David Johansen, punk star reinvented as ‘Buster Poindexter,’ dies at 75. Mr. Johansen led the New York Dolls as a vanguard of the punk scene and later took as his alter ego the tuxedo-clad ...

David Johansen, the wiry, gravelly-voiced singer and last surviving member of the glam and protopunk band the New York Dolls who later performed as his campy, pompadoured alter ego, Buster ...

The Poindexter version hit No. 45 on the Billboard Hot 100, and the video went into heavy rotation on MTV. He once called the song’s enduring popularity “the bane of my life.” ...

David Johansen, who segued from being the New York Dolls frontman to his Buster Poindexter alter ego and back again, has died at age 75. Watch Party Newsletter What to watch Win $100 💵📚 ...