The New York Dolls created punk rock before there was a term for it. Building on the Rolling Stones ' dirty rock & roll, Mick Jagger 's androgyny, girl group pop, the glam rock of David Bowie and T. Rex, and the Stooges ' anarchic noise, the New York Dolls created a new form of hard rock that presaged both punk rock and heavy metal. Their drug-fueled, shambolic performances influenced a generation of musicians in New York and London, who all went on to form punk bands. And although they ...more