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 ...

New York Dolls, ‘Human Being’ (1974) Drugs and booze took a toll, and when the Dolls came up short of new songs for their second album, they padded it with R&B covers.

New York Dolls singer David Johansen helped pioneer glam rock and punk in the early 1970s. His band was at the forefront of an emerging scene in New York City that paved the way for Blondie ...

Johansen co-founded the New York Dolls in 1971, and while the cross-dressing band had little commercial success, they greatly influenced the late-1970s punk-rock scene and 1980s glam-metal groups.

In 1973, the readers of Creem magazine voted New York Dolls the year’s Best New Band. They also voted them the year’s Worst New Band. The poll succinctly captured the polarizing effect of the ...

Legendary New York Dolls rocker David Johansen has died at age 75. His stepdaughter Leah Hennessey confirmed the sad news, saying the punk icon had passed away Friday at his home on Staten Island.

David Johansen, the wiry, gravelly-voiced singer and last surviving member of 1970s glam and protopunk band the New York Dolls who later performed as his campy, pompadoured alter ego, Buster ...

New York Dolls singer David Johansen died on 28 February at his home in New York City. It had been revealed earlier this year that Johansen had stage 4 cancer and a brain tumour. The Dolls’ self ...

Nevertheless, Mr. Johansen and Mr. Sylvain made three more New York Dolls albums together between 2006 and 2011. Mr. Sylvain died in 2021 , leaving Mr. Johansen as the last original Doll.

David Johansen, the New York Dolls vocalist who also recorded “Hot Hot Hot” as Buster Poindexter and acted in Scrooged, has died. He was 75.

Legendary New York Dolls rocker David Johansen has died at age 75. His stepdaughter Leah Hennessey confirmed the sad news, saying the punk icon had passed away Friday at his home on Staten Island.