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

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David Johansen, pictured in 2004, was one of rock's great minor figures. He died Friday. (SARA KRULWICH/The New York Times) ...

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

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

Instead, it was the pro called Buster Poindexter whose Cafe Carlisle set was the linchpin of Martin Scorsese’s superb 2023 Johansen documentary ... vulgarian like David Jo even in his Poindexter ...

from the New York Dolls through Buster Poindexter to his own collaboration with Johansen, Personality Crisis: One Night Only. Here’s the statement in full: “With David Johansen, it started ...