Clearly they earned a most esteemed place in the pantheon of rock.
Very underrated songwriting.
No better American band.
I was a huge Doors fan from the very beginning.
I moved to Hollywood shortly after the Doors' first album and their big billboard advertising on Sunset.
Eventually, as an entrepreneur in high-end audio, I provided technical assistance to a critically acclaimed mastering engineer. He gifted me with copies of their first album "Doors" and "LA Woman" burned direct from the original studio master tape - incredible sound quality far superior to the commercial pressed CDs.
That said...
The best American rock band was the original Little Feat group led by Lowell George...and no other band was close. .