JERRY NOLAN 
New York Dolls were a more recent proto-punk band that was formed in 1971. Their first two albums, New York Dolls (1973) and Too Much Too Soon (1974) slid in just ahead of the punk rock movement proper. The classic line-up was David Johansen (vocals), Johnny Thunders (guitar), Arthur Kane (bass), Sylvain Sylvain (guitar and piano), and Jerry Nolan (drums). After New York Dolls broke up in 1977, David Johansen released the well regarded “Animals Medley” and later reinvented himself as Buster Poindexter. Johnny Thunders and Jerry Nolan left New York Dolls in the spring of 1975 and formed the punk rock band the Heartbreakers with future Voidoids frontman Richard Hell, (December 2016) |