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New York Dolls

Raw, gritty, campy, and glam… the original New York punks.

"The New York Dolls combined the swagger of the Stones, the raw sounds of the Stooges, the glam of Bowie, and the campy attitude of girl groups into gritty rock and roll that inspired the punk movement and influenced generations of musicians."

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Books

All of our books pertaining to the New York Dolls can be found here.

New York Dolls: Photographs by Bob Gruen (Photographer)
Call Number: ML421.N499 G78 2008
Trash!: the Complete New York Dolls by Kris Needs; Dick Porter
Call Number: ML421.N499 N44 2006
Too Much Too Soon: the New York Dolls by Nina Antonia
Call Number: ML421.N499 A88 2005
I, Doll: Life with the New York Dolls by Arthur Kane
Call Number: ML419.K35 A3 2009
There's No Bones in Ice Cream: Sylvain Sylvain's Story of the New York Dolls by Sylvain Sylvain; Dave Thompson
Call Number: ML421.N499 S98 2018

Video

All of our videos pertaining to the New York Dolls can be found here.

All Dolled Up: a New York Dolls Story
Call Number: DVD NEW-Y ALL 2005
New York Dolls: Looking Fine on Television
Call Number: DVD NEW-Y NEW-Y-L 2011

Spotify Playlist

Audio

All of our audio by the New York Dolls can be found here.

New York Dolls by New York Dolls
Call Number: CD NEW-Y NEW-Y 1988 (1973)
Too Much Too Soon by New York Dolls
Call Number: CD NEW-Y TOO-M 1990 (1974)
One Day It Will Please Us to Remember Even This by New York Dolls
Call Number: CD NEW-Y ONE-D 2006
No Thanks!: the '70s Punk Rebellion by Various
Call Number: CDB COLL NO 2003

Podcasts

Youtube

Archival Resources

Listed below are notable collections and items from the Rock Hall's Archives. You can find more by searching our catalog here.

Bomp! Records Collection
This collection consists of audiovisual materials, periodicals, the personal and business papers of Greg Shaw, Shaw's "Scene" files, manuscript drafts, promotional material, and ephemera. The collection contains a bootleg recording of New York Dolls at Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, 1974.
Greg Kot Papers
This collection consists of Kot’s research files on artists and music-related topics. Materials in the collection include clippings and copies of articles, press releases, publicity photographs, slides, interviews, and research notes used by Kot in his work as a music critic for the Chicago Tribune and contributor to national publications, Entertainment Weekly, Vibe, and Rolling Stone.
Eric Caidin Collection of Photographs
This collection consists of black-and-white and color photographs of artists, mostly promotional in nature. The images include items from Caidin's inventory at the Hollywood Book and Poster Company, Hollywood, Ca. Each folder contains only one image, unless otherwise noted in the inventory.

Rock's Backpages Articles

Free articles are available on Rock's Back Pages through the Free on RBP link. The articles below may require you to be on-site at the Library & Archives in order to read them.

The New York Dolls: Broken Dolls
Chris Charlesworth, Melody Maker, 7 September 1974
New York Dolls: Make-up America!
Kris Needs, MOJO, June 2006

Other Articles

The New York Dolls’s Sylvain Sylvain on the Band’s Groundbreaking Style and His Clothing Line
Kristin Anderson, Vogue, 19 November 2015
New York Dolls: Everything You Want From a Rock 'n' Roll Band
Clash Magazine, 07 July 2006

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