No One Here Gets Out Alive

This article is about the 1980 book. For the 2001 album, see No One Here Gets Out Alive (album).
No One Here Gets Out Alive
Authors
LanguageEnglish
SubjectJim Morrison
Publication date
1980
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint
Pages396
ISBN978-0-446-60228-0

No One Here Gets Out Alive was the first biography about the lead singer and lyricist of the rock band the Doors, Jim Morrison, published in 1980.[1] Its title is taken from a line in the Doors' song "Five to One",[2] and the book is divided into three sections: The Bow is Drawn, The Arrow Flies and The Arrow Falls, for the early years of Morrison's life, his rise to fame with the Doors, and then his final years and death. The book was written by Jerry Hopkins and Danny Sugerman.

A companion video was made featuring interviews with the surviving members of the Doors, Hopkins, Sugerman and Paul A. Rothchild among others. It includes some rare footage and was the first video released by the band. It helped rekindle interest in the Doors by allowing fans that were too young or unable to remember, to see the Doors in action. Upon release, No One Here Gets Out Alive reached No. 1 on all best-seller lists, and it had sold over five million copies by 1995.[3]

No One Here Gets Out Alive was heavily criticized by several people for its historical inaccuracies, and for ambiguously suggesting that Morrison may have faked his own death. Among those people were Rothchild who claimed that Sugerman had changed some of his statements while he was interviewed by Hopkins.[nb 1] Doors' guitarist Robby Krieger said in response to the book that Sugerman "had his own ideas about what happened and various situations. He kind of put his own words into it, and what really annoyed me was that he tried to make Jim sound like he was talking through Danny, and it wasn't the way Jim really was."[5]

  1. ^ Greene, Andy. "Doors Biographer Jerry Hopkins Dead at 82". Rolling Stone. Retrieved June 24, 2022.
  2. ^ Weidman, Rich (October 2011). The Doors FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Kings of Acid Rock. Backbeat Books. p. 193. ISBN 978-1617131103.
  3. ^ Hopkins, Jerry (1995). The Lizard King: The Essential Jim Morrison. Simon & Schuster. p. 29. ISBN 0-684-81866-3.
  4. ^ Jackson, Blair (July 3, 1981). "BAM Interview with Paul Rothchild". Waiting for the Sun Archives. Retrieved November 11, 2021.
  5. ^ Graff, Gary (November 10, 2021). "Robby Krieger Aims to Get 'Closer to the Truth' About the Doors With His First Memoir". Billboard.com. Retrieved November 11, 2021.


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