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New York Dolls
Comment:
According to Chris Bohn of the U.K.'s [i]New Musical Express[/i], "The Dolls epitomized trash. They were tart, amoral, stupid, crass and vulgar." Counterpoint? Robert Hilburn of the [i]Los Angeles Times[/i]: The Dolls' second album is "perhaps the best example of raw, thumb-your-nose-at-the-world, punk rock since the Rolling Stones' [i]Exile On Main St.[/i]." Love 'em or hate 'em — and there were lots of folks in each camp — you just can't ignore the New York Dolls. And you can't deny their influence; without 'em, there's no Blondie, no Ramones, no KISS . . . no foolin'. Their splash onto what would become the N.Y.C. punk underground wasn't just a match in a gas tank, it was a napalm bomb dropped on a fireworks factory. They played with gender, they played with passion, they played with people's heads, and they did it at maximum volume before imploding, only to arise like a battle-scarred phoenix for a most improbable second act in the new millennium. This is a must-hear band. Period.