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Old 02-11-2026, 06:48 AM   #11 (permalink)
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David Johansen was an underground Alternative Rock Singer with New York Dolls before hitting it big with the poppy Hot Hot Hot as Buxter Poindexter.
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David Johansen was an underground Alternative Rock Singer with New York Dolls before hitting it big with the poppy Hot Hot Hot as Buxter Poindexter.
That's fair. A lot more people were into his Buster persona than were into the New York Dolls.
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Before Iggy Pop gained fame as a solo artist, and a before that as a member of The Stooges, he was in a band called 'The Iguanas' where he played drums.

After The Iguanas, he went on to play drums for another band called 'The Prime Movers Blues Band' where his band mates gave him the nickname of "Iggy" due to him previously playing in The Iguanas.
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Old 02-11-2026, 07:06 PM   #14 (permalink)
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The lead singer, the piano player, and the drummer are still out there together to this day.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5f6g2_3njY

God bless you and each past and present member always!!!

Holly (one of their many fans)

P.S. The fourth song during the clip was the first of their three #1 songs and all three songs were written by the lead singer.
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Old 02-12-2026, 08:57 AM   #15 (permalink)
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The lead singer, the piano player, and the drummer are still out there together to this day.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5f6g2_3njY

God bless you and each past and present member always!!!

Holly (one of their many fans)

P.S. The fourth song during the clip was the first of their three #1 songs and all three songs were written by the lead singer.

Interesting. I remember an R&B vocal group called Hot that had a hit with a song called "Angel In Your Arms" in the 70's. They must have fallen on hard times because they also appeared on Star Search some time after thay had that hit.

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Old 07-25-2026, 06:53 PM   #16 (permalink)
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Before coming to the public's attentionaqs a songwriter and solo artist in the 70s, Warren Zevon released an album in 1969 titled Wanted Dead Or ALive. The first song I'm posting, "A Bullet For Ramona" showed an early (if not that good) example of the occasional shock lyrics he would become know n for. The second song, "She Quit Me", isn't good at all.The album is recommended for Zevon fans and the morbidly curious only.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ueca7Mz2tJs




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_N-dYDVgzvM
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Old 08-16-2026, 10:10 AM   #17 (permalink)
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The Fastbacks - It's Your Birthday

This 1981 punk-with-pop-overtones single this song comes from featured future Guns N Roses bassist Duff McKagan on drums. The Fastbacks lasted from 1979 to 2001 but reunite quite a bit:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTnS...&start_radio=1
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