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New York Dolls
New York Dolls
American rock band
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Johnny Thunders
Johnny Thunders
musician, songwriter
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Sylvain Sylvain
Sylvain Sylvain
American guitarist
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David Johansen
David Johansen
American singer
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Dee Dee Ramone
Dee Dee Ramone
American musician
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Ramones
Ramones
American punk rock band
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Blackie Lawless
Blackie Lawless
American singer, musician, and songwriter
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The Heartbreakers
The Heartbreakers
American punk band
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Tommy Ramone
Tommy Ramone
Hungarian American record producer, musician, and songwriter
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The Dead Boys
The Dead Boys
American punk rock band
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Joey Ramone
Joey Ramone
American musician and singer-songwriter
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Johnny Ramone
Johnny Ramone
American guitarist and songwriter
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Marky Ramone
Marky Ramone
musician
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Glen Matlock
Glen Matlock
English musician
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Youth Gone Mad
Youth Gone Mad
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Richard Hell and the Voidoids
Richard Hell and the Voidoids
band
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Washington Squares
Washington Squares
musical artist
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Steve Jones
Steve Jones
English rock guitarist, singer and actor
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Andy Shernoff
Andy Shernoff
American musician and journalist
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Sid Vicious
Sid Vicious
English bassist and vocalist
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Pure Rubbish
Pure Rubbish
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The Chelsea Smiles
The Chelsea Smiles
American hard rock band
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Daniel Rey
Daniel Rey
American record producer
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Sami Yaffa
Sami Yaffa
Finnish musician
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Galactic Cowboys
Galactic Cowboys
American heavy metal band
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Earl Slick
Earl Slick
American guitarist
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T. Rex
T. Rex
English rock band
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The Misfits
The Misfits
American horror punk band
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Dust
Dust
American rock band of the 1970s
Arthur Kane
American musician

Arthur Kane

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American musician
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Arthur Harold Kane Jr. (February 3, 1949 – July 13, 2004) was a musician best known as the bass guitarist for the pioneering glam rock band the New York Dolls. Kane was a founding member of the Dolls in 1971 and remained an integral part of the band until he was forced out in 1975, shortly after the departure of Johnny Thunders and Jerry Nolan. In 2004, after decades of estrangement from Dolls singer David Johansen, Kane rejoined the surviving Dolls (Johansen and Sylvain Sylvain) to rehearse and play a reunion concert in London, which was the subject of the 2005 documentary New York Doll. In addition to his bass playing, Kane was known for his subculture fashion sense and for uttering original aphorisms in his uniquely toned voice.

Kane's nickname, "Killer", was inspired by the first article written about the Dolls in which the journalist described Kane's "killer bass playing". Kane also said that it was inspired by the adversary of the 1930s science fiction hero Buck Rogers, a villainous character named Killer Kane.