Modern Drummer, December 1982 “On the Doors albums, I always went for the drums to have real personality. I always had the bottom heads off all of my drums, and I hated new skins and new drums. I liked to beat them up until they started barking back at me. If you listen to “Hello, I Love You,” that’s when the heads were just rancid. That was my sound. They would all sort of talk. When I broke one, I’d cry and get a new one, and it would be a few weeks before I could stand the sound of it.” John DensmoreModern Drummer, December 1982 moderndrummer.com/archive

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