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Billie Joe Armstrong playing Steve Jones' Les Paul on a stage in Paris

Billie Joe Armstrong just played Steve Jones’ iconic Sex Pistols Les Paul – which recently sold for $390,000 – with Green Day in Paris

By Janelle Borg published

Armstrong used Steve Jones’ 1974 Gibson Les Paul Custom to play Green Day protest song Know Your Enemy

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L-Steve Jones of the Sex Pistols performs in their first North American concert at The Great Southeast Music Hall on January 5, 1978 in Atlanta, Georgia; R- Steve Jones' Gibson Les Paul

This Sex Pistols and New York Dolls-owned Gibson just sold for $390,000 at auction

By Janelle Borg published

The Dolls' ex-manager allegedly took the guitar as payment for his management services, later giving it to The Sex Pistols' Steve Jones

Electric Guitars
Johnny Thunders

The life and times of Johnny Thunders: the New York Dolls and Heartbreakers guitarist who crystallized the essence of street-cool rock ’n’ roll

By Mark McStea published

Brilliant, self-destructive, hugely influential, Johnny Thunders was a voice of nature who made helped make the TV Yellow Les Paul Junior one of the coolest electric guitars ever

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(from left) Judas Priest, Rage Against the Machine and the New York Dolls performing onstage

Rage Against The Machine, Judas Priest, Eminem, Pat Benatar, New York Dolls nominated for induction into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

By Jackson Maxwell published

Beck, Devo, MC5, Fela Kuti, Duran Duran, Dolly Parton, Lionel Richie and Carly Simon are among the other artists up for induction in 2022

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Sylvain Sylvain of New York Dolls performs on stage at KOKO on April 19, 2010 in London, England.

Late New York Dolls guitarist Sylvain Sylvain to be honored with virtual Valentine’s Day concert

By Richard Bienstock published

Lineup includes Dolls singer David Johansen, members of Blondie, Sonic Youth, Sex Pistols and more

Concert, Gigs & Tours
Legendary proto-punk act New York Dolls performing live at The Old Vic Tunnels, London on the 30th March 2011.

New York Dolls guitarist and punk icon Sylvain Sylvain dies aged 69

By Michael Astley-Brown published

The NYC powerchord pioneer had been battling cancer for several years

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A guitar signed by Keith Richards, Slash and many more is up for auction to benefit New York Dolls' Sylvain Sylvain

By Richard Bienstock published

The legendary Dolls guitarist is undergoing treatment for cancer

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New York Dolls interview: Doll Parts

By By Tim Stegall and Chris Gill published

They started as Ziggy Stardust wannabes and invented punk rock in the process. This is the crazy, mixed-up story of the New York Dolls, the most magnificently self-destructive band in rock history.

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