For the past five years,New York DollsfrontmanDavid Johansenhas been privately battling significant health setbacks.
He now requires around-the-clock care, which has put a severe strain on his finances.
A special David Johansen T-shirt has also been created by Sweet Relief.
David Johansen in 2023. The singer and punk-rock pioneer has been diagnosed with cancer.Matt Winkelmeyer/Deadline/Getty Images
All the proceeds from the shirt will go toward his treatment.
This is the worst pain Ive ever experienced in my entire life.
Ive never been one to ask for help, but this is an emergency.
In the early Eighties, he began playing under-the-radar club shows where he billed himself as Buster Poindexter.
In 2004, he reunited with the surviving members of the New York Dolls.
They toured all over the world and cut three more albums before quietly dissolving in 2011.
In 2020, directors Martin Scorsese and David Tedeschi filmed his show at New Yorks Cafe Carlyle.
