Search results
Billy Murcia (October 9, 1951 – November 6, 1972) was an American musician who was the original drummer for the New York Dolls. Biography. Murcia was born in Bogotá, Colombia, and raised in Jackson Heights, New York, United States. He and Sylvain Sylvain both attended Quintano's School for Young Professionals, in the late sixties.
Initially, the group was composed of singer David Johansen, guitarists Johnny Thunders and Rick Rivets (who was replaced by Sylvain Sylvain after a few months), bass guitarist Arthur "Killer" Kane and drummer Billy Murcia.
Jul 15, 2016 · On November 7, 1972, in London after supporting The Faces at Wembley, Dolls drummer Billy Murcia was accidentally drowned by party-goers trying to arouse him from a certainly survivable champagne and Mandrax haze by immersing him in a bath of cold water.
Jul 27, 2023 · On an English tour in 1972, about a year into the band’s tenure, Murcia tragically drowned in a hotel bathtub during an accidental heroin overdose, leaving a space that Brooklyn’s Jerry...
Oct 1, 2008 · The Velvet Underground, the MC5 and the Stooges had drafted the blueprint for punk rock by 1971, the year that guitarists Johnny Thunders and Sylvain Sylvain, singer David Johansen, bassist Arthur Kane Jr. and drummer Billy Murcia formed the New York Dolls.
Feb 17, 2016 · The New York Dolls can be traced to the 1967 band The Pox, which included Sylvain Sylvain and Billy Murcia, who were friends since a schoolyard fight at Van Wyck Junior High in Jamaica, Queens.
Jul 27, 2023 · Murcia, only 19, was at a London party when he passed out from a combination of champagne and Mandrax (England’s version of the Quaalude). In an attempt to revive him, he was put in a bathtub and force-fed coffee, which wound up drowning him.
Jul 15, 2018 · After a gig at the Speakeasy in central London, Billy Murcia went to a house party, where he passed out, high on a cocktail of champagne and quaaludes.
Dec 7, 2020 · The short UK tour that followed the Wembley debacle ended in utter tragedy when, just as a $100,000 deal with Track Records was being finalised, Billy Murcia died. While attending a party in London’s Cromwell Road the 19-year-old drummer passed out under the combined influence of champagne and Mandrax and was subsequently drowned by those ...
Aug 11, 2020 · Guitarists Johnny Thunders and Rick Rivets, bassist Arthur Kane, and drummer Billy Murcia were joined by vocalist David Johansen. Early in 1972, Rivets was replaced by Syl Sylvain...
