New York Dolls news

A famous rock guitarist who has played with David Bowie, the New York Dolls and The Cure's Robert Smith was one of the people riding in a Ford Cobra that burst into flames while driving through Montclair Saturday afternoon.

Posted: Thursday, March 15, 2012 5:00 am | Updated: 3:29 pm, Wed Mar 14, 2012. - The Family of Rock is a site that shows the progression of many bands over time by creating a "family tree" graphic like this one showing how bands like the New York Dolls and the Ramones evolved.

US PUNK rockers the New York Dolls have pulled out of the Isle of Wight Festival. Festival organisers posted on Twitter this morning (Wednesday): "Due to unforeseen circumstances the New York Dolls have had to pull out of this year's festival. We hope they come back another year."

In between tours with the New York Dolls -- they re-formed in 2006 and released a softer album called "Dancing Backward in High Heels" last year -- David Johansen likes to do a couple of solo shows a week "just to be able to sing, which is what I do," he says.

In between tours with the New York Dolls -- they re-formed in 2006 and released a softer album called "Dancing Backward in High Heels" last year -- David Johansen likes to do a couple of solo shows a week "just to be able to sing, which is what I do," he says.

POST-punk indie rock band Violet Bones play at the Kasbah on February 27. The four-piece from Cambridge recently toured with Ash and New York Dolls, and have played sessions with BBC Introducing and visited BBC Master Class where new bands meet industry professional for advice and workshops.

POST-punk indie rock band Violet Bones play at the Kasbah on February 27. The four-piece from Cambridge recently toured with Ash and New York Dolls, and have played sessions with BBC Introducing and visited BBC Master Class where new bands meet industry professional for advice and workshops.

POST-punk indie rock band Violet Bones play at the Kasbah on February 27. The four-piece from Cambridge recently toured with Ash and New York Dolls, and have played sessions with BBC Introducing and visited BBC Master Class where new bands meet industry professional for advice and workshops.

This knowledgeable if mannered book explores the unoriginal notion that pop feeds off itself. Though Simon Reynolds declares, "Generally speaking, I avoid [band] reunions", he devotes six pages to the reunions of the Gang of Four and the New York Dolls. The latter was "one of the saddest spectacles I've ever witnessed", which must have been galling since the poor chap "walked the six blocks from ...

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