David Johansen, the glam rock singer and proto-punk icon, led the New York Dolls and forever changed rock music.

Emerging from Manchester in the wake of the city’s punk rock boom, The Smiths were founded on the songwriting partnership of ...

“I discovered later that ‘Steve’ was outlawed by Morrissey because it ‘reminded ... and the group began the search for a new lead singer. Unsuccessfully looking to New York Dolls’ Sylvain Sylvain, ...

New York Dolls frontman David Johansen has died aged ... In 2004, with the help of The Smiths’ lead singer Morrissey, who had been the head of the Dolls’ UK fan club and regularly described ...

Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today we revisit downtown New York in the early 1970s and the ...

Jerry has been drowning his sorrows with fellow New York Dolls alumnus Sylvain Sylvain, and both, in immediate need of relief, head for a nearby convenience. With nature’s call duly answered ...

Hundreds of people packed into a Barcelona church to mourn a Spanish family of five who died earlier this month in a sightseeing helicopter crash in New York City Officials found high levels of ...

New York State is investigating some of America’s biggest cannabis brands over a tactic that has become pervasive in the absence of strong oversight. By Ashley Southall New York State regulators ...

In their loft at 266 Bowery, lived in by Debbie Harry and Chris Stein, along with a lodging Gary Lachman, they’d developed their idiosyncratic sound in intensive rehearsals that threw together the ...