The Doors Codexery — Data & Quality

We publish our audit record because accuracy claims should be checkable. Every entry on this site runs through an automated fact-audit pipeline (accuracy audit → source-grounded repair → visual QA); this page is generated from that pipeline's own report, not written by hand.

This is a fiction/fan codex: entries describe an in-universe canon. Our audits check canon and internal consistency — external fact-checking does not apply the way it does on real-subject codexes.

Last full accuracy audit: 2026-08-23 · 30 entries checked · 12 flagged · 19 issues confirmed · 12 corrected · 7 still open

Recent findings (audit lane, verbatim)

Ray Manzarek — The claim that the band's genesis occurred 'forty days after film school graduation' is not a widely documented or canonical detail; it appears invented or apocryphal.

Ray Manzarek — The claim that Manzarek practiced Atenism after reading Freud's *Moses and Monotheism* is not supported by established canon and is likely a factual error.

Jim Morrison — George Morrison witnessed the Pearl Harbor attack while serving on the USS Pruitt is inaccurate; he was ashore on Ford Island, not on the ship.

Jim Morrison — George Morrison was awarded the Bronze Star Medal with a 'V' for Valor is unverified and not in his official Navy biography.

Robby Krieger — The entry claims that upon joining The Doors in 1965, Krieger's bottleneck guitar technique immediately captivated Morrison, but Krieger is known for fingerstyle playing, not bottleneck slide, and this detail appears invented.

Robby Krieger — The entry states that Krieger studied under a disciple of Ravi Shankar at the Kinnara School of Music alongside John Densmore, but this specific claim is not consistently documented in reliable sources and may be an overstatement.

Paul A. Rothchild — The Crosby, Stills & Nash demo did not feature John Sebastian on harmonica.

Miles Davis — The claim that Jim Morrison cited Miles Davis as a primary inspiration is not supported by established canon.

Jimi Hendrix — The entry states that Billy Cox left the tour and four Rotterdam shows were canceled starting September 13, but Cox actually left after the Stockholm show on September 6, and the Rotterdam shows were scheduled for September 2–4, not starting September 13.

Pink Floyd — The primary songwriting partnership during the band's middle era was between Roger Waters and Richard Wright, with Waters increasingly dominating from 'The Dark Side of the Moon' onward.

Roadhouse Blues Legal Battle — The entry states that 'Roadhouse Blues' was credited solely to Jim Morrison as songwriter, but it is officially credited to all four members of The Doors.

Roadhouse Blues Legal Battle — The entry claims the legal battle involved a claim over the interpolation of John Lee Hooker's 'Crawling King Snake,' but the actual copyright infringement claim was brought by the publisher of Hooker's song over specific lyrics, and the settlement added John

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