New York Dolls

The New York Dolls created punk rock before there was a term for it. Building on the Rolling Stones' dirty rock & roll, a bastardization of Brill Building pop, the Stooges' anarchic noise, and the glam rock of David Bowie and T. Rex, the New York Dolls created a new form of rock that presaged both punk rock and heavy metal. The first iteration of the band burned out quickly, but released their Todd Rundgren-produced self-titled debut in 1973 and its 1974 follow-up, Too Much Too Soon, before self-destructing. These albums didn't perform well commercially, but they were instant ...