However, New York Dolls’ music continues to enthrall and inspire. The band’s eponymous 1973 album, originally released on Mercury Records, has been gloriously reissued in a 180-gram vinyl, 45 RPM ...

To some, the dolls, known as reborn dolls, provide comfort, escape or just plain fun. But politicians across Brazil have tried to pass bills banning the dolls from public spaces.

The Brooklyn Pink, a black owned rental space in New York, opened in 2023 and has drawn the attention of travelers across the nation.

He was the last surviving member of the Dolls’ classic lineup. Presumably, Johansen’s passing is the reason that Guns N’ Roses just trotted out their “Human Being” cover for the first time.

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By the time she was a teenager, she had gone from climbing trees to hopping the fences of the MTA train yards. Soon, she was known as the queen of New York City graffiti: the one and only Lady Pink.

But The Alarm’s stock in the US was rocketing. In September 1983 they headlined two nights at the Ritz in New York, and Bono joined them on stage.

David Johansen, the glam rock singer and proto-punk icon, led the New York Dolls and forever changed rock music.

Before they were New York Dolls, the bandmates were outer-borough rogues who joined forces like the various mobs stalking pavement in The Warriors.

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Perhaps in the midst of Vietnam War-era America, the Dolls’ mindless racket was a welcome distraction. New York Dolls, their debut album, was released on July 27, 1973 by Mercury Records.

David Johansen, the frontman and last surviving member of the gritty proto-punk band New York Dolls, has died. He was 75.