David Johansen is front man lead vocalist and plays harmonica. Sylvain Sylvain plays guitar and keys and helps with the vocals. Sylvain has a very nice custom Gibson SG which he can make incredible sounds with, but most of the time he plays solid rock backing Johansen’s vocals. On the Paul Reid Smith guitars we have Earl Slick, who is covered in creepy tattoos but he plays well enough that his music overshadows the ugly tattoos. Jason Hill on bass and Brian Delaney on drums provided rhythm.
"Kids Like You", Solid rock and roll tuneful guitars, the song is a bit repetitious. “I’m So Fabulous”, very much like a vintage Rolling Stones hit. Good harmonica too. “I’m Proud Of Your Work”, good funk, lingering swelling and Jazz too, all rocking along to the drums of Brian Delaney. “I’m A Fool For Your Love”, I hope I have this one right, sounds very New York Seamy Streets, much like Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground. The Dolls launched into an instrumental which sounded like Eric Clapton with the Cream.
The New York Dolls when they sound like some other famous band are not imitating, the Dolls stick to their style. They are so good at what they do that when they emulate the work of other groups they do sound like the famous song or famous sound which has inspired their composition. The musicianship is not on the level of Whitesnake or Foreigner, this is a gritty little New York Punk Band who will perform again on HDNET.
