Editing New York Dolls (section)

==Legacy==
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According to the ''[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]'' (1995), the New York Dolls were "one of the most influential [[rock music|rock]] bands of the last 20 years".<ref name="Larkin">{{cite book|editor-last=Larkin|editor-first=Colin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|year=1995|publisher=[[Guinness Publishing]]|title=Encyclopedia of Popular Music|page=[https://archive.org/details/guinnessencyclop06lark/page/3022 3022]|volume=4|series=The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music|edition=2nd|isbn=978-1-56159-176-3|title-link=Encyclopedia of Popular Music}}</ref> Writer Sean Sennett credited the band as a part of a legacy of raunchy, influential rock bands predated by the Rolling Stones, and succeeded by [[Aerosmith]] and [[Hanoi Rocks]] and eventually [[Guns N' Roses]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sennett |first1=Sean |title=Off the Record: 25 Years of Music Street Press |date=2010 |publisher=University of Queensland Press |page=158 |quote=It's pretty much an accepted fact that Guns N' Roses are the next step in a lineage that began with the Stones and moved on to Aerosmith, the New York Dolls and Hanoi Rocks. You know, the almost graceful look of human demolition with a raunch and roll' factor on tilt.}}</ref> By the time the band's debut album was released, they had already spawned a number of derivative bands in New York including [[the Stilettos]], [[the Brats (band)|the Brats]], Teenage Lust and the Harlots. Two of the earliest groups that they inspired were [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]] and Aerosmith,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Antonia |first1=Nina |title=The New York Dolls Too Much Too Soon |date=2003 |publisher=[[Omnibus Press]] |isbn=0711996032 |page=70 |quote=The rise of The New York Dolls spawned dozens of local bands. Elda Gentile got The Stilettos together with former Max's waitress, Debbie Harry, and Rick Rivets started gigging with The Brats, while a rash of Dolls copyists like Teenage Lust and The Harlots of 42nd Street threw themselves on the bandwagon and fell belly-up. Aside from Aerosmith, the most significant group of that time to be influenced by The New York Dolls was Kiss. Sure, Kiss wore make-up but by painting their faces like comic book characters or goofy animals, they defused any sexual threat.}}</ref> which would in turn become two of the most influential bands in rock music, especially [[hard rock]] and [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]].<ref name="Bukszpan 2003">{{Cite book|first=Daniel|last=Bukszpan|title=''The Encyclöpedia öf Heavy Metal''|publisher=[[Sterling Publishing]]|year=2003|isbn=978-0-7607-4218-1}}</ref> [[Hanoi Rocks]]' music and aesthetic too were heavily inspired by the New York Dolls and would go on to have a significant influence themselves.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kaz |first1=Jim |title=RETRO ACTION 49: THE TRUE KINGS OF CROSSOVER — HANOI ROCKS |url=https://newnoisemagazine.com/column/retro-action-49-the-true-kings-of-crossover-hanoi-rocks/ |website=[[New Noise Magazine]] |access-date=9 July 2023}}</ref>

The New York Dolls were the catalyst for New York's early punk rock scene, which included [[Television (band)|Television]], [[Talking Heads]], [[Patti Smith]], [[the Ramones]], [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]] and [[Richard Hell and the Voidoids]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Taylor |first1=Tom |title=From Link Wray to New York Dolls: Who really invented punk? |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/who-invented-punk-new-york-dolls-link-wray/ |website=[[Far Out (magazine)|Far Out]] |date=July 28, 2021 |access-date=9 July 2023}}</ref> in addition to being one of the most influential bands to the development of British punk rock, particularly [[the Sex Pistols]], [[the Clash]] and [[the Damned (band)|the Damned]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Sylvain Sylvain, guitarist with the New York Dolls, kings of trash rock – obituary |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2021/01/18/sylvain-sylvain-guitarist-new-york-dolls-kings-trash-rock/ |website=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=January 18, 2021 |access-date=9 July 2023 |last1=Obituaries |first1=Telegraph }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Banerji |first1=Atreyi |title=Six definitive songs: The ultimate beginner's to New York Dolls |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/new-york-dolls-six-best-songs/ |website=[[Far Out (magazine)|Far Out]] |date=January 26, 2021 |access-date=9 July 2023}}</ref> In ''Lonely Boy: Tales from a Sex Pistol'', guitarist [[Steve Jones (musician)|Steve Jones]] cited the New York Dolls as one of the most influential bands on the Sex Pistols style,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Jones |first1=Steve |title=Lonely Boy: Tales from a Sex Pistol |date=17 November 2016 |publisher=[[Heinemann (publisher)|Heinemann]] |quote=They'd [the New York Dolls] end up as one of my four biggest influences alongside Bowie, Roxy Music and that night's headliners [the Faces]. If you'd told me that in a couple of years' time I'd be playing Sylvain Sylvain's guitar in a band managed by the Dolls' ex-manager, that would've gone beyond even the most unrealistic fantasies.}}</ref> and in a 2023 interview with ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'', [[Dave Vanian]] of the Damned listed the New York Dolls' self-titled album as one of his five albums "I Can't Live Without".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lentini |first1=Liza |title=5 Albums I Can't Live Without: Dave Vanian Of The Damned |url=https://www.spin.com/2023/03/5-albums-i-cant-live-without-dave-vanian-of-the-damned/ |website=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |date=March 24, 2023 |access-date=9 July 2023}}</ref> ''[[The Guardian]]'' writer Ian Gittins called the album "the Year Zero of punk rock".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gittins |first1=Ian |title='Before us, there was nothing' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/jul/14/popandrock.shopping8 |website=[[The Guardian]] |date=July 14, 2006 |access-date=9 July 2023}}</ref> The band continued to inspire punk bands as the genre progressed, with the [[Misfits (band)|Misfits]], [[Social Distortion]] and [[Green Day]] all recalling their influence.<ref name="Stegall, 2022" />

In the 1980s, the influence of the New York Dolls helped to form the [[glam metal]] genre.<ref>{{cite web |last1=WIEDERHORN |first1=JON |last2=TURMAN |first2=KATHERINE |title=Welcome to the jungle: The definitive oral history of '80s metal |date=May 22, 2013 |url=https://www.salon.com/2013/05/22/welcome_to_the_jungle_the_definitive_oral_history_of_80s_metal/ |access-date=9 July 2023}}</ref><ref name="NBC, 2021">{{cite web |title=Sylvain Sylvain, New York Dolls guitarist, dies at 69 |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/obituaries/sylvain-sylvain-new-york-dolls-guitarist-dies-69-n1254389 |website=[[NBC News]] |date=January 15, 2021 |access-date=9 July 2023}}</ref> In particular, the band's androgynous aesthetic and wearing of spandex, dresses, high heels and teased hair were widely imitated amongst bands in the genre.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Schaffner |first1=Lauryn |title=14 Rock Bands + Artists Who Pioneered Hair Metal |url=https://loudwire.com/glam-rock-artists-pioneered-hair-metal/ |website=[[Loudwire]] |date=March 13, 2020 |access-date=9 July 2023}}</ref> ''[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]]'' writer Tim Stegall even credited the band as having invented the look of glam metal,<ref name="Stegall, 2022" /> and in ''[[Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians]]'', Hank Bordowitz called the band the progenitors of hair metal and "the most important band that most people never heard".<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bordowitz |first1=Hank |title=[[Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians]] |publisher=[[G. Schirmer, Inc.]] |quote=New York Dolls, progenitors of punk and 'hair metal' the most important band that most people never heard}}</ref> Prominent glam metal bands to take influence from the New York Dolls included [[Mötley Crüe]], [[Poison (band)|Poison]],<ref name="NBC, 2021" /> [[Ratt]],<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Parker |first1=James |title=The Hair-Metal Diaries |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/05/bad-hair-days/309289/ |website=[[The Atlantic]] |date=April 25, 2013 |access-date=9 July 2023}}</ref> [[Skid Row (American band)|Skid Row]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Skid Row Bassist Rachel Bolan Pays Tribute To New York Dolls Guitarist Sylvain Sylvain – Thank You For The Inspiration |url=https://bravewords.com/news/skid-row-bassist-rachel-bolan-pays-tribute-to-new-york-dolls-guitarist-sylvain-sylvain-thank-you-for-the-inspiration |website=[[Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles]] |access-date=9 