The New York Dolls are a influential punk, glam rock band. The band formed in 1971 and played together for six years before breaking up due to internal conflict.
In 2006, the surviving members of the band released One Day It Will Please Us to Remember Even This, an album of all-new material with a new lineup.Official Site: Band Info In 2008, it was announced the band had teamed up with producer Todd Rundgren, producer of their 1973 debut, to record their fourth studio album. Cause I Sez So will be released on May 5, 2009 in the U.S..Billboard: New York Dolls Reunite With Todd Rundgren For New Album (March 18, 2009)
Sound
Emerging from the artsy NYC underground in the wake of the Velvet Underground, the New York Dolls played a kind of thrashy, R&B-based; hard-rock that was initially dismissed as an imitation of The Rolling Stones. Their music, however, incorporated many other influences, including the Girl Group sounds of the early 1960s, especially The Shangri-Las and The Ronettes.Official Site: Band Info
Look
It wasn't only the band's music that contained a strong female influence, they also wore women's clothing. They did not impersonate women but rather incorporated glamorous attire as feather boas and pumps with men's clothing. The look has been cited as the source of glam rock's obsession with androgyny, which reached mass appeal in the 1980s.Official Site: Band Info
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