David Johansen, New York Dolls singer who also found fame as Buster Poindexter, dies at 75

David Johansen’s Debauched, Preening Brilliance

Amanda Petrusich remembers David Johansen, the front man of the New York Dolls, who was instrumental in the genesis of punk in the nineteen-seventies.

He never became a superstar like Bowie, Lou Reed, or Iggy. He's not a martyr, like Thunders or Marc Bolan. But he made rock something bigger and bolder and opened the door to punk. He died at the age of 75.

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Jersey musicians are mourning the passing of David Johansen, founder and frontman of the New York Dolls, who died Friday, Feb. 28.

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David Johansen, the flamboyant frontman of influential punk band New York Dolls, has died aged 75 after battling serious health issues

Eyeliner, lipstick, glam punk: What David Johansen did mostly came into fashion ten years later. Now the singer of the "New York Dolls" died at 75 years of age.

David Johansen, a singer with a piercing voice and the last living member of the glam and proto-punk band New York Dolls, who later performed as under the pseudonym Buster Poindexter, has died. He was 75 years old.