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How did the band "The Doors" get their name ?
 
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From William Blake -

"If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite."
 
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While Blake coined the phrase, it's more likely that their name is a nod to Aldous Huxley's book "The Doors of Perception", which lauds the use of hallucinogenic drugs.
 
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