Another New York Doll passes away

[Hogan11]

Sad day for Rock Historians and fans....I didn't know that David JoHanson had reorganized the band (and he shouldn't have without Johnny Thunders..because it would be kinda like the Stones going on without Keith Richards)....no matter. Probably nobody here ever heard them, but if you like Stonesish stuff, I'd recommend them...IMO, they were a great and seminal band.....RIP Arthur.

New York Dolls Bassist Dead at 55

Thu Jul 15, 4:07 AM ET Add Entertainment - Reuters to My Yahoo!


By Jonathan Cohen

NEW YORK (Billboard) - New York Dolls bassist Arthur Kane died Tuesday night in Los Angeles due to complications from leukemia, the pioneering '70s glam rock group's manager told Billboard.com. Kane was 55.



The reunited Dolls were fresh off a well-received appearance at Morrissey's Meltdown Festival in London last month and had also opened some of Morrissey's concerts in May in New York. It is unclear if the David Johansen-led group will still perform next month at Little Steven's International Underground Garage Festival in New York.


The Dolls are scheduled to release an album for Morrissey's Attack imprint in September, but no details have been revealed. Johansen is understood to be in Paris and is preparing a statement on the group's future.


Kane is the fourth member of the Dolls to pass away, including guitarist Johnny Thunders (news), who died of a drug overdose in 1991.

[BroncoInferno]

I've got the one self-titled albumn with "Personality Crisis." Very important band. As far as I know, they only had the one record. Are you aware of any other material?

[Hogan11]

Originally Posted by BroncoInferno

I've got the one self-titled albumn with "Personality Crisis." Very important band. As far as I know, they only had the one record. Are you aware of any other material?

Oh yeah...you need Too Much Too Soon..it's their second release (they only did two albums proper) and a cleaner sounding record (produced by Shadow Morton of Vanilla Fudge fame). It contains some really great and some really goofy material and I'd recommend it over the first self-titled one slightly.

You don't wanna miss my fave Dolls track of all time "Who Are The Mystery Girls?" , "Chatterbox", "Babylon" , the great cover of "Don't You Start Me Talkin'" and the goofy but fun covers of "Bad Detective' and the semi-semi-hit "Stranded In The Jungle". I loved Johnny Thunders guitar playing and sound and believe me, he just burns on that record....If you dig Thunders, check out his solo release So Alone...it's a jumbled junkie mess but has great playing on it and several guest appearances that shouldn't be missed....it's best known for "You Can't Put Your Arms Around A Memory" which was later absolutely butchered by Guns & Roses.

Hope this helps.

[BroncoInferno]

Originally Posted by Hogan11

Oh yeah...you need Too Much Too Soon..it's their second release (they only did two albums proper) and a cleaner sounding record (produced by Shadow Morton of Vanilla Fudge fame). It contains some really great and some really goofy material and I'd recommend it over the first self-titled one slightly.

You don't wanna miss my fave Dolls track of all time "Who Are The Mystery Girls?" , "Chatterbox", "Babylon" , the great cover of "Don't You Start Me Talkin'" and the goofy but fun covers of "Bad Detective' and the semi-semi-hit "Stranded In The Jungle". I loved Johnny Thunders guitar playing and sound and believe me, he just burns on that record....If you dig Thunders, check out his solo release So Alone...it's a jumbled junkie mess but has great playing on it and several guest appearances that shouldn't be missed....it's best known for "You Can't Put Your Arms Around A Memory" which was later absolutely butchered by Guns & Roses.

Hope this helps.

Thanks for the info, Hogan. I'll keep a look out for it. REP for you!