The Doors recall '60s Mexican rock ban

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MEXICO CITY - Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger of The Doors say authorities prevented them from holding an outdoor concert in 1969, at the beginning of what many call a 20-year de facto ban on rock concerts in Mexico.

Speaking in Mexico City before a planned concert Tuesday at the National Auditorium, the musicians discussed government repression against young people and their music in the years following the Oct. 2, 1968, massacre of student protesters by government troops in the capital's Tlatelolco square.

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Manzarek, 68, said the band ended up performing at an upscale private dinner club, where people ate steaks as frontman Jim Morrison crooned songs such as "The End," which includes lyrics about incest and parricide.

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"The government's attitude during that era was one of absolute rejection and repression," Mexican rock historian Jose Agustin said. "They thought that any rock 'n' roll event was going to cause disorder, depravity and obscenity."