Guns N' Roses performed the New York Dolls classic "Human Being" live for the first time in their history, even though they recorded it back in 1993.

The New York Dolls perform at the Waldorf Halloween Ball at Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City on Oct. 31, 1973. At left is lead singer David Johansen, with guitarist Sylvain Sylvain.

Johansen was 75. Born in New York City in 1950, Johansen joined New York Dolls not long into its existence, after guitarist Johnny Thunders decided he no longer wanted to be the band’s frontman.

FILE - Rock group "The New York Dolls" perform at the Waldorf Halloween Ball, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, NYC, Oct. 31, 1973. At right is lead singer David Johansen, with guitarist Sylvain Sylvain.

New York Dolls, like the glitter gods before them ... Sylvain lent his Les Paul to a guitarist named Steve Jones, who was practicing along to the Dolls’ debut. But Sylvain never made the ...

He fronted the local Vagabond Missionaries before joining the New York Dolls and taking over vocal duties from guitarist Johnny Thunders. The Dolls broke up in 1976, and Johansen reinvented ...

FILE – Rock group “The New York Dolls” perform at the Waldorf Halloween Ball, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, NYC, Oct. 31, 1973. At right is lead singer David Johansen, with guitarist Sylvain Sylvain.

The New York Dolls had not played together for decades when Morrissey convinced the surviving members, who also included guitarist Sylvain Sylvain and bassist Arthur Kane, to reunite for a ...