David Johansen, who died February 28 at 75, helped record the soundtrack to glam-punk rock as lead singer of the groundbreaking New York Dolls. Songs like “Personality Crisis” and “Trash ...

He was 75, but his legacy continues, as heard in the songs below. “Personality Crisis” by New York Dolls “Personality Crisis” opens the debut album by New York Dolls. The glittery anthem ...

“Personality Crisis” was the lead track from the New York Dolls’ 1973 self-titled debut, and one of the band’s signature songs. Johansen co-wrote the tune with Dolls guitarist Johnny Thunder ...

Today we revisit downtown New York in the early 1970s ... faders‬‭ are all at the top of the board.” After whining at Rundgren and getting their way, the Dolls went on to repeatedly blame ...

Legendary New York Dolls rocker David Johansen has died at ... failing to crack the Top 100 album sales charts. Their follow-up record, 1974’s “Too Much Too Soon” performed even more poorly ...

David Johansen, the wiry, gravelly-voiced singer and last surviving member of 1970s glam and protopunk band the New York Dolls who later ... arrogance.” Their songs included “Personality ...

which performed songs drawn from Harry Smith’s 1952 “Anthology of American Folk Music” and released albums in 2000 and 2002. In 2004, Morrissey induced the surviving New York Dolls — Mr ...

“You play different characters in different songs. Sometimes you ... him to be their singer. The New York Dolls in the 1970s, clockwise from top left: Arthur Kane, Jerry Nolan, Sylvain Sylvain ...

He was the frontman of the New York Dolls ... Here are 15 of his best songs. The first track on their first album immediately demonstrates how the Dolls built raw excitement from distorted ...