RIP, Marty Thau, manager of The New York Dolls and Suicide.

Posted by Aaron O'Donnell on Monday, 02/17/2014 @ 18:05pm

Induct them already, damn it!

Posted by BulmaPunkRocker on Sunday, 07/6/2014 @ 23:37pm

From Dee Dee Ramone's lips to my ears at CBs in 1978 "Without the New York Dolls there would be no Ramones" and countless other bands. They are as influential as the Velvets and yes as the post above states "Rock n Roll, they embody it".
Still a vibrant live band, saw them lay waste to Motley Crue and Poison opening for them a couple of years ago. Great songs- Frankenstein, Babylon, Human Being, Vietnamese Baby, Subway Train many others. Great solo records too Johansen, Sylvain and Thunders. C'mon let's put our arms around a memory...

Posted by weste on Monday, 02/9/2015 @ 21:11pm

If MC5 gets the pass at some point, then this would bring more possibilities for NYD to be on the list.

Posted by The Dude on Thursday, 03/15/2018 @ 13:04pm

God bless Johnny Thunder. One of the most underrated guitarists in rock and roll history. He was the shiz. An untutored genius, per Robert Christgau.
Hail Hail Hail full of grace now. What'd I say?

Posted by Tigre on Tuesday, 05/15/2018 @ 03:21am

It's actually ok to be gay. They definitely deserve to be in regardless.

Posted by David on Wednesday, 07/24/2019 @ 13:20pm

I came across this site which I used to participate in regularly starting a dozen years ago and it still pains me that The NY Dolls are not in yet. Let's do this already.

Posted by Dameon on Monday, 08/26/2019 @ 19:49pm

The New York Dolls like Aerosmith Toys in the Attick... captured a place in time. They make me think of walking down 14 street when everything was for sale and cheap. The fact that they have not been bottle d and sold is because they were their own brunette bottle blonds stylists everything in one they were a walking living breathing amusement park. They were like lightning being let out of a jar in an abandoned building ..right at the point it became a rainbow...they scraped all the filthy scary beautiful sidewalks and back alleys of the city in its most dangerous time and rolled it in a ball and shot it out of a new years party favor of music right over you head leaving you with the glitter and satire and joy and acceptance and happiness and delight all ringing in your ears in a well meaning happy go lucky love song.

Posted by catherine on Friday, 08/30/2019 @ 15:47pm

I like to thank most of you for validating my feeling that it's inexcusable for the New York Dolls NOT to be included in the R and R Hall of Fame. Induct them already.

Posted by Gregg on Saturday, 07/18/2020 @ 02:50am

Poor David Johansson.... he is alone now....

Posted by Plebian on Thursday, 01/14/2021 @ 22:46pm

New York Dolls Guitarist Sylvain Sylvain Dead at 69
"His role in the band was as lynchpin, keeping the revolving satellites of his bandmates in precision," Lenny Kaye writes of pioneering musician who had been battling cancer
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/sylvain-sylvain-new-york-dolls-dead-1114962/

Posted by Roy on Thursday, 01/14/2021 @ 23:53pm

R.I.P. Sylvain Sylvain, 13 Jan 2021.

Posted by Charles Crossley Jr on Friday, 01/15/2021 @ 14:48pm

New York Dolls were first nominated for the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 2001, and they had not been nominated again since, until now, 2021. Here are the bands who have been inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame since 2001, who could possibly vote for New York Dolls and finally get them inducted:

Aerosmith * Queen * Ramones * Talking Heads * The Clash * The Police * Traffic * ZZ Top * The Pretenders * U2 * Black Sabbath * Blondie * Lynyrd Skynyrd * Sex Pistols * R.E.M. * Van Halen * Metallica * Genesis * The Stooges * Alice Cooper * Guns N' Roses * Red Hot Chili Peppers * Small Faces/Faces * Heart * Rush * KISS * Nirvana * Green Day * Cheap Trick * Chicago * Deep Purple * Electric Light Orchestra * Journey * Pearl Jam * Yes * Bon Jovi * The Cars * Dire Straits * The Moody Blues * The Cure * Def Leppard * Radiohead * Roxy Music * Depeche Mode * Nine Inch Nails * T. Rex

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers * Elvis Costello and the Attractions * The E Street Band *
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts * Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble * The Paul Butterfield Blues Band

Will this get New York Dolls inducted in 2021?

Posted by Roy on Wednesday, 02/10/2021 @ 14:09pm

Looks like Roy already has written up who would vote for New York Dolls. Some groups that could vote for the Dolls: Aerosmith, Alice Cooper, Guns N Roses, KISS, Queen, Ramones, Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Stooges, The Velvet Underground, Van Halen, etc. I'm curious to see if the New York Dolls earn Induction. KING

Posted by KING on Saturday, 02/13/2021 @ 03:00am

Why does it say they haven't been previously considered despite having been nominated 3 times?

Posted by Raichu on Thursday, 03/9/2023 @ 09:36am

Thoughts on Zevon, a guy with pretty much 1 known song, being top 3 in the fan vote?

Just a clear lane and big cult fanbase or something more?

Posted by Mat r on Thursday, 03/9/2023 @ 10:11am

Thoughts on Zevon, a guy with pretty much 1 known song, being top 3 in the fan vote?

Just a clear lane and big cult fanbase or something more?

Posted by Mat r on Thursday, 03/9/2023 @ 10:17am

Ugh wrong page lol

Posted by Mat r on Thursday, 03/9/2023 @ 10:18am

The Dolls are too cool and, ironically (or maybe not so), rock n roll for the "rock n roll hall of fame"

Posted by Piotr on Monday, 04/15/2024 @ 19:25pm