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

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

In the 1970s, he and the transgressive Dolls were proto-punk pioneers. He later refashioned himself as the pompadoured lounge ...

The 1970s band the New York Dolls was hugely influential, despite making only two studio albums. Today we remember Johansen, aka Buster Poindexter, who died Feb. 28. Originally broadcast in 2004.

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

David Johansen, the wiry, gravelly-voiced singer and last surviving member of the glam and protopunk band the New York Dolls, ...

David Johansen, the lead singer and last surviving original member of the band New York Dolls, has died at 75.

Johansen also had a successful solo career as lounge singer Buster Poindexter David Johansen, the lead singer of New York ...

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

David Johansen, a genre-shifting musical nomad who roared to fame in thrift-store drag as leader of the proto-punk New York Dolls and later donned a tuxedo and took the name Buster Poindexter with ...

David Johansen, a punk legend and the last ... That led to his 1984 debut of musical persona Buster Poindexter, a lounge singer with a backing band that included horns. The first album yielded ...

Johansen's death ends a unique career as a quintessential New York City artist, with turns that also included a recent stint ...