Johnny Thunders and David Johansen of The New York Dolls in front of a promo poster of the New York Dolls' debut album. Los Angeles, September 1973.

Photo by Bob Gruen

"I slept one night in a schoolyard in Queens with a big fence around it. This black guy came up to me and said, 'You know where you are? You in the jungle! You gonna die!' So we put that in a song”

“ i don't remember if we canceled one for that reason or not . it happened outside of durango , colorado , when our crew bus simply caught on fire and finally burned all the way to the ground . there was nothing we could do about it other than get the crew guys off the bus and watch it burn . izzy's girlfriend at the time , aneka , got her camera out , and since we had recently come from mexico , we all had ponchos from there , and we put them all on and took pictures in front of the burning bus .... ”

— jimmy ashhurst , bassist of the juju hounds