David Johansen

Glam Punk Remembrance Rock 

David Johansen: The Last Doll

March 2, 2025March 2, 2025 Kara Tucker 0 Comments Buster Poindexter, David Johansen, New York Dolls, RIP, Staten Island, The David Johansen Group

Honoring the man sometimes known as Buster Poindexter

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Glam Punk Remembrance Rock 

Happiness, Fishnets and Cigarettes: David Johansen (1950-2025)

March 2, 2025March 2, 2025 Dan Weiss 1 Comment Buster Poindexter, David Johansen, New York Dolls, The David Johansen Fund, The David Johansen Group, the New York Dolls

Reflecting on the life of NYC’s ‘trashcan intellectual’

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Rock 

David Johansen Reveals He Has Cancer

February 10, 2025February 10, 2025 Ron Hart 0 Comments David Johansen, David Johansen and the Harry Smiths, David Johansen Group, New York Dolls, Scrooged, Sweet Relief, The David Johansen Fund

Sweet Relief fund created for his recovery

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Glam Rock 

(They) Were the Mystery Girls: New York Dolls’ Too Much Too Soon at 50

May 15, 2024May 15, 2024 Dan Weiss 1 Comment 1974, 50th anniversary, Arthur Kane, Bo Diddley, David Johansen, Jerry Nolan, Johnny Thunders, New York City, New York Dolls, Sylvain Mizrahi, Sylvain Sylvain, The Coasters, The Rolling Stones, The Stooges, The Velvet Underground

Looking back on the band’s super fun second album

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Music Journalism Records 

The Return of the White Label Promo Preservation Society

October 6, 2023 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 1 Comment 2023, Bud Scoppa, Dana Gillespie, Dave DiMartino, David Johansen, Detroit with Mitch Ryder, Dusty Springfield, Fishbone, HoZac Books, Ira Robbins, Jeff Tamarkin, Johnny Mathis, Michael "Cub" Koda, Mitchell Cohen, Mott the Hoople, Music Journalism, Records, Sal Maida, Susan Whithall, The Dead Boys, The James Gang, White Label Promo Preservation Society, White Label Promo Preservation Society Vol. 2

Inside the second volume of the book series that looks beyond the Billboard charts

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Glam Punk Rock 

Private World: New York Dolls at 50

July 27, 2023July 27, 2023 Kara Tucker 1 Comment 50th anniversary, Arthur Kane, David Johansen, Jerry Nolan, Johnny Thunders, Looking For A Kiss, New York Dolls, Personality Crisis, Sylvain Sylvain

Looking back on one of rock’s greatest debuts

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Films Glam New Wave Punk Rock 

The New David Johansen Doc: A Mixed Bag?

April 19, 2023April 19, 2023 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Buster Poindexter, Carlyle, COVID-19, David Johansen, Johnny Thunders, Leah Hennessey, Martin Scorsese, Personality Crisis: One Night Only, Showtime, the New York Dolls

Where Martin Scorsese’s anticipated film about the New York Doll goes right…and wrong

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Folk North Americana Rock Soul 

The Secret Stash of Earl McGrath

August 7, 2022August 7, 2022 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments Andy Warhol, Annie Leibovitz, David Johansen, Earl McGrath, Hall and Oates, James Taylor, Jim Carroll, Joan Didion, Joe Hagan, Joni Mitchell, Mick Jagger, Pat Thomas, Rolling Stones

Diving into the treasured closet of a music biz bon vivant

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Music Journalism 

Famous Quotes Vol. 26: December 2021

December 21, 2021December 22, 2021 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments “How Do You Expect to Be Taken Seriously?”, Christina Amphlett, David Byrne, David Johansen, Divinyls, Famous Quotes, Jim Sullivan, Lenny Kaye, Neil Tennant, New York Dolls, Patti Smith Group, Pet Shop Boys, Talking Heads

Veteran rock critic Jim Sullivan looks back on a career of epic interviews in the latest installment of his inquisitive column

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adblock Dance Rock Electronic Post-Punk 

WATCH: 8 Men Out

January 29, 2021January 29, 2021 Ron Hart 0 Comments 8 Men, David Johansen, Hennessey, Jesse Malin, Leah Hennessey, New York Dolls, Velvet Elk Records

Second generation rocker Leah Hennessey calls out the 1% of the 1% in searing new video

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Glam Pop Punk Remembrance Rock 

(Sleep) Baby Doll: Remembering Sylvain Sylvain

January 20, 2021January 20, 2021 James Porter 0 Comments Arthur Kane, David Johansen, Johnny Thunders, New York Dolls, RIP, Sylvain Mizrahi, Sylvain Sylvain

The beloved New York Dolls guitarist lost his battle with cancer on January 13

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Music Journalism 

Famous Quotes Vol. 8: June 2020

June 8, 2020June 8, 2020 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Aerosmith, Alice Cooper, Bikini Kill, CHEAP TRICK, David Johansen, Famous Quotes, Gene Simmons, Geri Halliwell, Ginger Spice, Jack Douglas, Jesus Mezquia, Joan Jett, John Lennon, Kathleen Hanna, Kiss, Lou Reed, Mia Zapata, New York Dolls, Patti Smith, The Gits, The Spice Girls

Jim Sullivan looks back on a career of epic interviews in the latest installment of his inquisitive column

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