David Johansen, the groundbreaking punk musician and tastemaker who shook up fashion's then-rigid gender norms, died on Friday after a Valentine's Day announcement of stage 4 cancer, a brain tumor, and a broken back.

He was the frontman of the New York Dolls, an adventurous solo performer and the lounge act Buster Poindexter. Listen to highlights from his eclectic catalog.

Our 2011 interview with the late David Johansen finds him talking about Arthur Kane, Johnny Thunders and dancing backwards in high heels