Editing New York Dolls (section)

=== Record deal: 1972–1975 ===
[[File:New York Dolls - TopPop 1973 04.png|thumb|left|New York Dolls, 1973]]{{main|New York Dolls (album)|Too Much Too Soon (album)}}
Once back in New York, the Dolls auditioned drummers, including Marc Bell (who would go on to play with [[Richard Hell]], and with the [[Ramones]] under the stage name "[[Marky Ramone]]"), Peter Criscuola (better known as [[Peter Criss]], the future drummer of [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]]), and [[Jerry Nolan]], a friend of the band. They selected Nolan, and after US [[Mercury Records]]' A&R man [[Paul Nelson (critic)|Paul Nelson]] signed them, they began sessions for their debut album. In 1972, the band took on [[Marty Thau]] as manager.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/24/arts/music/marty-thau-manager-in-early-new-york-punk-scene-dies-at-75.html "Marty Thau, Manager in Early New York Punk Scene, Dies at 75"]. ''New York Times'', February 23, 2014. Ben Sisario</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Antonia|first=Nina|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AuoWbWvY3hkC&dq=I+dont+know+if+it+would+have+worked+out+without+Mike+Gormleys+input...&pg=PT78|title=Too Much, Too Soon The Makeup Breakup of The New York Dolls: Too Much Too Soon|publisher=Omnibus Press; 3rd Revised edition|year=2011|pages=73|isbn=9780857126733 }}</ref>

''[[New York Dolls (album)|New York Dolls]]'' was produced by singer-songwriter, musician and solo artist [[Todd Rundgren]]. In an interview in ''[[Creem]]'' magazine, Rundgren says he barely touched the recording; everybody was debating how to do the mix. Sales were sluggish, especially in the middle US, and a ''[[Stereo Review]]'' magazine reviewer in 1973 compared the Dolls' guitar playing to the sound of [[lawnmowers]]. America's mass rock audience's reaction to the Dolls was mixed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19740930&id=EoY0AAAAIBAJ&pg=760,4423153|author=Bill Mann|date=September 30, 1974|title=New York Dolls Music a Blast|newspaper=[[Montreal Gazette]]}}</ref> In a ''Creem'' magazine poll, they were elected both best and worst new group of 1973. The Dolls also toured Europe, and, while appearing on UK television, host [[Bob Harris (radio presenter)|Bob Harris]] of the [[BBC]]'s ''[[The Old Grey Whistle Test|Old Grey Whistle Test]]'' derided the group as "[[mock rock]]", comparing them unfavorably to the [[Rolling Stones]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/jun/14/new-york-dolls-mock-rock|author=Stevie Chick|date=June 13, 2011|title=The New York Dolls play 'mock rock' on British TV|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>

For their next album, ''[[Too Much Too Soon (album)|Too Much Too Soon]]'', the quintet hired producer [[Shadow Morton|George "Shadow" Morton]], whose productions for the [[Shangri-Las]] and other [[girl-groups]] in the mid-1960s had been among the band's favorites.
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