Musicaa rock band that Martin Scorsese played to pissed actors on the set

The director Martin Scorsese revealed one of his tricks on the set of filming. The strategy was adopted, more specifically, in the recordings Dangerous paths (Mean Streetsin English), 1973.

At the time, Scorsese turned to the debut album of the New York DollsPunk Glam Rock and Pioneer Band, to “irritate” the actors ROBERT DE NIRO and Harvey Keitel.

The trick was reported in the obituary of David Johansenvocalist of Dolls, published by the newspaper New York Times At the time of his death on February 28 this year. The article states:

“It was found that Scorsese and Johansen had a long mutual admiration: during Mean Street’s filming, the director played the first album of the New York Dolls on the set to ‘irritate’ his actors before filming the film’s fight scenes.”

More about New York Dolls

Released on July 27, 1973, the New York Dolls eponymous debut album was a milestone in NY’s underground scene.

Catalyzed by the bombastic performances of the band live, he anticipated much of the aggressiveness and urgency of Punk, combined with the androgynous look of David Johansen and other members of the group. Some of your classics include “Personality Crisis”, “Trash”, “Jet Boy” and “Vietnamese Boy”.

Scorsese was one of the illustrious admirers of Dolls, who even released another studio work the following year, TOO MUCH TOO SOON (1974), before separating for the first time.

In the 2000s, the band resumed the activities, released three more albums and separated definitively in 2011. All the musicians of the formation that recorded the first album left us.

A fan of David Johansen’s intriguing personality, Martin Scorsese even filmed a documentary about the singer. Personality Crisis: One Night Only It was released in 2022.

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