New York Dolls Bassist Dead at 55

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New York Dolls Bassist Dead at 55
By REUTERS

Published: July 15, 2004


Filed at 4:06 a.m. ET

NEW YORK (Billboard) - New York Dolls bassist Arthur Kane died Tuesday night
in Los Angeles due to complications from leukemia, the pioneering '70s glam
rock group's manager told Billboard.com. Kane was 55.

The reunited Dolls were fresh off a well-received appearance at Morrissey's
Meltdown Festival in London last month and had also opened some of
Morrissey's concerts in May in New York. It is unclear if the David
Johansen-led group will still perform next month at Little Steven's
International Underground Garage Festival in New York.

The Dolls are scheduled to release an album for Morrissey's Attack imprint
in September, but no details have been revealed. Johansen is understood to
be in Paris and is preparing a statement on the group's future.

Kane is the fourth member of the Dolls to pass away, including guitarist
Johnny Thunders, who died of a drug overdose in 1991.

Reuters/Billboard
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Quiff Boy wrote:Kane is the fourth member of the Dolls to pass away, including guitarist Johnny Thunders, who died of a drug overdose in 1991.
There were only 5 of them to start with, weren't there? I guess they've had a few line-up changes then. :roll:
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Debaser wrote:Would you Adam and Eve it....members on Heartland may not be aware of my unusual 'talent'.

Finally manage to make a foreign Chameleons gig due to it being inEaster hols last Easter(2003)...only the singer came to Greece the rest decided they'd had enough....

Booked tickets fer me dream festie for this August...the whole 31 dates get cancelled

Promise myself I'd see the NYD at Leeds this year.....


I'm a blimmin Jonah....am off to book tix fer The Church and the Cardiacs ;) hee hee

you'd better not buy tix for the Church and jinx it... :twisted: 8)
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truely sad that the NYD are slowly leaving behind their addictions and debauchery...

they truely were the most outrageous band of their time...may they continue to rock the other side.
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Well he didn't play the Manchester Move thing anyway. He'd been quite ill for some time by all accounts. :cry:
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Debaser wrote:Would you Adam and Eve it....members on Heartland may not be aware of my unusual 'talent'.

Finally manage to make a foreign Chameleons gig due to it being inEaster hols last Easter(2003)...only the singer came to Greece the rest decided they'd had enough....

Booked tickets fer me dream festie for this August...the whole 31 dates get cancelled

Promise myself I'd see the NYD at Leeds this year.....


I'm a blimmin Jonah....am off to book tix fer The Church and the Cardiacs ;) hee hee
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OH GOD...I hadn't even linked myself to that!

By the way...your 'friend' did she ever do that revies of the Icelandic nu-metal mit snake band?
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Now that was an entertaining evening.

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How come Debaser's jinx hasn't worked on those perennial tourers Puressence? :roll:

The Icelandic metallers would have been better if they'd brought their chuffin' snake along! :(
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What's a chuffin' snake? Sounds incredibly rude to me, that.

She did once cause Jimmy Puressence's appendix to burst hours before a gig simply by booking herself a hotel for the night, I guess he got off lightly...
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F--kwit wrote:What's a chuffin' snake? Sounds incredibly rude to me, that.
Maybe that's why they didn't bring it, besides the surprisingly ugly gurning bass player in the leopard print shirt was entertainment enough :oops:
F--kwit wrote:She did once cause Jimmy Puressence's appendix to burst hours before a gig simply by booking herself a hotel for the night, I guess he got off lightly...
I'm glad she never made it to that Godhead gig in Nottingham.

BTW F--kwit, say hi to our mutual friend :wink:
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F--kwit wrote:It's OK, I've stopped pretending not to be me now. It was getting confusing.

Well, you had me fooled :wink:
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