
Farewell, David Johansen, the Ultimate New York Doll: He Was Good-Bad But Not Evil
Saying goodbye to New York Dolls frontman David Johansen, whose glam-punk swagger changed rock forever

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Saying goodbye to New York Dolls frontman David Johansen, whose glam-punk swagger changed rock forever

David Johansen thanked fans for their fundraising support following news of the New York Dolls singer’s battle with stage 4 cancer.

New episode of Rolling Stone Music Now goes inside the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s growing pains, as they struggle to catch up with hip-hop — and Eighties and Nineties rock, too

For the first time, the annual event will take at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, home of the Cleveland Cavaliers

Kate Bush, Devo, the Go-Go’s, Carole King, New York Dolls, and Rage Against the Machine among 16 possible nominees

Virtual show for late New York Dolls guitarist will air on Valentine’s Day

‘Sylvain Sylvain’ is a rock & roll statement about what matters, and it comes from the soul of a master

The death of Dolls guitarist Sylvain Sylvain means that this 2011 run of shows was their last

“The New York Dolls would have been a crappy band without him,” says the singer about his longtime bandmate

“His role in the band was as lynchpin, keeping the revolving satellites of his bandmates in precision,” Lenny Kaye writes of pioneering musician who had been battling cancer