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New York Dolls singer David Johansen helped pioneer glam rock and punk in the early 1970s. His band was at the forefront of an emerging scene in New York City that paved the way for Blondie ...
Jerry has been drowning his sorrows with fellow New York Dolls alumnus Sylvain Sylvain, and both, in immediate need of relief, head for a nearby convenience. With nature’s call duly answered ...
The ten-track record — which features classic rock stalwarts like Cheap Trick’s Robin Zander, Extreme’s Gary Cherone and New York Dolls’ David Johansen on vocals — is a high-octane ...
Elaborating on his choice of The New York Dolls, Thayil added, "That’s because when the Stooges went in, I thought, “Why are the Stooges going in before the MC5?” And the MC5 were the big ...
There were plenty of other rock tidbits. For instance: an annual readers’ poll in a 1973 issue of Creem named the New York Dolls both the best new group of the year and the worst new group of ...
Have you given much thought to other acts you hope to see make it in? I’d love to see the New York Dolls, the Replacements, the Pixies, Sonic Youth, the Smiths, Motörhead, Iron Maiden.
As the front man of the New York Dolls, Johansen was instrumental in the genesis of punk in the nineteen-seventies. His solo work was equally audacious. From the daily newsletter: a playlist for ...
Touring hard behind their low-selling self-titled 1973 debut, Aerosmith recorded their next few albums with New York Dolls producer Jack Douglas as Tyler and Perry, the “Toxic Twins,” became a ...
We opened for the New York Dolls at the Victory Theater in Toronto in seventy-four. It was an old burlesque theatre, pretty run down and crappy, but to us it might as well have been Wembley.
In addition to his own work, Rundgren is a well-respected studio artist who's produced albums for Badfinger, The New York Dolls, Patti Smith, Meat Loaf and XTC. He has also released 34 solo albums.