Not because Johansen — who died Feb. 28 at the age of 75 — was one of those folksingers associated with the neighborhood, but because his first major band, the New York Dolls, made its name ...
David Johansen, frontman with proto-punk band the New York Dolls, has died at the age of 75. His death was confirmed on Saturday, March 1 by a spokesperson in a statement to Rolling Stone: “David ...