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

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 ...

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

While the late great David Johansen will always be synonymous with The New York Dolls, he went on to arguably greater ...

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 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.

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 ...

David Johansen, who died in February at 75, talks about the history of the New York Dolls, drugs, and fashion in the Village, in this lost interview.