Taking the garage blues and androgynous sexuality of the Rolling Stones and
perverting it with the pulsating raw energy of Iggy and the Stooges and MC5, New
York Dolls became the prototype punk band. Full of cross-dressing flamboyance,
outsider rebellion and pulse-racing anarchic spirit, their place in rock'n'roll
history is well-established, despite only releasing two albums. Frontman David
Johansen, bassist Arthur Kane, guitarists Rick Rivets and Johnny Thunders, and
drummer Billy Murcia first started playing together in 1971, and they built a
loyal following in their hometown,...