, Robby, and John had become accustomed to the attention directed towards their lead singer, it upset Jim." The album's back cover features the band posing with what some think is a small bust of occultist Aleister Crowley. In a contemporary review