David Johansen, the frontman and last surviving member of proto-punk band New York Dolls, who went on to act in films such as "Scrooged," has died.
David Johansen, who segued from being the New York Dolls frontman to his Buster Poindexter alter ego and back again, has died at age 75.
He was prolific in multiple genres, but his 1970s heyday with the New York Dolls had the ... It sold poorly, as their first album had, and Mercury dropped the Dolls in 1975. Malcolm McLaren ...
They held together just long enough to record two albums (before they reunited in the 2000s) and imprint themselves in the ...
Their first album, titled “New York Dolls” and produced by Todd Rundgren, was released in 1973 and featured the members in drag on the cover, reflecting the gender-bending style of the time of ...
He was the frontman of the New York Dolls, an adventurous solo ... He died on Friday, at age 75. The Dolls’ self-titled first album, released in 1973, peaked at No. 116 on the Billboard album ...
David Johansen, a punk legend and the last surviving member of the pioneering band the New York Dolls ... The first album yielded the hit single "Hot Hot Hot," a cover of a Caribbean dance ...
Maybe that’s because they didn’t; now hailed as a cult act responsible for the development of punk music, the New York Dolls were all ... to produce their first album. With their debut ...