Feast of Friends: A Tribute To Classic Rock from The Doors and Depeche Mode
About This Event
Feast of Friends at the Cutting Room presents a tribute program drawing from the catalogs of The Doors and Depeche Mode. The bill juxtaposes The Doors’ mid‑1960s, Morrison‑led, blues‑rooted, atmosphere‑driven approach with Depeche Mode’s English electronic songwriting—formed in Basildon in 1980 and now carried forward by Dave Gahan and Martin Gore—highlighting contrasting rock and synth‑pop traditions.
About the Artists
The Doors
The Doors are a Los Angeles rock group that emerged in the mid-1960s, built around Jim Morrison’s vocals and lyrics with Ray Manzarek on keyboards, Robby Krieger on guitar, and John Densmore on drums. Their music paired blues-rooted structures with extended, trance-like forms, while Morrison’s volatile presence and frequent clashes with authorities became part of the public record.
Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode is an English group formed in Basildon in 1980, known for shaping pop and rock songwriting through electronic texture, new wave structures, and a darkwave edge. In New York City, their music has been revisited in tribute settings at venues like the Cutting Room, including programs that place their catalog alongside classic-rock counterparts such as The Doors.