GLEN MATLOCK (SEX PISTOLS) &
SYLVAIN SYLVAIN (NEW YORK DOLLS)
NORTH AMERICAN "PUNK GOES ACOUSTIC"
THE SEX DOLL TOUR
with special guest openers Ricky Rat and
Brian McCarty of the Trash Brats
Brian McCarty of the Trash Brats
At Small's Bar in Hamtramck
Sunday, March 16
$10 - 8 p.m. - all ages
In a career that has spanned over thirty years, Glen
Matlock has made indelible contributions to music; first as the original
bass player and founder member of The Sex Pistols, to forming the
underrated but much heralded Rich Kids, as well as working with a variety
of artists ranging from Iggy Pop, through to Primal Scream. Glen
has continually pursued his own musically distinctive songwriting direction,
where melodic and inventive rock music thrives. In 2010, he also took on the
coveted bass playing role in the reformed Faces - a huge achievement and
accolade for a lifelong fan of the band. Glen’s last album, Born Running,
recorded with his band The Philistines, offered up twelve more punchy and
direct examples of Matlock’s innate ability to craft timeless, melodic rock
songs. This tour sees Glen, who is a dab hand at getting a crowd going with his
witty cockney chutzpah, out on an acoustic run, and will feature songs from all
areas of his career.
Before joining the now legendary New York Dolls
in 1971, Sylvain Sylvain was a member of the band Actress, which featured
Dolls' members Arthur Kane and Johnny Thunders, as well as former
fashion partner, Murcia. He played rhythm guitar for the Dolls (replacing
Rick Rivets) from 1971 until the group’s final dissolution in
1977.
Sylvain and singer David Johansen were the last
remaining members at the time the group broke up, after which he frequently
played with Johansen on his solo projects, as well starting his own band,
The Criminals, with another ex-Doll, Tony Machine, and
continued to play the New York club scene. Landing a solo recording contract
with RCA, Sylvain released one album with Lee Crystal (drums; later of
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts) and Johnny Rao (guitar) as
his backing band.
For a period, Sylvain drove a cab in New York City,
before moving to Los Angeles in the early 1990s to record the album, 'Sleep
Baby Doll' for Fishead Records, which featured Brian Keats on drums
(Dave Vanian’s Phantom Chords), Speediejohn Carlucci - bass
(formerly of The Fuzztones/Speedies), and Olivier LeBaron’ on lead
guitar, as well as guest appearances by Frank Infante of Blondie
and Derwood Andrews of Generation X, and was eventually
re-released as 'New York’s Au Go Go'. In 2004, he reunited with the
surviving members of the New York Dolls, along with Steve Conte, Brian
Koonin, Brian Delaney and Sami Yaffa (Hanoi Rocks), replacing
Arthur Kane (who passed away in 2004). They have since released two albums;
'One Day It Will Please Us To Remember Even This' and 'Cause I Sez
So'. The reunion was filmed as part of a documentary on Arthur Kane and was
released in 2005 as 'New York Doll'.
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