New York Dolls

Book Collects Bob Gruen's New York Dolls Pictures

Aversion Music (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008

A legendary rock photographer's making a collection of pictures from a legendary rock act available in print.

A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief

RedStateBlues (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008

Some months ago, I wrote a post about the movie "The New York Dolls" and the fascinating and unexpectedly touching story of Arthur Kane. You can read it here: http://slcblues.blogspot.com/2008/02/poor-wayfaring-man-of-grief-david.html . At the time I searched the internet for a link to the video of David Johnsen singing "A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief" in memory of his friend, Arthur "Killer" Kane....

Taylor Hollingsworth releasing Bad Little Kitty on July 29th!

Afrigator (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008

Taylor Hollingsworth and his father, Wesley, would trek all over the South in a beat-up VW van, with the riffs of Tom Petty and Jerry Lee Lewis scratching out of cheap speakers as they hunted hang-gliding hotspots. “I think I got the bug for traveling from him,” says Hollingsworth, who’s prone to hitting the road on a moment’s notice. After having played as a lead guitarist in multiple US and European...

THAT AIN’T ROCK AND ROLL TO ME

The Eddie Kranepool Society (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008

From all reports last night’s Billy Joel concert was the event of a lifetime. I guess if you’re a Joel fan it was but as an angry young teen when Billy Joel was playing Piano Man, I was into the Sex Pistols and “Anarchy in the U.K.” and hanging out at Max’s Kansas City, CBGB [...]

1952 - New York Dolls guitarist Johnny Thunders is bor...

VH1 (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008

In the Zone with Paul Zone

The WOW Report (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008

For most of the mid 1970s, it...

2004 - Arthur "Killer" Kane of the New York Dolls dies...

VH1 (Free subscription) | 07/13/2008

2005 - Rapper Stat Quo and Eminem's DJ Alchemist are i...

VH1 (Free subscription) | 07/13/2008

Evanescence's Amy Lee reveals that bassist William Boyd is the latest musician to leave her multi-platinum band, telling their Web site. "He just can't go through with another huge tour right now." With her.2005R. Kelly tops the U.S. album charts with his latest soulphonic symphony TP.3 Reloaded. The second highest new entry is Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliot's The Cookbook.2005Rapper Stat Quo and Eminem's...

Lounge On The Farm This Weekend

Rock on the Streets (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008

The third annual Lounge On The Farm festival is quickly approaching. The three-day festival is set to take place this weekend (July 11-13) at Merton Farm in Canterbury, England. The event will see performances by Art Brut , Los Campesinos! , Black Kids , Holy Fuck , Lightspeed Champion , New York Dolls , Mystery Jets , the Coral , and many more. Lightspeed Champion

Preview: Lounge on the Farm, Merton Farm, Canterbury

The Independent (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008

The US glam-punk veterans the New York Dolls will be playing a spectrum of old classics – including "Trash", "Personality Crisis" and "Jet Boy" – and new songs from their recent, well-received album, One Day It Will Please Us to Remember Even This, at the third Lounge on the Farm festival in Kent this weekend. Other acts performing at the festival include The Coral, Mystery Jets, The Bees, Johnny...

Bloc Party: Mercury (Audio, Video)

prefixmag.com (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008

It turns out that Bloc Party radio appearance that was somewhat overhyped this morning was in regards to the release ...

New York Dolls, Garage, Glasgow

The Independent (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008

"These guys", informs New York Dolls singer David Johansen, with a sweep of the hand towards his band, "were drinking in a bar at Dublin Airport this morning. At 9am." His chuckle deepens as guitarist Sylvain Sylvain stammers something about Irish coffee in futile mitigation. "You're a disgrace," rejoins Johansen. Good. Disgrace is what we're here for, after all.

New York Dolls @ Academy 2

Manchester Online (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008

IF quite a few reformed seventies punk-edged rock veterans have been passing through our city more than usual recently, with the Sex Pistols and The Police filling out the enormous M.E.N Arena, one of the groups credited with sparking their music revolution, New York Dolls, are tonight booked, perhaps fittingly given their unfair footnote status, into the far more modest surroundings of the low-key...

USA Bicentennial Ushers in Punk Rock Era

Punk Turns 30 (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008

In 1974, proto-punk rockers, The New York Dolls were, according to frontman David Johansen, "briefly under the management of an English haberdasher." That haberdasher would be one Malcolm McLaren, who took back to London the Dolls and other New York underground band's style and attitude, and translated it into clothing for the shop he and fashion design business partner, Vivienne Westwood owned in...

The 80's hit Israel

:anglosaxy: (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008

This month sees the start of the concert season in Israel, with a seemingly endless list of performers coming over. OK, no real super superstars (though some of them definitely were in their heyday), but plenty of talent. Tomorrow (Thursday) sees Blondie and the Stranglers do a double-header to which I have tickets. Air Supply are here on Friday but I think I'll keep my opinions on Air Supply to myself...