SLASH, CHESTER BENNINGTON, PERRY FARRELL Help Honor DOORS' Legacy

November 9, 2006

Shirley Halperin of RollingStone.com reports that VELVET REVOLVER guitarist Slash (ex-GUNS N' ROSES),ex-JANE'S ADDICTION singer Perry Farrell and LINKIN PARK's Chester Bennington helped honor THE DOORS' legacy at the famed Whiskey-A-Go Go Wednesday night (Nov. 8) for a special 40th anniversary show. The three rockers joined original DOORS members Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger for an abridged "best of" set, appropriately timed to the release of "Perception", a new six-CD/DVD box set and book celebrating the band’s anniversary. Before taking the stage, the guys — along with a dozen friends and family (including LINKIN PARK's Mike Shinoda, AUDIOSLAVE's Tom Morello and PUDDLE OF MUDD's Wes Scantlin) — staged a last-minute rehearsal/jam session in an upstairs dressing room. With Bennington taking the lead on "Light My Fire", Farrell guiding the sing-along through "L.A. Woman" and Slash ripping straight into THE ROLLING STONES' "Sympathy for the Devil" (on acoustic guitar no less),passersby — and even the city fire marshals who came to break up the hallway cluster-fuck — stood with mouths agape in awe.

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