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How did The Door's vocalist Jim Morrison get the nickname "The Lizard King"?

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  • Anonymous
    8 years ago
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    “I am the lizard king. I can do anything.” from his poem The Celebration of the Lizard.

    Morrison nicknamed himself "Mr. Mojo Risin'" (an anagram of Jim Morrison) and was also called the Lizard King, a name taken from his poem "The Celebration of the Lizard King," which was included in the 1968 album Waiting For the Sun.

  • Cus' he flashed his little "lizard" to the audience when he was doing a show one time.

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