Sylvain Sylvain frequently performed with him, and his band covered many Dolls songs in concert his live albums Live It Up and The David Johansen Group Live document Johansen's reputation as an exceptional concert performer. His self-titled album peaked at number 91 in Australia in August 1978. His first two solo albums, David Johansen and In Style, featured several enduring originals. Johansen and Sylvain Sylvain, along with Peter Jordan, Chris Robison, and Tony Machine, continued playing as the New York Dolls until 1976, after which Johansen embarked on a solo career. In 1975, Johnny Thunders and Jerry Nolan left the band. The Dolls were sometimes well received critically, but did not succeed commercially. The bulk of the material was written by Johansen and guitarist Johnny Thunders. They released two albums, the eponymous New York Dolls (1973) and Too Much Too Soon (1974). The New York Dolls were in the Mercer’s scene, appearing on the bill at a New Year’s Eve 1972 gig with Ruby and the Rednecks. Johansen began his career in the late 1960s as the lead singer of the Vagabond Missionaries, a local Staten Island band and later in the early 1970s as the singer/songwriter in the proto-punk band the New York Dolls. Career Johansen (center) and the New York Dolls on TopPop television program, 1973. His mother was Irish American and his father was Norwegian American. Johansen was born in the New York City borough of Staten Island to a librarian mother, Helen, and an insurance sales representative father, who had previously sung opera. He is also known for his work under the pseudonym Buster Poindexter, and for playing the Ghost of Christmas Past in Scrooged. He is best known as a member of the seminal proto-punk band the New York Dolls. David Roger Johansen (sometimes spelled David Jo Hansen born January 9, 1950) is an American singer, songwriter and actor.
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