New York Dolls: New York Dolls (Mercury)
Wayne Robins, Zoo World, 25 October 1973
THERE DOESN'T seem to be any argument about what the Dolls look like, since even for '73 they're a bit scary: glitter mutants escaped from the juice bar of a Staten Island reform school, ready to sweep away your kid sister/brother for an orgy of blood 'n drugs.
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