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DISGRACELAND

The New York Dolls: Born to Lose, Lipstick Killers and R&B in four-inch heels

DISGRACELAND

Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts

True Crime, Society & Culture, Music

4.613.4K Ratings

🗓️ 10 January 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

The New York Dolls were one of the greatest rock ‘n’ roll bands of all time. They came to life when their hometown of New York City was coming apart at the seams in the midst of rising murder, rape and burglary rates. Their drummer drowned. Their bassist was nearly murdered. Their guitar players despised their singer and the only thing their singer loved more than Archie Bell was himself. This of course was all part of the act. The self-destruction, the violence, the intra-band squabbling, but it was of course also part of the band’s reality. They were too pure to last. They were born to lose. To see the full list of contributors, see the show notes at www.disgracelandpod.com. To listen to Disgraceland ad free and get access to a monthly exclusive episode, weekly bonus content and more, become a Disgraceland All Access member at disgracelandpod.com/membership. Sign up for our newsletter and get the inside dirt on events, merch and other awesomeness - GET THE NEWSLETTER Follow Jake and DISGRACELAND: Instagram YouTube X (formerly Twitter)  Facebook Fan Group TikTok To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hey, what's up everybody? Jake Brennan here as you may have heard disgrace land can now be listened to wherever podcasts are available.

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0:43.8

Hey Disco's, did you know disgrace land is no longer just a podcast? That's right.

0:49.0

I recently launched a YouTube channel where a whole new bag of stories from the world of music history,

0:54.3

mystery and misadventure is being opened up. New stories on Debbie Harry, YouTube, Bob Dylan, Elvis Presley, and more.

1:02.1

And of course stories on some familiar podcast subjects as well. New, old, does not matter.

1:07.3

It's all the same edge of your seat storytelling that you've come to expect from disgrace land in double-elvis, but now with visuals.

1:13.7

We've got daily 60-second shorts on the most crazy artist misadventures out there, as well as weekly long-form stories that dig deeper into music history's craziest mysteries.

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1:39.0

Rock'a-roll.

1:41.0

Discrease land is a production of double-elvis.

1:57.7

The stories about the New York dolls are in sync. They came to life when their hometown of New York City was coming apart,

2:04.7

but the seams in the midst of rising murder rape and burglary rates. The dolls dressed like women,

2:11.1

fucked with men, and made the antics of the rolling stone look like innocent schoolboy shenanigans.

2:16.8

Their drummer drowned, their bassist was nearly murdered. Their guitar players despised their singer,

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