return to last link NEW YORK DOLLS November 6th 1972 New York Dolls cut short their definitive UK recording sessions after Billy Murcia dies of 'accidental suffocation' in London. Billy never regained concioutsness whilst a cup of black coffee was being poured down his throat as an attempt to bring him out of OD. Since that first death 2 more of his band mates have gone due to too much substance abuse including Jerry Nolan and guitar hero Johnny Thnders who made a career outta junk. November 6th 1973 The New York Dolls debut in the Rainbow Rooms, London "The Dolls were and still are a legend in their own lifetime. A unique act of outrage that poked a pink tongue between glossy red lips and jutted a shiny groin right into the face of redneck America with a boil on it's backside called Vietnam" - Edwin Pouncey, Sounds.