Buffalo Boy's Blog

The New York Dolls are coming to Buffalo to play the Tralf in February. Its a show I wouldn't mind seeing despite there only being two original members in the group. The two originals in the band at the moment are David Johansen and Slyvain Slyvain. Johansen is the original lead singer and Slyvain Slyvain one of the original guitarists.

The Dolls influenced hundreds of bands but most notably The Sex Pistols, Aerosmith, Guns and Roses and The Smiths. I actually have an old Smiths sticker with Morrissey in a New York Dolls T-shirt that I got from the now closed Home of the Hits record store in Buffalo. The rest of the Doll's original lineup included guitarist Johnny Thunders who died in 1991, bass guitarist Arthur "Killer" Kane, and drummer Billy Murcia. Their first show in 1971 was actually at a homeless shelter, the famous Endicott Hotel.

 They went on to help make the legendary CBGB's club in New York the legend it is today. Morrissey acutally organized the groups reunion of the three surviving members back in 2004. This is the original lineup in a video for one of the classics from the group, Personality Crisis.