New York Doll

They may have looked like a pack of ugly transvestite prostitutes, but at their early-'70s sleaziest, the New York Dolls could outrock and outraunch the Rolling Stones. Dressed in platform boots and thrift-shop drag and belting out songs like "Trash," "Identity Crisis" and "Jet Boy," the Dolls single-handedly revitalized the downtown New York City music scene with their combination of glam rock and Brill Building pop. And they set the stage for the coming punk explosion before imploding in a mess of ego, drinking and drugs after only two albums. By the time fan-boy Morrissey would attempt to recruit the band 30 years later for the 2004 Meltdown Festival in London, th...