New York Dolls are a glam punk band from New York City. They were formed in 1971. They sometimes dressed in women's clothes. They made two albums: New York Dolls (1973) and Too Much Too Soon (1974). Two of their members, Johnny Thunders and Jerry Nolan started the punk band The Heartbreakers.
New York Dolls
After the resolution
Johnny Thunders and Jerry Nolan formed The Heartbreakers in 1975 and went solo after their breakup. Thunders died in 1991 as a result of his drug addiction. Nolan followed him a few months later. David Johansen performed under the pseudonym "Buster Poindexter" in the 1980s. In 1985, he was seen guest starring in an episode of the television series Miami Vice. Johansen also appeared in the feature films The Ghosts I Called, Tales from the Shadow World (1990) and Freejack - Hostage to the Future. Syl Sylvain also started a solo career.
Reunion 2004
At the instigation of British singer Morrissey, the New York Dolls reunited in 2004. Johansen, Sylvain and Kane - backed by drummer Gary Powell, guitarist Steve Conte and Brian Koonin on keyboards - performed two concerts at the Meltdown Festival in London, which were subsequently released on DVD. On 13 July 2004, Arthur Kane died of leukaemia.
On 28 July 2006, a new studio album by the New York Dolls, One Day It Will Please Us to Remember Even This, was released in Germany on Roadrunner Records. Of the original members, David Johansen and Sylvain Sylvain were still in the band, which performed regularly, including at the Lokerse Festival in Lokeren, Belgium in 2008. In the summer of 2018, guitarist Sylvain was diagnosed with cancer, leading to his death on January 13, 2021.