New York Dolls Vinyl Building Collapse

In april of 1973 the new york dolls recorded frankenstein a theatrical number with a pounding beat gothic overtones and the crowd pleasing opening line something must ve happened.

New york dolls vinyl building collapse. View new york dolls song lyrics by popularity along with songs featured in albums videos and song meanings. That building actually did collapse on august 9 1973 and four people died. New york dolls is the debut album by the american hard rock band new york dolls it was released on july 27 1973 by mercury records in the years leading up to the album the dolls had developed a local fanbase by playing regularly in lower manhattan after forming in 1971. However most music producers and record companies were reluctant to work with them because of their vulgarity and onstage.

The building didn t collapse so much as it caved in. The new york dolls rock so hard that a building falls down as a lifelong music nerd i m all for dramatic representations of music s power over the mind body and spirit of the listener. The building itself which also housed a hotel was famous in greenwich village. Along with the velvet underground and the stooges they were one of the first bands of the early punk rock scenes.

The collapse of the mercer art center depicted at the end of the episode is one such instance. It is a tale of lost love of excess of lies of. And the new york dolls weren t performing when it happened during an episode extras feature on hbo one of the crew explains that another. New york dolls were an american hard rock band formed in new york city in 1971.

Vinyl is set in the music business in new york in 1973 that moment when the sea change happened the birth of disco punk and hip hop. We have 4 albums and 73 song lyrics in our database. The south section of the building came down at 5 10 p m. However it collapsed at 5 p m and the new york dolls were not present.