The New York Dolls didn’t crack the Top 100, but they changed the world, and critic Robert Christgau was on the scene to see ...

They held together just long enough to record two albums (before they reunited in the 2000s) and imprint themselves in the ...

and drummer Billy Murcia to form the New York Dolls. (Sylvain Sylvain replaced Rivets after just a few months.) Heavy metal and prog rock were ascendant at the time, but they concocted a completely ...

Professionalism didn’t come easy to these crazies, who’d lost original drummer Billy Murcia to a tranquilizer OD on a highly optimistic British fling in 1972, although his replacement Jerry ...

A master of many musical genres, he also recorded as Buster Poindexter and appeared as an actor in ‘Scrooged,’ ‘Let It Ride’ and ‘Oz.’ ...

Image Mr. Johansen, foreground, backstage with the New York Dolls in 1972, from left: Billy Murcia, Johnny Thunders, Arthur Kane and Sylvain Sylvain. Credit...P. Felix/Daily Express — Hulton ...

David Johansen, the legendary rock star, died on February 28 at his home in New York at the age of 75. The New York Dolls ...

Loudwire reported that legendary New York Dolls frontman David Johansen died this past Friday, Feb. 28, at the age of 75 (a ...

By 1971, he was the frontman of the New York Dolls, a proto-punk group formed in New York City whose original lineup consisted of Johnny Thunders, Arthur Kane, Rick Rivets and Billy Murcia.

His condition had worsened about five years ago, she said. A native of New York City, Johansen formed the Dolls in 1971 with bassist Arthur Kane, drummer Billy Murcia and guitarists Johnny Thunders ...

(The Associated Press) The original lineup coalesced from acquaintances and high school friends from the outer New York City ...