(3 October 1970 - 1974)
divorced
John Densmore met Julia in 1967. He recalls: "This girl had LRP: Long Range Potential. Her name was Julia Brose, and her father was Bill Ballinger, a writer of mystery stories. He was remarried to a bubbly blonde who supposedy looked like Julia`s real mother. Apparently the real mother drank quite a dit. She died rather young. Julia and I consummated our brand-new relationship that night. There were no male blue balls in the sixties!"
By 1969 Julia got pregnant and John didn`t know what to do, he recalls: "...on the way back to LA, Julia hit me with the news she was pregnant! Everything was great with us, and now she was pregnant! I didn`t want to be a husband yet, let alone a father! I could tell by the look in Julia`s eyes that she was hoping I`d say "Let`s have it". I couldn`t believe it - I was numb. I had asked now and then if Julia was unsing any kind of birth control, but in 1969, the assumption was that it was the girl`s responsability, and we had little dialogue on the subject. Now we had a major problem. I was loaded with so much shame about sex, being raised a Catholic, I didn`t inquire how it happened. Was it an accident? I didn`t know. But I knew I was incensed. I didn`t want a kid and I could tell she did." They didn`t know what to do, and in the end John Densmore found a doctor and Julia agreed.
They went to Mexico where abortions could be done and it was a place where The Doors could play as well. The doctor and the nurse of the hospital were very nice, and they came in the room where abortions were practised. " There was one of those tables with the stirrups at the end to hold up the patient`s legs. Julia must have noticed them, `cause she started crying. Before we came to Mexico she`d agreed it was the best thing to do. Her tears were like daggers in my heart".
Some months later, John asked again to Julia to marry, and in the end she agreed. In October 1970 they exchanged rings in hte Pacific Palidases. Robby and Lynn Krieger where the best man and bridesmaid.
Julia and JOhn Densmore separated in 1972.