During a performance Tuesday night at the Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates, Guns N’ Roses whipped out a ...

Among the artists who’ve shared fond memories and condolences on social media is Peal Jam guitarist Mike McCready, who called New York Dolls “incredibly influential” and “so ahead of their ...

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.

Things I learned by embedding with the tourists: the Ramones loved Yoo-hoo, Peter Stuyvesant was uptight, and how to do “a quick Donald Trump dance.” ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...