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Sylvain Sylvain

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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox musical artist Sylvain Mizrahi<ref name="NYT">Template:Cite news</ref> (February 14, 1951<ref>Mark Savage, "Sylvain Sylvain: New York Dolls guitarist dies aged 69", BBC.co.uk. Retrieved January 15, 2021</ref><ref name="Yang 2021">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> – January 13, 2021),<ref name="NYTS"/> known professionally as Sylvain Sylvain, was an American rock guitarist, most notable for being a member of the New York Dolls.<ref name="Yang 2021"/>

Early yearsEdit

Sylvain was born in Cairo, Egypt, to a Syrian Jewish family,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> who fled in the 1950s,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> first to France and finally to New York, United States. They lived first on Lafayette Avenue in Buffalo, New York, but later moved to the New York City neighborhood of Rego Park, Queens, while he was still a child. Sylvain had dyslexia.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He attended Newtown High School in Queens and Quintano's School for Young Professionals in Manhattan.<ref>"School's Out" by Tom Sinclair. Brod, Doug, editor. SPIN: Greatest Hits: 25 Years of Heretics, Heroes, and the New Rock 'n' Roll. John Wiley & Sons, 2010. p 146.</ref>

Prior to joining the New York Dolls, Sylvain and future New York Doll bandmate Billy Murcia ran a clothing company called "Truth and Soul", which helped define his fashion sense and would play a role in the band's groundbreaking look.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He had one brother, Leon (deceased), and one sister, Brigitte.

CareerEdit

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Sylvain Sylvain (second from left) and the New York Dolls on TopPop television program, 1973.

Before joining the New York Dolls in 1971, Sylvain was a member of the band Actress, which also featured Arthur Kane, Johnny Thunders and former fashion partner, Billy Murcia. He played rhythm guitar for the Dolls<ref name='PleaseKillMe'>Template:Cite book</ref> from 1971 until the group's dissolution in 1977. Sylvain and singer David Johansen were the last remaining members at the time the group broke up for the final time.<ref name="Post">Template:Cite news</ref> After the first dissolution of the Dolls, he frequently played with Johansen on some of his solo records. He started his own band, The Criminal$, with another ex-Doll, Tony Machine, and continued to play the New York club scene. He landed a solo recording contract with RCA, and released one album with Lee Crystal (drums; later of Joan Jett's Blackhearts) and Johnny Ráo (guitar).

He moved to Los Angeles in the early 1990s and recorded one record, Sleep Baby Doll for Fishhead Records. His bandmates on this record were: Brian Keats, drums, John Carlucci, bass, and Olivier LeBaron' on lead guitar, with guest appearances by Frank Infante of Blondie and Derwood Andrews of Generation X. In the late 90s he teamed up with the LA punk band The Streetwalkin' Cheetahs for some touring and they recorded a live radio broadcast on KXLU that remains unreleased. The tour ended with an Atlanta show at the Navarre annual conference co-headlining with John Entwistle. In 2004 he reunited with the surviving members of the New York Dolls, along with Steve Conte, Brian Koonin and Brian Delaney. Arthur Kane, who died in 2004, was replaced by Sami Yaffa of Hanoi Rocks.<ref name=NYT/> They released three records: One Day It Will Please Us To Remember Even This (2005), Cause I Sez So (2009), and Dancing Backward in High Heels (2011). The reunion was filmed as part of a documentary on former band member Kane that was released in 2005 as New York Doll.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

On March 18, 2010, at the South by Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas, Sylvain and Cheetah Chrome of The Dead Boys and Rocket from the Tombs debuted their new band, The Batusis. Their EP is on Smog Veil Records.

In November 2012, Sylvain posted a video for his new single, "Leaving New York", on the Internet, and available on iTunes on December 2, 2012.

In 2013 and 2014 Sylvain joined with Glen Matlock as the Sex Doll Tour.

In 2015, Sylvain emerged with a new band called Sylvain Sylvain and the Sylvains<ref name=PunkNews>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> from Austin, Texas, consisting of Chris Alaniz (drums), Jason "Ginchy" Kottwitz (guitar), and Gabriel Von Asher (bass).<ref name=PunkNews/> In March 2016, they performed at South by Southwest.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 2018, Sylvain joined Steve Conte, Sami Yaffa, and Robert Eriksson for two one-off dates in Tokyo as "The Dolls". They played at Shinjuku Marz on February 11, and Shimokitazawa Garden on February 12.<ref>[1] Template:Dead link</ref>

Personal lifeEdit

After living in Atlanta for several years, Sylvain moved to Nashville in 2015.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> On April 27, 2019, Sylvain announced that he had cancer. He set up a GoFundMe page to raise money to help pay for treatment.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He died from cancer at his home on January 13, 2021, at age 69.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="NYTS">Template:Cite news</ref>

DiscographyEdit

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Sylvain with the New York Dolls in 2008

With New York DollsEdit

As Sylvain SylvainEdit

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  • Sleep Baby Doll (1998, Fishhead Records)
  • Leaving New York single (2012, self-released)

With Syl Sylvain and the TeardropsEdit

With Sylvain Sylvain and The Criminal$Edit

  • 78 Criminals (1985, Fan Club)
  • Bowery Butterflies (2000, Munster Records)

With She WolvesEdit

With the BatusisEdit

  • Batusis EP (2010, Smog Veil Records)

With Roman SandalsEdit

  • This Is It Single (1984, Body Rock)

As producerEdit

  • River City Rebels, Hate To Be Loved album (2004, Victory Records).

'Motorcycle Boy', 'Popsicle' album (1991, Triple X Records).

ReferencesEdit

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BibliographyEdit

  • Lazell, Barry. Punk! An A-Z, Hamlyn, 1995
  • Ruppli, Michel; Novitsky, Ed. The Mercury Labels. A Discography, Vol. V., Record and Artist Indexes, Greenwood Press, 1993.

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