New York Dolls performing at Paradiso Amsterdam, 1973, as captured by Gijsbert Hanekroot.Their first

New York Dolls performing at Paradiso Amsterdam, 1973, as captured by Gijsbert Hanekroot.Their first European visit had ended in heartbreak with the death of original drummer Billy Murcia but within weeks they had regrouped with Jerry Nolan to record their debut album. When they returned to tour UK and Europe, they were the headline act with a busy schedule riding a wave of enthused press coverage, nailing TV slots, playing must-see shows for anyone who considered themselves movers in the rock, art or fashion world, not always without the often (un)expected mishaps of a raucous rock’n’roll tour, like Johnny Thunders splattering photographers and reporters with vomit during their arrival in France -Sylvain recalled: “It was all over the press, The Dolls arrive in France and they are degenerate, drug addicted faggots”- or starting a riot at their 5-song Bataclan gig which halted when audience spitting escalated into kicking with the band fighting back with the heavy microphone stand and JT’s guitar.“…The next stop on the Dolls’ European itinerary was The Netherlands, where the band was booked to play a gig at an Amsterdam university, at which the Dolls ran into trouble with a politically militant group called The Provos.Peter Jordan (roadie/second bassist): “This was another of those shows where I pretended I had nothing to do with the band. The Dolls had never been politically inclined and we’d never been manipulated into taking a political stance like the MC5. We were pretty apolitical and asexual. There was a tremendous contingent of these militant, extremely left wing Provos at the gig, and they started disrupting the show. I figured that because they had long hair, they were going to be into rock’n’roll but no, these pricks wanted to engage the band in some kind of dialogue. First off we were American, that was bad enough. They also took offence because we might be homosexual and they thought that the Dolls were taking the Mickey out of the hippie movement. The Provos got rowdy but nobody got hit or hurt. I mean they were a bunch of tubby wimps but after the show, they started rocking the tour bus.”ninaantoniaauthor.com/(via) -- source link

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