David Johansen, who segued from being the New York Dolls frontman to his Buster Poindexter alter ego and back again, has died ...

David Johansen, the wiry, gravel-voiced singer and last surviving member of the glam and proto-punk band the New York Dolls, has died at the age of 75.

‘Mutant children of the hydrogen age’ Rolling Stone once called the Dolls “the mutant children of the hydrogen age” and Vogue called them the “darlings of downtown style, tarted-up toughs in boas and ...

The Dolls worshipped tough New York pop queens like the Ronettes and the Shangri-Las, cosplaying as bad girls and teetering on their high heels. As Johansen told Rolling Stone in 1972 ...

“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 ...

according to Rolling Stone, citing a family spokesperson. It was revealed in early 2025 that he had stage 4 cancer and a brain tumor. The New York Dolls were forerunners of punk and the band’s style — ...

NEW YORK (AP) — 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 ...

David Johansen, frontman for the New York Dolls and the last surviving original ... and love,” they said in a statement to Rolling Stone. “He was 75 years old and died of natural causes ...

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.

Buster Poindexter at the Grammy Awards at New York’s Radio City Music ... told The Knoxville News-Sentinel in 2011. Rolling Stone once called the Dolls “the mutant children of the hydrogen ...

They held together just long enough to record two albums (before they reunited in the 2000s) and imprint themselves in the ...

Rolling Stone once called the Dolls “the mutant children of the hydrogen age” and Vogue called them the “darlings of downtown style, tarted-up toughs in boas and heels.” “The New York ...