New York Dolls received their third career nomination for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. They are one of the 17 musical acts that have been nominated for the Class of 2022.
The eligible band members for induction as part of the New York Dolls are David Johansen, Arthur Kane, Billy Murcia, Jerry Nolan, Sylvain Sylvain, and Johnny Thunders. They have been eligible for induction since 1999.
This marks the New York Dolls’ third nomination for the prestigious Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, where they were previously nominated back in 2001 and last year, in 2021. They are credited for being “raw, gritty, campy, and glam.” Simply put, they were the original New York punks.
The New York Dolls combined the swagger of the Rolling Stones, the raw sounds of the Stooges, the glam of David Bowie, and the campy attitude of girl bands into gritty rock and roll that inspired the punk movement and they subsequently influenced generations of musicians, bands, songwriters, and artists.
They were one of the first groups that popularized the punk rock genre, and they inspired every band that followed in their footsteps. They were punk rock before the genre even existed.
While they never achieved the major commercial success that they deserved, both of their early studio albums (their self-titled album and “Too Much Too Soon”) received favorable reviews from their peers and music critics alike.
They are created for creating some of the most enduring and influential rock music in history, and they influenced such diverse groups as the Sex Pistols, the Ramones, KISS, Guns N’ Roses, as well as The Smiths and the Replacements.
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