Biography Arthur Kane

Arthur “Killer” Kane was a musician best known as the bass guitarist for the influential proto-punk band, the New York Dolls.

Killer Kane was the nickname for Arthur Kane (real name Arthur Harold Kane, Jr.), bass player in the New York Dolls, born February 3, 1949, The Bronx, New York, USA. Nicknamed "Killer Kane", also the name of one of his later bands Killer Kane Band, a band that formed in 1976 with Blackie Lawless.

After the Dolls, Kane was involved in several projects including: playing bass in the band formed by Sid Vicious (who had a brief solo career in 1978 after the Sex Pistols); being a member of The Idols (with Jerry Nolan), and The Corpse Grinders (with Rick Rivets); and joining Johnny Thunders on a few tours in the 1980s.

He died of complications from leukemia on July 13, 2004, Los Angeles, California, USA, shortly after playing a New York Dolls reunion show at the Royal Festival Hall in London, England.

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