When you’re an artist, the main thing you want to do is inspire people, so if you succeed in doing that, it’s pretty ...

David Johansen, who segued from being the New York Dolls frontman to his Buster Poindexter alter ego and back again, has died ...

In a largely unpublished conversation, the singer and rock showman who died last week recalls the early days of the band that ...

The New York Dolls didn’t crack the Top 100, but they changed the world, and critic Robert Christgau was on the scene to see ...

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

Johansen, a pioneer in punk music who found solo success under the moniker Buster Poindexter, died on Friday. His family ...

David Johansen, who made history as the frontman of the New York Dolls and as Buster Poindexter, has died at 75.

The 1970s band the New York Dolls was hugely influential, despite making only two studio albums. Today we remember Johansen, aka Buster Poindexter, who died Feb. 28. Originally broadcast in 2004.

David Johansen, the chameleonic and charismatic vocalist who fronted the New York Dolls and found solo success under the moniker Buster Poindexter, died on Friday, his publicist confirmed to NPR.

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

Buster Poindexter is seen at the Grammy Awards in New York's Radio City Music Hall, March 2, 1988. AP Photo, File "When you're an artist, the main thing you want to do is inspire people ...