The New York Dolls - Live 1974
Article number: GCR 20090-2
Artist: The New York Dolls
Title: The New York Dolls - Live 1974
Label: gcr
Type: cd
Release date: 02.10.2014
When the Dolls emerged from the underground in New York in the early 1970s with their brilliant debut album, an eruption went through the pop and rock worlds of the metropolises NY, Paris and London. The band around David Johansen (vocals), Johnny Thunders (lead guitar), Sylvain Sylvain (rhythm guitar), Arthur 'Killer' Kane (bass) and Jerry Nolan (drums) borrowed their androgyny from Bowie, Jagger and Marc Bolan. In addition they played dirty Rock'n Roll, which came along as a bastard of Glam and anarchistic Noise Punk Terror of the Stooges. Their drug-fueled live shows would have a lasting impact on generations of follower bands like Hanoi Rocks, Guns'n'Roses, Mötley Crüe and Sex Pistols. The live recording from 1974, recorded for Radio Luxembourg and in Paris, reflects the status of the short-lived formation very well at the time. The show's track listing includes the classics 'Personality Crisis', 'Looking For A Kiss', 'Trash', 'Puss 'N' Boots', 'Jet Boy' and 'Give Her A Great Big Kiss'.