In 1972, when rock & roll was all but dead in Manhattan, five cross-dressing glam punks from the boroughs convened and began hammering out crude, sub-Chuck Berry rock for the downtown in-crowd. It took another year before a record...more.
I first saw the NY Dolls on a Tuesday night in the Oscar Wilde room of the Mercer Art Center. NY Daily News columist Lillian Roxon ran their photo, and called for a boycott of the Rolling Stones playing MSG. The...more.
It doesn't get much better than this. For a band that only released two studio albums, they sure packed a punch. This record is nearly perfect from start to finish. Some songs are a tad bit better than others, but...more.
Don't think of buying this instead of the two (2) studio albums. Buy this as companion. This is what the Dolls sounded like when you saw them in a cramped, sweaty club in 1973. Young, hungry, urgent, sassy, and confident...more.
This is a great representation of what the Dolls where all about. The tracks are live in the studio and appropriately loose, feeling as if they might just implode at any minute. If your a Dolls fan, this is a must...more.
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