As the frontman of the New York Dolls, Johansen was instrumental in the genesis of punk in the nineteen-seventies. His solo ...

My wife, Carola Dibbell, reviewed it for The Village Voice, providing a firsthand historical account of how Johansen ...

"In the history books, it would always say, ‘They were trashy. They were flashy. They were drug addicts. They were drag ...

David Johansen, the groundbreaking punk musician and tastemaker who shook up fashion's then-rigid gender norms, died on ...

David Johansen, the former lead singer for the New York Dolls, whose unvarnished sound and flamboyant style helped inspire ...

New York Dolls frontman David Johansen portrayed the Ghost of Christmas Past in the 1988 Bill Murray Christmas classic ...

NEW YORK (AP) — David Johansen, the wiry, gravelly-voiced singer and last surviving member of the glam and protopunk band the ...

David Johansen has died. Although best known and celebrated for his work as lead singer of formative American punk band New ...

But his eternal-kid energy shone through on songs like this starry-eyed glam anthem. “Jumpin’ round the stage like teenage ...

In a statement shared with Vulture, Scorsese remembers the grit and “energy” of New York that came alongside Johansen’s work.

A master of many musical genres, he also recorded as Buster Poindexter and appeared as an actor in ‘Scrooged,’ ‘Let It Ride’ ...

David Johansen, who segued from being the New York Dolls frontman to his Buster Poindexter alter ego and back again, has died ...