July 2023}}</ref> and [[Twisted Sister]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rettman |first1=Tony |title=Why Twisted Sister Actually Matters |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/why-twisted-sister-actually-matters/ |website=[[Noisey]] |date=June 20, 2016 |access-date=9 July 2023}}</ref> With the increasing commercialisation of glam metal as the 1980s progressed, a number of bands from within its scene formed a new sound with a greater emphasis on the influence of the New York Dolls, namely Guns N' Roses,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Epstein |first1=Dan |title=10 WAYS GUNS N' ROSES' 'APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION' CHANGED THE WORLD |url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/10-ways-guns-n-roses-appetite-destruction-changed-world |website=[[Revolver (magazine)|Revolver]] |access-date=9 July 2023}}</ref> [[L.A. Guns]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rolli |first1=Bryan |title=How L.A. Guns' Raw, Sleazy Debut Album Set Them Apart How L.A. Guns' Raw, Sleazy Debut Album Set Them Apart How L.A. Guns' Raw, Sleazy Debut Album Set Them Apart |date=January 4, 2023 |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/la-guns-debt-album/ |access-date=9 July 2023}}</ref> and [[Faster Pussycat]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wake |first1=Matt |title=An '80s glam-metal survivor tells all |url=https://www.al.com/life/2019/07/an-80s-glam-metal-survivor-tells-all.html |website=[[The Birmingham News]] |date=July 9, 2019 |access-date=9 July 2023}}</ref>

Other musicians to cite the New York Dolls as an influence include [[the Smiths]] and their vocalist [[Morrissey]],<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G4mP7u6mPdkC&pg=PA106|access-date=June 24, 2013|last=Smith|first=Chris|page=106|title=101 Albums That Changed Popular Music|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|year=2009|isbn=978-0-19-537371-4}}</ref> [[the Undertones]],<ref>{{cite book |last1=Houghton |first1=Mick |title=Fried & Justified Hits, Myths, Break-Ups and Breakdowns in the Record Business 1978-98 |date=July 2, 2019 |publisher=Faber & Faber |quote=The only blip was that their second single, 'Get Over You', flopped. It was one of their best, a New York Dolls-influenced song that I much preferred to the irritating 'Jimmy Jimmy', which saw them break through into the Top 20 in April. The following month The Undertones reached no. 13.}}</ref> [[Joan Jett & the Blackhearts]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Smith |first1=Troy L. |title=Do the New York Dolls belong in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame? |date=April 19, 2022 |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/04/do-the-new-york-dolls-belong-in-the-rock-roll-hall-of-fame.html |access-date=9 July 2023}}</ref> [[David Bowie]], [[Japan (band)|Japan]], [[D Generation]],<ref>{{cite book |last1=Antonia |first1=Nina |title=The New York Dolls Too Much Too Soon |date=2003 |publisher=[[Omnibus Press]] |isbn=0711996032 |page=181 |quote=A legion of bands and artists have been influenced by the Dolls in terms of style, attitude and in their approach to music. They include Aerosmith, Kiss, David Bowie, The Sex Pistols, The Clash, Japan, The Cramps, Hanoi Rocks, Guns N' Roses, The Smiths and D-Generation.}}</ref> [[Billy Idol]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Leas |first1=Ryan |title=We've Got A File On You: Billy Idol |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2160096/billy-idol-strokes-generation-x-miley-cyrus-wedding-singer/interviews/weve-got-a-file-on-you/ |website=[[Stereogum]] |date=September 16, 2021 |access-date=9 July 2023}}</ref> [[Terry Chambers]] of [[XTC]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Original XTC Drummer Celebrates Beloved Band's Legacy at Yoshi's in Oakland |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/xtc-drummer-terry-chambers-extc-yoshis-oakland/ |website=[[KPIX-TV]] |date=March 7, 2023 |access-date=9 July 2023}}</ref> [[Def Leppard]], [[R.E.M.]