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Old 01-30-2010, 10:02 PM   #293 (permalink)
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Here's your answer: they, along with several other NYC punk bands, had a lot of influence on the Sex Pistols.
It's also a vastly overstated influence.

Sure Steve Jones was into the New York Dolls but he was just as much into Bowie & Roxy Music.
Lydon hated all the New York stuff, he was into Alice Cooper, Can & Hawkwind.

People overstate the New York influence far too much.
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