"We were the first ones. There was no English movement. There was no New York movement. It was the end of the '60s. When they saw us, they coined the phrase "punk music". They didn't coin that phrase when they saw Iggy Pop or MC5..."
Around 1973, as cliched as it sounds, punk rock was taking the U.S. and Britian by storm. Bands like The Stooges and MC5, and were inventing a new style of music, also paving the way for artists like The Sex Pistols, The Clash, and Elvis Costello a few years later. One of the most influential groups to take part in this explosions was the New York Dolls. Hailing from N.Y, they burst on to the scene with this 1973 self-titled album, dressed in over the top glam outfits, and reworking old rock n' roll riffs created an anarchic new sound. Often praised as "the missing link between The Rolling Stones and punk", The New York Dolls created punk rock before there was a term for it. Building on the Rolling Stones' dirty Rock and Roll, Mick Jagger's androgyny, girl group pop, the Stooges' anarchic noise, and the glam rock of David Bowie and T. Rex, 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 (Ramones, Television, Talking Heads) and London, who all went on to form punk bands. And although they self-destructed quickly, their debut remains one of the most popular cult records in Rock and Roll history.
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