The Doors

The Doors' rep has taken a vicious beating in recent years: Jimbo's poetry sucks, Manzarek's a blowhard, etc. But it's the Doors -- not the Stones, not Zeppelin -- who invented the template for raunchy hard rock; Live in Pittsburgh 1970, recorded shortly after the release of Morrison Hotel, proves this. Morrison might be drunk, but he's howling like a madman while his group ditches the brassy psychedelia of 1969 for stripped-down shaman blues. This basket is packed with chestnuts, but nothing beats the futuristic rockabilly of a seven-minute "Mystery Train."