So say the New York Dolls, the original glam/punk/NY-hipster band. Back in the 70's, they were credited with launching the downtown scene that gave rise to the Ramones, Blondie, Television, the Talking Heads, and countless others, but never got the same exposure to later generations. Have any musicians ever had a more imbalanced written-about/actually-heard ratio?
Anyway, the remains of the band have reunited after 27 years (!), including lead singer David Johansen (although he'll always be Buster Poindexter to many of us). They've got a new album coming out in July called One Day It Will Please Us to Remember Even This.
The first single is a contribution to the ongoing intelligent design debate, the aptly named "Dance Like a Monkey." Regardless of your views, it is statistically likely that hearing it will in fact cause you to dance like a monkey... and play it again in the name of further research.
www.roadrunnerrecords.com/shared/downloads/NewYorkDolls/NewYorkDolls-DanceLikeAMonkey.mp3
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Around New York, the Dolls have always been beloved. But they were a hard luck band trying to mske it at a time when they couldn't possibly have succeeded. Slightly earlier "cult" bands, MC5, Stooges, VU, got the "protopunk" blessings of the critics. They introduced me to "Bad Detective," whadda song!
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