David Johansen, who segued from being the New York Dolls frontman to his Buster Poindexter alter ego and back again, has died at age 75.
Rock group “The New York Dolls” perform at the Waldorf Halloween ... Warhol in the Lower East Side of Manhattan the early ’70s. They took their name from a toy hospital in Manhattan and ...
The Dolls, formed 1971 in New York City and fronted by Johansen, were glammy and trashy and set the standard for punk rock's rough and ready attitude, which would burst out in the mid ’70s with ...
In the New York Dolls, Johansen defined an era when ‘70s glam rock was getting leaner and meaner as the seeds of punk rock began to sow. With a transgressive gender-bending style — lipstick ...
David Johansen, best known as the lead singer of pioneering punk band New York Dolls and their last surviving ... READ MORE: Punk Rock's 40 Best Albums "If you hear something that really ...
Jersey musicians are mourning the passing of David Johansen, founder and frontman of the New York Dolls, who died Friday, Feb. 28, after a bout with cancer, his family announced. “RIP David ...
"The New York Dolls were more than musicians; they were a phenomenon. They drew on old rock 'n' roll, big-city blues, show tunes, the Rolling Stones and girl groups, and that was just for starters ...
Johansen, founder and frontman, of legendary punk band the New York Dolls, died on Friday. Tributes poured in from New Jersey rockers including Steven Van Zandt and Dennis Diken of the Smithereens.
NEW YORK (AP) — David Johansen, the wiry, 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 ...
David Johansen, the frontman and last surviving member of proto-punk band New York Dolls, who went on to act in films such as "Scrooged," has died.