Syl’s death bums me out
He never got the credit cause he was overshadowed by Johnny Thunders on guitar and David Johansen... but you wouldn’t have had the Dolls without him.. and because of the Dolls important place who knows what else wouldn’t have followed
It’s well known that Malcolm Mclaren started out in music mismanaging the Dolls on their last legs.. they were his model for the Sex Pistols..
The mind reels at what might not have happened
Of course partly I feel we are spoon fed the official story by the “winners”...see Legs McNeil’s book “Please Kill Me”...
But if it hadn’t happened like the book describes it would of all had been different
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=3855664134487533&id=100001319541894The official story something like this
VU and Nico —>. Iggy and Stooges / MC5 —> NY Dolls —> Patti Smith —> Ramones —> Sex Pistols —> dozens of bands and acts including Joy Division/The Smiths/Buzzcocks/Nipple Erectors(Shane MacGowan)/The Clash/The Fall/ Pretenders/The Raincoats—> Nirvana