David Johansen, the glam rock singer and proto-punk icon, led the New York Dolls and forever changed rock music.

The designer Conner Ives hoped to do some good with his “Protect the Dolls” T-shirt. Worn by celebrities, and sold out online ...

Johansen also had a successful solo career as lounge singer Buster Poindexter David Johansen, the lead singer of New York ...

David Johansen, the frontman and last surviving member of the flamboyantly gritty proto-punk band New York Dolls has died. He was 75. Johnasen died at his home in Staten Island, N.Y., as confirmed ...

Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today we revisit downtown New York in the early 1970s and the ...

Johansen remained proud of the Dolls and their influence on a subsequent slew of punk bands. One afternoon in June 2022, he was happy to talk about them, their place in the downtown New York music ...

gravelly-voiced singer and last surviving member of the glam and protopunk band the New York Dolls who later performed as his campy, pompadoured alter ego, Buster Poindexter, has died. He was 75.

If only for the blink of a mascara’d eye, The New York Dolls would become the best rock’n’roll band in the world after all. The New York Dolls took the raw power of The Stooges and applied ...

The New York Dolls' guitarist on why history shouldn't be tampered with, the legacy of his old band, and how David Johansen was putting on act rather than living the life ...

gravelly-voiced singer and last surviving member of the glam and protopunk band the New York Dolls who later performed as his campy, pompadoured alter ego, Buster Poindexter, has died. He was 75.

gravelly-voiced singer and last surviving member of the glam and protopunk band the New York Dolls who later performed as his campy, pompadoured alter ego, Buster Poindexter, has died. He was 75.