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Get kids back-to-school ready with Expedition: Learn! The New York Dolls were an American hard rock band formed in New York City in 1971. This article was most recently revised and updated by He also branched into acting, scoring a number of memorable film and television roles throughout the 1980s and ’90s.Johansen and Sylvain, with a collection of accomplished musicians filling in for their departed bandmates, entered the studio to produce Guitarists Johnny Thunders and Rick Rivets, bassist Arthur Kane, and drummer Billy Murcia were joined by vocalist David Johansen. In 2004, former

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Billy Murcia In 1975, Johnny Thunders and Jerry Nolan left the band.

By signing up for this email, you are agreeing to news, offers, and information from Encyclopaedia Britannica.Be on the lookout for your Britannica newsletter to get trusted stories delivered right to your inbox. And the Dolls were inarguably special -- decades after its release, New York Dolls still sounds thoroughly unique, a gritty, big-city amalgam of Stones -style R&B, hard rock guitars, lyrics that merge pulp storytelling with girl group attitude, and a sloppy but brilliant attack that would inspire punk rock (without the punks ever getting its joyous slop quite right).

Their show at the Shortly after returning from Florida, Thunders and Nolan formed Sylvain formed his own band, The Criminals, then cut a solo album for In July 2005, the two surviving members announced a tour and a new album entitled In October 2006, the band embarked on a UK tour, with Sylvain taking time while in Glasgow to speak to John Kilbride of STV. He was put in a bathtub and force-fed coffee in an attempt to revive him.Once back in New York, the Dolls auditioned drummers, including Marc Bell (who was to go on to play with By 1975 the Dolls were playing smaller venues than they had been previously. Johansen scored a crossover hit with the party anthem “Hot Hot Hot” in 1987.

The New York Dolls, American band whose raw brand of glam rock revitalized the New York City underground music scene in the 1970s, foreshadowing punk rock by half a decade. Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree....

The members were lead singer David Johansen (b. January 9, 1950, New York, New York, U.S.), lead guitarist Johnny Thunders (byname of John Genzale; b.

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Sylvain Sylvain Get exclusive access to content from our 1768 First Edition with your subscription. He also branched into acting, scoring a number of memorable film and television roles throughout the 1980s and ’90s.Johansen and Sylvain, with a collection of accomplished musicians filling in for their departed bandmates, entered the studio to produce

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By the following year the raucous punk group had become a cause célèbre in…

The New York Dolls created punk rock before there was a term for it.

Jerry Nolan

The New York Dolls (1973) predates punk rock by about a year, as the Ramones are considered the pioneers of the genre.

Rick Rivets One of the prototypes for punk rock, a group of New York City rockers whose crude musicianship and glam sensibilities influenced countless artists.

Drug and alcohol abuse by Thunders, Nolan and Kane as well as artistic differences added to the tensions among members.

Following the disappointing sales of All of the members of the New York Dolls played in New York bands before the band formed in late 1971.

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Building on the Rolling Stones ' dirty rock & roll, Mick Jagger 's androgyny, girl group pop, the Stooges ' anarchic noise, and the glam rock of David Bowie and T. Rex, the New York Dolls created a new form of hard rock that presaged both punk rock and heavy metal.

As Poindexter, he crooned pop classics and sipped dry martinis, and his lighthearted tribute to the big band sound anticipated the swing revival of the late 1990s by a full decade.

The band played the The band played at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas on March 21, 2009, and a show at London's 100 Club on May 14, 2009 supported by On March 1, 2011, it was announced the New York Dolls would be the opening act for a In a 2016 interview with Getintothis, Earl Slick confirmed the band was over. Chris Robison

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This article was most recently revised and updated by Along with the Velvet Underground and the Stooges, they were one of the first bands of the early punk rock scenes.