Postponed in the Los Angeles wildfires earlier this year, the fourth iteration of the benefit event, Above Ground, will now take place on Sunday, October 26 at The Fonda Theatre in Hollywood, CA. Started by Dave Navarro, Billy Morrison and manager Rick Canny, the event raises awareness and funds for mental health and suicide prevention. Find more information in the article below.
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David Johansen (The New York Dolls, Buster Poindexter, Solo) Proto-Punk, Pop and Jazz Music Legend Has Died
Weeks after a Sweet Relief fund was launched for his care, David Johansen (The New York Dolls, Buster Poindexter, solo music) has died. He was 75 years old. We had learned of his decade-long fight against stage-four cancer, and later a brain tumor, only recently, as David wanted to keep his battle private. He also had additional medical issues after falling and breaking his back in two places after Thanksgiving 2024. A music legend traversing six decades and many genres, as a member of the New York Dolls, David rose to fame on his inspirational first two albums led the early punk movement, and inspired punks, but also KISS, Aerosmith, Guns N Roses, The Runaways, Nirvana, The Damned, The Misfits, Social Distortion, The Sex Pistols, The Clash, Green Day, Rancid, NOFX and countless more artists. The Dolls would reunite for three more albums in the last fifteen years. David also acted in movies such as Scrooged, and Freejack, before moving into pop and Jazz music later in his career. We highly recommend the Martin Scorsese documentary Personality Crisis: One Night Only from 2023. RIP.
The Family of David Johansen (The New York Dolls, Buster Poindexter, Solo) Reveals Long-Term Cancer Battle, Sweet Relief Fund Announced
A music legend traversing six decades and many genres, David Johansen (The New York Dolls, Buster Poindexter, solo music) needs our help. His family just announced David’s decade battle with cancer and the recent update of further medical issues, including a brain tumor. In addition to supporting his call for aidd, we urge to watch Martin Scorsese and David Tedeschi’s documentary Personality Crisis: One Night Only. A Sweet Relief fund and charity shirt has been launched. You can read his story below and donate at the links below.
PSSR ft. Guns N’ Roses Frank Ferrer Release “Busted” And “Push” Singles
New York City Rock band PSSR has some famous members trying to do justice to the greatest names in NYC rock history such as KISS, The New York Dolls, The Strokes, The Ramones, Living Colour, and The Velvet Underground. Capturing the spirit of those bands and haunts such as t just the bands, CBGB’s, Fillmore East, The Mercury Lounge and Bowery Ballroom, PSSR is comprised Eric J, on vocals and guitar, Guns N” Roses drummer Frank “Thunderchucker” Ferrer, and bassist Brett Bass (Greg Allman), and lead guitarist/producer Rob Bailey (Delta Goodrem, David Johansen). Check out two new singles “Busted” (also with a new video) and “Push’! A third, “Last Time”, will drop late July. “Busted” features Ferrer”s Guns N” Roses bandmate Richard Fortus on guitar and introduces the band with tough defiant lyrics and vocals over a gritty NYC rock backdrop. Check them out!Continue reading