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=BENITEZ-EVES |first1=TINA |title=The Toy Hospital That Inspired the Band Name of the New York Dolls |url=https://americansongwriter.com/the-toy-hospital-that-inspired-the-band-name-of-the-new-york-dolls/#:~:text=Within%20their%20time%2C%20the%20New,Green%20Day%2C%20among%20many%20others. |website=[[American Songwriter]] |date=April 2023 |access-date=9 July 2023}}</ref> [[The Replacements (band)|the Replacements]], [[Soul Asylum]],<ref>{{cite book |last1=Weidman |first1=Rich |title=Punk The Definitive Guide to the Blank Generation and Beyond |date=2023 |publisher=Backbeat |page=25 |quote=The New York Dolls influenced a host of rock bands such as the Sex Pistols, the Ramones, the Damned, KISS, Hanoi Rocks, the Replacements, the Smiths, and Guns N' Roses, among others. In Satisfaction: 10 Albums That Changed My Life, Soul Asylum singer- songwriter Dave Pirner called the Dolls "fearless, full of energy and rock 'n' roll madness in all the right ways. Set aside the lipstick, eye shadow and platform boots, and they just rocked out without a bunch of bullshit."}}</ref> [[Alice in Chains]], [[Soundgarden]], [[Bruce Fairweather]] and [[Stone Gossard]] of [[Green River (band)|Green River]] and [[Mother Love Bone]] (the latter also of [[Pearl Jam]]),<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Grow |first1=Kory |title=Green River and the Birth of Seattle Grunge: The Oral History |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/green-river-seattle-grunge-oral-history-pearl-jam-mudhoney-783878/ |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=February 2019 |access-date=9 July 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Prato |first1=Greg |title=Grunge Is Dead The Oral History of Seattle Rock Music |date=2010 |publisher=ECW Press |quote=That whole thing was starting then - people wanted to have bands that were the New York Dolls meets Pere Ubu meets Def Leppard [laughs]. Stone was listening to Pyromania, KISS, and the New York Dolls. They started to put it all together, and it didn't work very well [laughs]. Green River is an example of that - "Hey, let's mash all this stuff together and see if it works!" People figured out how to make it work [later]. Alice in Chains and Soundgarden figured out how to make it be something that was new that sounded good.}}</ref> [[Ruby and the Rednecks]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dsps.lib.uiowa.edu/downtownpopunderground/story/ruby-and-the-rednecks-at-the-mercer-arts-center/|title=Ruby and the Rednecks at the Mercer Arts Center|website=Dsps.lib.uiowa.edu|date=September 3, 2018|access-date=June 20, 2021}}</ref> [[Hollywood Brats]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Duerden |first1=Nick |title=Andrew Matheson interview: the Hollywood Brat who punched Freddie Mercury, stole from Cliff Richard and formed the UK's first punk band |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/andrew-matheson-interview-the-hollywood-brat-who-punched-freddie-mercury-stole-from-cliff-richard-and-formed-the-uk-s-first-punk-band-10332161.html |website=[[The Independent]] |access-date=10 July 2023}}</ref> [[Hoodoo Gurus]], [[the Scientists]],<ref>{{cite book |title=The Next Thing |date=1984 |publisher=Kangaroo Press |page=138 |quote=It's really funny, because the Scientists, all those guys, who were now also the Hoodoo Gurus, they were all part of this heavy New York Dolls-influenced thing.}}</ref> [[Palaye Royale]],<ref name="Leivers, 2020">{{cite web |last1=Leivers |first1=Dannii |title=Palaye Royale: Six things you need to know |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/six-things-you-needto-know-about-palaye-royale |website=[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]] |date=October 15, 2020 |access-date=6 July 2023}}</ref> [[Marilyn Manson]],<ref>{{cite book |title=The Long Hard Road Out of Hell |first1=Marilyn|last1=Manson|author-link=Marilyn Manson |first2=Neil|last2=Strauss|author2-link=Neil Strauss |year=1998 |publisher=[[HarperCollins]] |isbn=978-0-06-098746-6|title-link=The Long Hard Road Out of Hell |page=93}}</ref> [[Jetboy (band)|Jetboy]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Capone |first1=John |title=The New York Dolls: A Fix And A Kiss |url=https://www.nbcnewyork.com/local/a-fix-and-a-kiss/2111957/ |website=[[WNBC]] |date=June 23, 2009 |access-date=9 July 2023}}</ref> [[Rock City Angels]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Rock City Angels: the self-destructive story of Johnny Depp's old band |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/rock-city-angels |website=[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]] |date=June 9, 2023 |access-date=9 July 2023}}</ref> [[the Cramps]], [[the Libertines]] and the [[Manic Street Preachers]].<ref name="Stegall, 2022">{{cite web |last1=Stegall |first1=Tim |title=11 bands influenced by New York Dolls, from Social Distortion to Guns N' Roses |url=https://www.altpress.com/new-york-dolls-influences-social-distortion-guns-n-roses/ |website=[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]] |access-date=9 July 2023}}</ref>