| December 15th, 2005 08:53 AM |
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| justinkurian |
From NME.com
New York Dolls head into studio
The band will record in January
New York Dolls are to head back into the studio to record their first album of new material in over 30 years.
On January 15, the band will enter a hometown recording facility with Jack Douglas - producer of albums by Aerosmith, John Lennon, Cheap Trick and New York Dolls themselves.
The album will feature their first entirely new output since 1974's 'Too Much Too Soon'.
Singer David Johansen said: "Everything feels right. We're excited to get back into the studio to record what we feel are the strongest tracks of our careers."
According to the band's label, Roadrunner Records, tracks expected to feature on the LP include 'Punishing World', 'Plenty Of Music' and 'Rainbow Store'.
Following their reformation last year at the insistence of Morrissey, the New York Dolls line-up now features original members Johansen and guitarist Syl Sylvain with Steve Conte (guitar), Sami Yaffa (bass), Brian Delaney (drums) and Brian Koonin (keyboards).
Former bass player Arthur 'Killer' Kane passed away in 2004.
The new album from New York Dolls is scheduled for a summer release next year.
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| December 15th, 2005 09:30 AM |
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| Voodoo Scrounge |
Great news. Saw a faction of the dolls at reaing a few years back and they rocked |
| December 15th, 2005 10:02 AM |
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| Zanck*Zanck*Zanck |
This is so silly, its about as much "The Dolls''as was Johansens solo stuff .Its practically a tribute band
albeit with two original members.The time for a re-union was when Thunders and Nolan were alive but no one wanted anything to do with one another. I have avoided all these recent shows for the same reason.
You can alternate Darrin Stevens and Becky Connor but not Dolls! |
| December 15th, 2005 10:07 AM |
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| glencar |
Post of the Week! |
| December 15th, 2005 02:17 PM |
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| Dan |
quote:
Zanck*Zanck*Zanck wrote:
This is so silly, its about as much "The Dolls''as was Johansens solo stuff .Its practically a tribute band
albeit with two original members.The time for a re-union was when Thunders and Nolan were alive but no one wanted anything to do with one another. I have avoided all these recent shows for the same reason.
You can alternate Darrin Stevens and Becky Connor but not Dolls!
But its still a good band. Sammi Yaffa is a great musician and songwriter in his right (though not sure what his contribution will be to the new material).
Here is a new song as performed live at the Sunset Junction Street Fair. Its just okay. Still very curious what the rest will sound like.
http://s57.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0Q15E1B93BGAC35ZFW249HLTZT
and "Piece Of My Heart" - sounds like a stadium crowd
http://s60.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0IH8Q4ID94WX32YDLBB6677G6X
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| December 15th, 2005 02:42 PM |
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| Egbert |
No JT = no Dolls |
| December 15th, 2005 02:44 PM |
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| BILL PERKS |
I CANT HARDLY WAIT
WHEN THEY ARE DONE ,MAYBE ASIA WILL REFORM |
| December 15th, 2005 02:44 PM |
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| Zanck*Zanck*Zanck |
~Dan~ Thanx for the linx
They sound O.K. BUT ITS NOT THE NY DOLLS and I want no part of it. Just leave me out the equation!
Indeed,Yaffa is good but in this scenario who cares?This is all that fellow Morrisseys fault. |
| December 15th, 2005 03:26 PM |
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| Voodoo Scrounge |
I saw them a couple of years back like I said in a previous post. But I didnt really know who they were then. So it didnt make much difference to me.
I had the same feeling when I went to see guns n roses about three years back. I looked up during the sweet child solo andnot seeing slash their ruined my night. |
| December 15th, 2005 03:55 PM |
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| FPM C10 |
quote:
Zanck*Zanck*Zanck wrote:
Just leave me out the equation!
Duly noted. Will do.
We've had this discussion before. The Dolls rock and I'm psyched to hear a new album. That's just me, though. |
| December 15th, 2005 04:48 PM |
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| crb69 |
My buddy brought me to a show a few months back and we had a ball. The new guitarist is KILLER (Steve Conte) and the boys sounded GREAT! They sounded fresh & LOUD and not sloppy as hell like they did years ago. The music was still very much PUNK but had a fresh polished sound to it...like I hoped they would. If ya get the chance to go see 'em ENJOY the night out! |
| December 15th, 2005 05:28 PM |
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| keefjunkie |
its not the dolls without johnny thunders |
| December 15th, 2005 06:12 PM |
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| Sir Stonesalot |
Well, in point of fact, if David Jo and Syl say it's the NY Dolls...then it IS the NY Dolls. Since they are the only surviving original members they get the say so, not you, me, or anyone else.
