The Tao of David Johansen
Unlike the other New York Dolls — the band he didn’t quite invent but came to personify after he was recruited when geeky bassist Arthur Kane and doomed drummer Billy Murcia knocked on his door in 1971 and asked if he’d join — David Johansen grew up solidly middle class on Staten Island, where his opera-loving dad was in insurance and his mom worked as a librarian. But he wouldn’t have skipped college to relocate to the East Village if he didn’t have artier plans. When I first saw...
- 3/3/2025
- by Robert Christgau
- Rollingstone.com
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