DER US-AMERIKANISCHE ROCKMUSIKER SYLVAIN SYLVAIN (NEW YORK DOLLS) IST GESTORBEN

16.01.2021 Der am 14. Februar 1941 in Kairo (Ägypten) geborene US-amerikanische Rock-Gitarrist Sylvain Mizrahi (Bild) ist am 13. Januar 2021 in Nashville (Tennessee) gestorben. Berühmt wurde er unter dem Namen Sylvain Sylvain als Mitgründer und Gitarrist der Band New York Dolls, die zu den Wegbereitern des Punk-Booms in den 1970er-Jahren gehörte.

Foto: Erika Harding, 2005 - Public domain - Datei: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brent_and_Sylvain_Sylvain_(cropped).jpg

New York Dolls Guitarist Sylvain Sylvain Dead at 69

"His role in the band was as lynchpin, keeping the revolving satellites of his bandmates in precision," Lenny Kaye writes of pioneering musician who had been battling cancer.

Althea Legaspi & Jason Newman

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/sylvain-sylvain-new-york-dolls-dead-1114962/

New York Dolls guitarist Sylvain Sylvain dead at 69

The news was confirmed by former Patti Smith Group guitarist Lenny Kaye, who wrote, "Sylvain Sylvain, the heart and soul of the New York Dolls, bearer of the Teenage News, passed into his next astral incarnation on Wednesday, January 13, 2021.

Fraser Lewry

https://www.loudersound.com/news/new-york-dolls-guitarist-sylvain-sylvain-dead-at-69

The Dolls' raw, hard-driving sound channeled the swagger of The Rolling Stones, the glamor of David Bowie and the proto-punk of The Stooges. Combining a sleazy, androgynous style with a reputation for outrageous performances, the Dolls presaged punk and new wave and influenced artists like The Ramones and The Sex Pistols.

Marissa Lorusso

https://www.npr.org/2021/01/15/957258040/sylvain-sylvain-new-york-dolls-guitarist-dies-at-69

Sylvain Sylvain, guitarist with trailblazing 1970s rock band New York Dolls, has died at the age of 69.

One of the group's founding members, his visceral riffs bridged the divide between punk and glam, and helped kick-start the punk and new wave movements.

Mark Savage

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-55674280

Sylvain Sylvain, showboating guitarist of New York Dolls, dies aged 69

Billy Idol among those to pay tribute to ‘all-time great’ whose flamboyance paved the way for New York’s punk rock scene.

Ben Beaumont-Thomas

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/jan/15/sylvain-sylvain-guitarist-of-new-york-dolls-dies

New-York-Dolls-Gitarrist Sylvain Sylvain ist tot

Seine New York Dolls waren Vorreiter des Punks und traten als eine der ersten Männerbands in Frauenkleidern auf. Nun ist der Mitbegründer und Gitarrist Sylvain Sylvain gestorben.

cbu

https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/musik/new-york-dolls-gitarrist-sylvain-sylvain-ist-tot-a-a355078e-422a-478d-8fe0-11482ca45683

Videos:

New York Dolls - Personality Crisis live at Musik Laden 1973

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kL6zaPy6kdI&feature=emb_logo

New York Dolls 2009 Interview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABItH1nsI8Y

New York Dolls - Piece Of My Heart

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YT1sW0rRjFk

Mehr:

https://www.allmusic.com/artist/sylvain-sylvain-mn0000039390

https://www.discogs.com/artist/299697-Sylvain-Sylvain