New York Dolls

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New York Dolls
New York Dolls (2006) .jpg
General information
Genre (s) Glamrock , protopunk
founding 1971, 2004
resolution 1977
Website http://www.nydolls.org/
Founding members
David Johansen
Rick Rivets (until 1972)
Electric guitar
 Johnny Thunders † 1991
(1971–1975)
Arthur "Killer" Kane † 2004
(1971-2004)
Billy Murcia † 1972
Current occupation
Vocals, harmonica
 David Johansen
guitar
 Sylvain Sylvain (since 1972)
guitarist
 Steve Conte
Brian Koonin
bass
 Sami Yaffa (since 2006)
Drums
 Brian Delaney (since 2006)
former members
Drums
 Jerry Nolan † 1991 (1973–1975)
Drums
 Gary Powell (2004)
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
New York Dolls
  US 116 09/01/1973 (12 weeks)
In Too Much Too Soon
  US 167 06/01/1974 (5 weeks)
One Day It Will Please Us to Remember Even This
  US 129 08/12/2006 (1 week)
'Cause I Sez So
  US 159 05/23/2009 (1 week)

The New York Dolls (. English New York Dolls ) is a glam rock - band of the early 1970s and forerunner of the later punk movement . Influenced by the Detroit bands MC5 and The Stooges , the "Dolls" shaped an entire era of musicians and bands such as the Hanoi Rocks , The Damned , The Boys and the Sex Pistols , whose manager Malcolm McLaren had worked with the Dolls for some time.

history

The New York Dolls were founded in 1971. The front man was David Johansen , who is similar to Mick Jagger from The Rolling Stones , guitarist Johnny Thunders had Keith Richards as a role model. Arthur "Killer" Kane was a bass player. Founding member and further guitarist was Rick Rivets , who left the band in 1972 and was replaced by Sylvain Sylvain . Drummer Billy Murcia died of a heroin overdose while touring England in November 1972. When recording the first album, Jerry Nolan was already on the drums.

The band performed mainly in the Mercer Arts Center , a club in the building of New York's Broadway Central Hotel, or in Max's Kansas City , where they gave energetic shows in travesty-like costume with dresses, high-heeled shoes and tights. Singer Johansen often appeared disguised as Greta Garbo or hung herself with thick necklaces. The band also played short songs with hard rock riffs.

The New York Dolls released two studio albums on Mercury Records : 1973 the LP New York Dolls and 1974 Too Much Too Soon . Despite a European tour, a television appearance on The Old Gray Whistle Test and a general positive response from music journalists, the albums only reached the bottom of the charts, while the band received unrestricted attention live. The new manager of the band was Malcolm McLaren, but the commercial success remained. Additionally, Nolan's and Thunders' drug excesses damaged the group's cohesion, which led to both of them leaving the band in 1975. Johansen and Sylvain continued to perform as New York Dolls with changing musicians until they went their separate ways in 1977.

After the dissolution

Johnny Thunders and Jerry Nolan founded The Heartbreakers in 1975 and worked as soloists after their dissolution. Thunders died in 1991 as a result of his drug addiction. Nolan followed him a few months later. David Johansen appeared in the 1980s under the pseudonym "Buster Poindexter". In 1985 he was seen as a guest actor in an episode of the television series Miami Vice . Johansen also worked in the movies The Ghosts I Called , Tales from the Shadow World (1990) and Freejack - Hostage of the Future . Syl Sylvain also started a solo career.

Reunion 2004

At the instigation of the British singer Morrissey , the New York Dolls reunited in 2004. Johansen, Sylvain and Kane - supported by drummer Gary Powell, guitarist Steve Conte and Brian Koonin on keyboards - gave two concerts at the Meltdown Festival in London, which were subsequently released on DVD. Arthur Kane died of leukemia on July 13, 2004.

On July 28, 2006, the New York Dolls released a new studio album, One Day It Will Please Us to Remember Even This , on Roadrunner Records in Germany. Of the original members, David Johansen and Sylvain Sylvain are still in the band. The band regularly gives concerts, most recently at the Lokerse Festival in Lokeren (Belgium) in 2008.

Discography

Studio albums

  • 1973: New York Dolls
  • 1974: Too Much Too Soon
  • 2006: One Day It Will Please Us to Remember Even This
  • 2009: 'Cause I Sez So
  • 2011: Dancing Backwards in High Heels
  • 2014: All Dolled Up (Interview LP + DVD with 18 video clips)

Demo albums

  • 1981: Lipstick Killers: The Mercer Street Sessions 1972
  • 1993: New York Tapes 72-73
  • 2000: Actress: Birth of the New York Dolls (as Actress)
  • 2000: Endless Party
  • 2006: Private World: The Complete Early Studio Demos 1972–73 (2 CDs)

Live albums

  • 1984: Red Patent Leather
  • 1992: Seven Day Weekend
  • 1993: Paris le trash
  • 1998: I'm a Human Being (Live)
  • 1998: Live in Concert, Paris 1974 ( reissue of Paris le trash )
  • 1999: The Glamorous Life - Live
  • 2002: From Paris with Love (LUV)
  • 2004: Morrissey Presents: The Return of the New York Dolls. Live at the Royal Festival Hall
  • 2006: From Here to Eternity: The Live Bootleg Box Set (box with 3 CDs)
  • 2008: Live at Fillmore East
  • 2011: Live from the Bowery 2011
  • 2014: Live 1974
  • 2015: Butterflyin '

Compilations

  • 1985: After the Storm ( split album , with The Original Pistols , 4 tracks each)
  • 1985: Night of the Living Dolls
  • 1991: The Glam Rock Hits
  • 1994: Rock 'n Roll
  • 2000: A Hard Night's Day
  • 2002: Great Big Kiss (2 CDs)
  • 2003: Manhattan Mayhem (2 CDs)
  • 2003: The Best of New York Dolls
  • 2003: Looking for a Kiss
  • 2012: Personality Crisis: A Pink Patent Plastic Portrait of the Dolls (2 LPs)

Singles

  • 1973: Trash (release: August)
  • 1973: Personality Crisis (release: August)
  • 1973: Jet Boy (release: November)
  • 1974: Puss 'n' Boots
  • 1974: Stranded in the Jungle (release: April)
  • 1978: Bad Girl (release: August)
  • 1984: Pills (release: August)
  • 1990: The Early Years Live
  • 1986: Personality Crisis / Subway Train (demo versions)
  • 1986: Looking for a Kiss / Bad Girl (demo versions)
  • 1998: Lonely Planet Boy
  • 2006: Dance Like a Monkey
  • 2009: Trash / Trash (Live 2009) (Release: October)
  • 2011: Fool for You Baby (Dom Dom Dippy) (Release: April)
  • 2016: 1973 Mercury Demos (including Personality Crisis and Trsh )

literature

  • Legs McNeil, Gillian McCain: Please Kill Me - the uncensored story of punk . German-language edition, Koch International GmbH / Hannibal, 2004. ISBN 978-3-85445-237-9 . Standard work on the history of the development of punk from 1967–1992. With numerous interviews from almost all band members on the group's career.

Web links

Commons : New York Dolls  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chart data: Billboard 200
  2. ↑ Events New York Dolls  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / radio.aol.de