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David Johansen (born January 9 1950, in Staten Island, New York|Staten Island, New York) is an United States|American rock and roll|rock, punk rock|punk, blues and pop music|pop singer, as well as a songwriter and actor. He was a member of the wikt:seminal|seminal punk Musical ensemble|band The New York Dolls and also achieved commercial success under the pseudonym Buster Poindexter.
Life
David Johansen, born on January 9th in 1950, lived a modest life as a young boy in the New York City borough of Staten Island. His father, John Johansen, worked hard as a fisherman, while his mother Barbara tended to young David. When his father was arrested in the fall of 1967 for smuggling 15 pounds of marijuana into the country, David found solace in the music of MC5 and the hope of one day following in the footsteps of his idol, Mick Jagger. Johansen became an iconic musician in the early era of punk rock, creating a new style that anticipated and helped inspire the punk revolution.
Career
Originally influenced by Mick Jagger and by Rob Tyner of MC5, Johansen began his career in the early 1970s as the singer in the protopunk band the New York Dolls. The Dolls only released two albums, their self-titled debut (1973), and ''Too Much Too Soon'' (1974). The bulk of the material was written by Johansen and guitarist Johnny Thunders. The Dolls were critics' darlings with a modest cult f... read all
