Music Essay on the New York Dolls
New York Dolls are-
David Johansson- Vocals
Johnny Thunders- Guitar/Vocals
Sylvain- Guitar
Arthur Kane- Bass
Rick Rivets- Guitar
Bobby Blain- Keyboards
Billy Marcia/Jerry Nolan- Drums
Formed in New York in 1971 the dolls went under the name of Actress
and rehearsed in an old bike shop doing early bluesy versions of their
early songs like subway train- which started life called That's
Poison. Very early on the suffered a shock touring with The Faces when
Billy Muncie Ode's on Pills on 6th of November 1972. Because of an
attempt to revive him in a bath by the band and roadies he drowned.
Jerry Nolan took his place. When Nolan took up the role of drummer the
band acquired a much more glam image than before. Mixing trash and
drag queen styles of dress they also wore roller skates and top hats
sometimes. The dolls drew influence largely from the Rolling Stones-
David Johansson is both a look and sound alike of Mick Jigger, and
their glam, feminine image complemented nicely with their masculine,
hard man attitude. They were often just described as thugs in drag.
Their first album self titled New York Dolls was released in 1973 and
pioneered a whole host of bands that would create the Cog's scene. It
contained such classics as Personality Crisis, Jet boy and
Frankenstein. The Dolls second album is pretty much summed up in the
title Too Much Too Soon, it left a lot to be desired but each song is
still a classic- Stranded in the jungle, a tale of a man trying to get
back to New York, and Puss in Boots- an attack on fake bandwagon
jumping glitter glam rockers . Early the following year, British
entrepreneur Malcolm McAllen made a last-ditch attempt to save the
band dressing them up in Red Leather an giving them a communist image.
Thunders was the first to leave in 1975 to form The Heartbreakers,
while Johansen and Sylvain sacked Kane before finally calling it a
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Growing up with two brothers meant that if you didn 't want to play G.I Joes or transformers, you played alone! So rather than have couch cushions tied to my body and forced to play goalie, I took my dollies and played. I had two Cabbage Patch dolls, Holly Melanie and Lisa and they were my everything! I still have them to this day, they 're pretty gnarly looking after all these years but I know how important dolls are to little people! Someone to confide in, someone to hug and hold when you 're sad, someone to tell your hopes and dreams too! Please allow me to introduce to you Bamboletta Dolls, and the dearest Christina Platt, the kindest, most generous mama behind it all!
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Theatre has heavily evolved over the past 100 years, particularly Musical Theatre- a subgenre of theatre in which the storyline is conveyed relying on songs and lyrics rather than dialogue. From its origination in Athens, musical theatre has spread across the world and is a popular form of entertainment today. This essay will discuss the evolution and change of musical theatre from 1980-2016, primarily focusing on Broadway (New York) and the West End (London). It will consider in depth, the time periods of: The 1980s: “Brit Hits”- the influence of European mega musicals, the 1990s: “The downfall of musicals”- what failed and what redeemed, and the 2000s/2010s: “The Resurgence of musicals”- including the rise of pop and movie musicals. Concluding
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