Guns N' Roses paid tribute to late New York Dolls singer David Johansen with the live debut of their tak on the Dolls' 'Human Being' in Abu Dhabi.

Without commenting on Johnasen, Axl Rose and company performed their take on the Dolls’ 1974 song “Human Being,” which appeared on the Johansen-led group’s Too Much Too Soon album.

Johansen’s encyclopaedic record collection came in handy when the Dolls’ second album needed more tracks. Four obscure covers included this tear-up through Sonny Boy Williamson’s 1955 single that ...

Johansen was a frequent guest on “Saturday Night Live,” and on Valentine’s Day in 1987 he performed his song “Heart of Gold,” from the 1981 album “Here Comes the Night.” ...

The band Johansen first signed on with and then shaped failed to get over for multiple reasons, not least of which was the kind of built-in disarray that can doom any public enterprise.

David Johansen, the chameleonic and charismatic vocalist who fronted the New York Dolls and found solo success under the moniker Buster Poindexter, died on Friday, his publicist confirmed to NPR.

And lead singer David Johansen, who died Friday, was the strutting voice at the front of the stage, in your face and in six-inch platform shoes. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "PERSONALITY CRISIS") ...

A quick look at David Johansen's career Born in 1950 on Staten Island, Johansen began performing with the Vagabond Missionaries in the late 1960s. In the 1970s, he became a part of the New York Dolls.

Martin Scorsese has paid tribute to David Johansen, who died on Feb. 28 at age 75. The filmmaker helmed the Johansen doc Personality Crisis: One Night Only, which featured interviews with the New ...

They’re too rock and roll for the hall of fame.” After the Dolls' brief run, Johansen forged ahead with the David Johansen Group, featuring Fred Giardinello from North Brunswick on guitar.

David Johansen, lead singer of the New York Dolls, dies at 75 By Ayesha Rascoe Published March 2, 2025 at 7:03 AM CST Listen • 1:48 ...