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David Roger Johansen [5] (sometimes spelled David Jo Hansen, born January 9, 1950) is an American singer, songwriter and actor best known as lead singer of the seminal proto-punk band the New York Dolls.
David Johansen also features fellow New York Doll guitarist Sylvain Sylvain, who was a member of the David Johansen Band at that time. Sylvain co-wrote four of the songs with Johansen. The single from the album was Johansen and Sylvain's "Funky But Chic", backed with "The Rope (The Let Go Song)", which has been included as a bonus track on the CD.
With Morton, the New York Dolls recorded Too Much Too Soon in 1974 at A&R Studios in New York City. [7] The album was later mastered at Sterling Sound and Masterdisk. [8] During the sessions, Morton had Johansen record his vocals several times and incorporated sound effects such as gongs, gunshots, and feminine choruses. [9]
According to AllMusic editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine, the New York Dolls developed an original style of hard rock that presaged both punk rock and heavy metal music, and drew on elements such as the "dirty rock & roll" of the Rolling Stones, the "anarchic noise" of the Stooges, the glam rock of David Bowie and T. Rex, and girl group pop music. [1]
Johansen's self-titled solo debut earned favorable reviews but low sales. Consequently, In Style – featuring more pop-style songs such as "Melody" and "Swaheto Woman" – was designed to be more commercial. "Swaheto Woman", released as a single, provided Johansen's first disco song.
Johansen did release a limited and promotional live album, The David Johansen Group Live in 1978, but the album was not officially released until 1993. [1] Additionally, by the time Live It Up was released, various Bootleg recordings of Johansen's first band, the New York Dolls , were being heavily traded (an official live album would ...
Buster Poindexter is a self-titled album released by RCA Records in 1987 by Buster Poindexter, the alter ego of New York Dolls frontman David Johansen.. Johansen re-recorded the track "Heart of Gold" as Buster Poindexter, which originally appeared on Johansen's 1981 solo album Here Comes the Night. [1]
Johansen also recruited the third-in-a-row producer for Here Comes the Night in an attempt to identify a unique sound, rather than a continual evolution of the New York Dolls sound. The tracks on the album have more of a contemporary beat, which would continue to be developed into Johansen's alter-ego, Buster Poindexter.