These next-level one-hit wonders outlived their artists' careers and are still quite popular today, decades after they were ...

Sporting platform boots, red patent leather, and lipstick, David Johansen was a flashy pioneer of proto-punk. As frontman for ...

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

Hot Hot Hot” was a hit single by Buster Poindexter on the Billboard Hot 100, eventually reaching 45 on the list. I vividly recall first hearing ...

The 1970s band the New York Dolls was hugely influential, despite making only two studio albums. Today we remember Johansen, aka Buster Poindexter, who died Feb. 28. Originally broadcast in 2004.

Today we remember Johansen, aka Buster Poindexter, who died Feb. 28. Originally broadcast in 2004. KUOW is Seattle’s NPR news station. We are an independent, nonprofit news organization that ...

While the late great David Johansen will always be synonymous with The New York Dolls, he went on to arguably greater pop-culture notoriety by reinventing himself with his kitschy alter-ego Buster ...

David Johansen, pictured in 2004, was one of rock's great minor figures. He died Friday. (SARA KRULWICH/The New York Times) ...

Additionally, Scorsese highlights the impressive understanding of music history, inspiring all of Johansen’s output, from the New York Dolls through Buster Poindexter to his own collaboration ...

He also performed as alter-ego Buster Poindexter, who played lounge and Latin music with a sky-high pompadour many times at the former Club Bene in Sayreville and in a country blues outfit called ...

Buster Poindexter is seen at the Grammy Awards in New York's Radio City Music Hall, March 2, 1988. AP Photo, File "When you're an artist, the main thing you want to do is inspire people ...

Buster Poindexter became a regular presence on Saturday ... It's entertainment." Outside of music, Johansen acted in a number of films, including Married to the Mob and Scrooged.