Editing New York Dolls (section)

=== Formation ===
[[Sylvain Sylvain]] and [[Billy Murcia]], who went to junior high school and high school together, started playing in a band called "the Pox" in 1967. After the frontman quit, Murcia and Sylvain started a clothing business called Truth and Soul and Sylvain took a job at A Different Drummer,<ref>{{cite book |title=Johnny Thunders: In Cold Blood |last=Antonia |first=Nina |year=2000 |publisher=Cherry Red Books |isbn=978-1-901447-15-6 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/johnnythundersin00anto/page/8 8,257] |url=https://archive.org/details/johnnythundersin00anto/page/8 }}</ref> a men's boutique that was across the street from the [[Irving D. Chais|New York Doll Hospital]], a doll repair shop. Sylvain said that the shop inspired the name for their future band. In 1970 they formed a band again and recruited [[Johnny Thunders]] to join on bass, though Sylvain ended up teaching him to play guitar. Although there was no official name, Thunders and Murcia had informally suggested calling themselves '''The Dolls'''. When Sylvain left the band to spend a few months in [[London]], Thunders and Murcia went their separate ways. Thunders was eventually recruited into a band by Kane and [[Rick Rivets]], who had been playing together in [[the Bronx]]. At Thunders' suggestion, Murcia replaced the original drummer. The nameless band was eventually [[retconned]] Actress. Although they played no live shows, a surfaced 1971 rehearsal tape recorded by the group was later released. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://cleorecs.com/products/the-new-york-dolls-actress-birth-of-the-new-york-dolls-lp |title=Roadrunnerrecords.com |publisher=Cleopatra Records |access-date=April 30, 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241207212143/https://cleorecs.com/products/the-new-york-dolls-actress-birth-of-the-new-york-dolls-lp |archive-date=December 7, 2024 }}</ref> By autumn, Thunders had decided that he no longer desired to be the frontman, with [[David Johansen]], a local [[blues music|blues]] [[harmonica|harmonicist]] who had came to know the band through sharing a mutual friend with Murcia, joining the band. Rick Rivets was replaced by Sylvain Sylvain after a few months who would suggest the name New York Dolls. Their first performance was on Christmas Eve 1971 at a homeless shelter, the [[Endicott Hotel]]. After getting a manager and attracting some music industry interest, they got a break when [[Rod Stewart]] invited them to open for him at a London concert.

While on a brief tour of England in 1972, Murcia was invited to a party, where he passed out from an overdose. He was put in a bathtub and force-fed coffee in an attempt to revive him.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1299&dat=19721228&id=MtpHAAAAIBAJ&pg=6321,6218523|title=The Dolls: Get It While You Can|newspaper=[[The Village Voice]]|date=December 28, 1972|page=28}}</ref> Instead, it resulted in asphyxiation. He was found dead on the morning of November 6, 1972, at the age of 21.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1299&dat=19721116&id=LNpHAAAAIBAJ&pg=4946,3284427|author=Richard Nusser|date=November 16, 1972|title=Once More, Death in Threes|newspaper=Village Voice|page=52}}</ref>