[Music] David Johansen RIP

[Herr Tubthumper]

David Johansen, New York Dolls Frontman and Punk Pioneer, Dead at 75

David Johansen, frontman for the New York Dolls and the last surviving original member of that pioneering punk band, has died at the age of 75.

www.rollingstone.com

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

A legend. Seen him perform a number of times. RIP.

 

[happypig]

RIP. His solo stuff was equally as good as the early NYD. Even the Buster Poindexter albums were good fun.

 

[Peteinblack]

I vividly remember seeing them perform Jet Boy on the Old Grey Whistle Test, and buying it the next day with my paper-round money.

My enjoyment of their performance was sadly matched by the homophobic abuse my old man hurled at the TV screen throughout.

 

[Eric Potts]

I vividly remember seeing them perform Jet Boy on the Old Grey Whistle Test, and buying it the next day with my paper-round money.

My enjoyment of their performance was sadly matched by the homophobic abuse my old man hurled at the TV screen throughout.

And whispering Bob sneeringly referred to it as "mock rock"

 

[Peteinblack]

And whispering Bob sneeringly referred to it as "mock rock"

Oh yes; I'd forgotten that!

 

[Superphil]

Mock Rock? No chance Bob, they were a sensation, you were already past it.

 

[marlowe]

And whispering Bob sneeringly referred to it as "mock rock"

He wasn't too complimentary about Roxy Music either when they first appeared on the OGWT.

 

[Superphil]

He wasn't too complimentary about Roxy Music either when they first appeared on the OGWT.

Bob Harris has been a dinosaur pretty much all of his ‘career’. Yes he has presented some great music over the years, but IMO he’s always been a patronising prick who thinks he is somehow a great in the music industry.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

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Mock Rock? No chance Bob, they were a sensation, you were already past it.

This

 

[The Clamp]

Legendary band, great bloke by all accounts. And he very publicly campaigned against Trump in his latter years.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Class. RIP