Artist: New York Dolls

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This week, we delve back into the mid-70s to take a closer look at the best albums of first wave punk. We almost always refer to 1977 as 'the year punk broke'. Most...

New York Dolls, "Trash" (demo)

• New York Dolls - Trash

New York Dolls, "Who are the Mystery Girls?" (demo)

• New York Dolls - Who Are The Mystery Girls?

If you're a musician, nothing tops kicking it with your friends and spending hours creating music together into the wee hours of the morning. Jason Hill, frontman of the rock band Louis XIV, wanted a place where he could pursue this pastime with his pals. So, in the spring of 2009, ...

Local rock 'n' roll trio Lantern headline Johnny Brenda's tonight.  Self-described as "proto-biker-punk-blues," the one thing that will strike any listener upon diving into 20122s Dream Mine EP (Bathetic) for the first time is the sheer amount of blown-out fuzz and noise that distorts the classically punk vocals of front-man Zachary Devereux Fairbrother.  Citing influences ... Continue reading �

Filed under: News , Exclusive , Music Appreciation Getty | Getty There are a number of ways musicians can also become great showmen. People like Madonna use costume changes, elaborate stages and a legion of dancers, a band like Gwar sprays fake blood and goo across the audience while fighting animatronic monster things, and Bruce Springsteen does it by playing actual songs [...]

whitneymcn : Four years ago today I posted this chart showing the word frequency distribution of the New York Dolls song Trash . Here it is again.

In the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, our thoughts go out to all of those who were affected by its massive and destructive path, from the Caribbean to Canada. We encourage anybody that currently has the means to assist in relief efforts in whatever way you can. This will be a long ...

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Jerry Nolan is perhaps best known as being the drummer in The New York Dolls and Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers, he however has been involved in numerous groups and in 1982 he released a one off single. The single was titled Take A Chance With Me , but the song dates back to the mid 70s. After leaving the New York Dolls due to a number of factors, one being the bands lack of direction Jerry Nolan along with Johnny Thunders left the New York Dolls to form a new group, Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers. [...]

From the first note, Foxygen 's latest EP Take The Kids Off Broadway  is an unabashed tribute to the ghosts of musicians past. On their first release for Jagjaguwar since being signed in May, the New York/Washington-based duo call up musical history as though by magic, stirring a bewitching mixture of glam and rock and roll, while adding a surprising modern twist. Each track on the 7 song EP whirls through a musical kaleidoscope, not content to stick to a simple pop song narrative.  The opener "Abandon My Toys" [...]

Want to know the coolest thing about being the Editor in Chief of Rocker Magazine?  It's the people you get to meet along the way. Exhibit A: Marty Thau, founder of the seminal Red Star Label, record industry insider, and manager of notorious glam-punk pioneers The New York Dolls. How pleased were we when Thau offered to share his first person account of his time as the manager of one of the most important bands in musical history?  Words fail us of course.  Thankfully, they didn't [...]

Want to know the coolest thing about being the Editor in Chief of Rocker Magazine?  It's the people you get to meet along the way. Exhibit A: Marty Thau, founder of the seminal Red Star Label, record industry insider, and manager of notorious glam-punk pioneers The New York Dolls. How pleased were we when Thau offered to share his first person account of his time as the manager of one of the most important bands in musical history?  Words fail us of course.  Thankfully, they didn't fail him. ___ Rocker: [...]

Gary Powell fue el baterista de The Libertines desde 2001, gracias a que Banny Poostchi, el entonces manager del grupo, le presentó a Pete Doherty y Carl Barât. Cuando la banda se desintegró siguió a Carl Barât para formar Dirty Pretty Things , y después se unió a la gira-reunión que tuvieron los New York Dolls en 2004. Gary sigue trabajando en proyectos alternos colaborando con gente como JME y Skepta , y compone música para los shows de diseñadores de moda como Todd Lynn y Roland Mouret en [...]

Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 2012 has been a really good year for rock n' roll so far, and The Men aim to keep that spirit up! Their third LP, Open Your Heart (out now on Sacred Bones Records ) is filled with pummeling rock that begs to be classified.  Is it punk? Hardcore? Maybe post-punk? Truth is, there's no way you can really label everything they've done here, crafting an album that fits into all the [...]

• The Men - Open Your Heart

NEW YORK DOLLS NEW YORK DOLLS (EUA) Edição original: Mercury Produtor(es): Todd Rundgren discogs allmusic wikipedia Quaisquer meia dúzia de palavras que se escrevam sobre a origem do punk terão que meter os New York Dolls ao barulho. Havia ali algo, logo neste disco de estreia, que lembrava os primeiros discos dos Rolling Stones, o glam de Marc Bolan (na música e no visual claramente andrógino

Zoe Muth and the Lost High Rollers – Starlight HotelDownload “If I Can’t Trust You With a Quarter (How Can I Trust You with My Heart?)” My Morning Jacket – CircuitalDownload “Circuital” New York Dolls – Dancing Backward in High...

" The legendary and infamous New York Dolls at their best! Amazing rare live clips and interviews filmed by Bob Gruen and Nadya Beck in the heady days of the band's ascension in the 70s. Footage from early shows in NYC all the way to the TV studios, clubs and swimming pools of Los Angeles. Black and white film was never so colorful! Includes ripping versions of "Personality Crisis," "Who Are the Mystery Girls?" "Babylon" and more. See the incredible early days of the band that influenced generations of punks and rockers. " -- Press Release I'm the [...]