He was the frontman of the New York Dolls, an adventurous solo performer and the lounge act Buster Poindexter. Listen to highlights from his eclectic catalog.

As the front man of the New York Dolls, Johansen was instrumental in the genesis of punk in the nineteen-seventies. His solo ...

Goodbye to David Johansen, the last jet boy standing from the New York Dolls. It wasn’t just his madman energy that helped invent punk rock — it was his warmth and soul. He got a loving send-off in ...

Leah Hennessey, the daughter of the former New York Dolls frontman David ... album reached its highest position in Australia at number 91. To highlight his writing, he released Here Comes the ...

But like the always-wearing-shades outlaw in that song, David Johansen was good-bad, not evil. The Dolls got their start playing every Tuesday night at ... 1973 debut album had one of the era ...

David Johansen, the wiry, gravelly-voiced singer and last surviving member of the glam and protopunk band the New York Dolls, ...

In their original incarnation, the Dolls only lasted a few years, and Johansen went on to have a ... our interview were included in my book, but here’s the bulk of our conversation.