The Dolls' lack of polish was a major part of ... capturing the restless energy of both the band's New York City hometown and the political and societal fissures rupturing America.

“The New York Dolls were more than musicians; they were a phenomenon. They drew on old rock ‘n’ roll, big-city blues, show tunes, the Rolling Stones and girl groups, and that was just for ...

David Johansen, the frontman of punk band the New York Dolls, has died. He was 75. The musician, who also performed under the pseudonym Buster Poindexter, died on Friday at his home in New York ...

New York Dolls, like the glitter gods before them ... (A number of the Dolls had already dabbled with heroin, which was then engulfing the city in an epidemic.) The tension between teenybopper ...

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.

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 ...

Oh, baby, shot for trying. TUCKER: In New York City, the Dolls were the bridge between the atonal moodiness of the Velvet Underground that preceded them and the terse noise of The Ramones ...

After the demise of the Dolls, he released five solo albums between 1978 and 1984.Credit...Michael Putland/Getty Images After graduation, Mr. Johansen fell in with the New York City hipster scenes ...

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.

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