I've seen the "Dolls" twice since they got it back together. It's a good band, and a real fun time. If ya'll wanna boycott 'em because Thunders went to the great shooting gallery in the sky...then you are only depriving yourself of a great night out.
More tickets and elbow room for me. |
| December 16th, 2005 01:34 AM |
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| Zanck*Zanck*Zanck |
Ack! it doesn't matter a hoot what Johansen or Syl say..... I'll decide what is and isn't The Dolls as it is solely my discretion and my call! 
Actually, I respect Sirs~ opines and taste in such things so I might give'em the ole' open mind and ears and not deprive myself of a fun night out BUT THERE BETTER BE NO FUNKY BUT CHIC!!! |
| December 16th, 2005 09:12 AM |
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| FPM C10 |
The night SS, Miss Youngblood and I saw them at the Troc, they didn't do any Johansen solo material, nor would I ever expect them to. The two songs that departed from the Dolls' ouevre (that there's Franch fer ovaries, I think) were "Out in The Street" and "Piece of My Heart", both of which were showstoppers. And they did one new song that everybody seemed to like a lot.
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| December 16th, 2005 09:36 AM |
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| lotsajizz |
no Thunders=no Dolls |
| December 16th, 2005 03:31 PM |
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| FPM C10 |
NUH UH! |
| December 17th, 2005 08:17 AM |
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| crb69 |
If ya don't like the band they put together then don't go...however I must say ignorance is bliss for some and blindness for many! I actually never really cared for 98% of the NY Dolls material. I think it was sloppy and amature punk. Thunders never impressed me. He always sounded too wasted to play. Maybe he had a few good nights when he was in his Prime? I was into KISS back in the seventies because I was a young kid then. I just recently got into the Dolls and I always liked Jo Hansen's persona on TV. My buddy, who is a Giant STONES fan, turned me onto Jo Hansen & the Dolls & I was truely impressed by the new Dolls both as a musician and a fan when we saw them ROCK this past summer for $20 a ticket! Not $500 a ticket to see the Band fuck up on a 50 foot screen. They are trying to revive the punk scene people! Wake the fuck up and smell the java. It would be something if Thunders was around and they didn't want to play with him (like the Gilmour/Waters Pink Floyd thing) but Johnny T. is dead and they are reviving their music. I highly respect that! |
| December 17th, 2005 10:05 AM |
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| mac_daddy |
quote:
FPM C10 wrote:
The night SS, Miss Youngblood and I saw them at the Troc, they didn't do any Johansen solo material, nor would I ever expect them to. The two songs that departed from the Dolls' ouevre (that there's Franch fer ovaries, I think) were "Out in The Street" and "Piece of My Heart", both of which were showstoppers. And they did one new song that everybody seemed to like a lot.
they also played amemphis minnie tune ("in my girlish days") that might have been the best tune of the night @ sunset jct.
the only tune i wasnt nuts about was "we're all in love" and that is apparently a new one, too...
i would go see the dolls again in a ny minute. |
| December 17th, 2005 11:21 AM |
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| FPM C10 |
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mac_daddy wrote:
they also played a memphis minnie tune ("in my girlish days") that might have been the best tune of the night @ sunset jct.
Is that a Memphis Minnie song? It's on the bonus material of the London reunion DVD, and I THOUGHT it sounded like it could be, but I don't have her recording of it. I figured it was left over from Johansen's Harry Smiths project, which I'm deeply sorry I never got to see. Their two albums are brilliant.
I LOVE Memphis Minnie. |
| December 17th, 2005 11:57 AM |
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| Nasty Habits |
I wouldn't mind them doing material from the first David Jo album considering some of those songs were played by the NY Dolls towards the end of their career and he and Sylvain collaborated on most all of them.
That David Johansen live album from Max's '78 is great, and although his first solo album lacks the Dolls' sense of anarchy the tunes are amazing. Donna and Frenchette are absolute great songs, and considering Donna is about lost Dolls I think it would be entirely appropriate.
I figure as long as it makes David Johansen, one of the best rock and roll singers America has produced, sing rock and roll and not cabaret music cheesed up by modern production, then the "New York Dolls" can exist, although I hope the new album doesn't suck as wholeheartedly as that wretched wretched new Big Star album.
Stones fans worrying about bands pissing on their legacy live in a cellophane house.
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| December 17th, 2005 02:26 PM |
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| mac_daddy |
fpm - you never listened to the disc i sent you..? david announces it as a memphis minnie tune...
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| December 18th, 2005 12:32 AM |
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| FPM C10 |
quote:
mac_daddy wrote:
fpm - you never listened to the disc i sent you..? david announces it as a memphis minnie tune...
Come to think of it, I (evidently) never listened to all of it...digging it out as I speak... |
