David johansen 70s

David Johansen and David Bowie at Max’s Kansas City, New York City, 1974.

David Johansen (New York Dolls)

New York Dolls' David Johansen

The designer, out with a new book on his preferred rocker aesthetic, talks to Lisa Robinson about the Ramones and CBGB’s.

David Johansen

bowie/jagger

The New York Dolls are an American hard rock band formed in New York City in 1971. Along with the Velvet Underground and the Stooges, they were one of the first bands in the early punk rock scene. Although their original line-up fell apart quickly, the band's first two albums—New York Dolls (1973) and Too Much Too Soon (1974)—became among the most popular cult records in rock. According to the Encyclopedia of Popular Music (1995), the New York Dolls predated the punk and glam metal…