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.

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(CNN) — 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 ...

The New York Dolls' debut album ranks No. 301 on Rolling Stone's list of 500 greatest albums. The band influenced the Smiths, Blondie, Mötley Crüe and many other bands, Johnsen's lounge lizard ...

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.

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.

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 ...

FILE – The New York Dolls are photographed in New York, July 25, 2006. From left are David Johansen, Sami Yaffa, Steve Conte, Sylvain Sylvain, Brian Delaney, rear, and Brian Koonin.

The New York Dolls provided the blueprint for British punk bands such as the Sex Pistols and The Clash, and inspired the glam-metal movement that emerged in the 1980s. Saturday 1 March 2025 22:02 ...