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| - The Cars foi unha banda estadounidense que apareceu na primeira escena New Wave a finais dos anos 70. A banda estaba composta polo vocalista e guitarrista Ric Ocasek, o vocalista e baixista Benjamin Orr, o guitarrista Elliot Easton, o teclista Greg Hawkes e o baterista drummer David Robinson.
- The Cars are an American rock band. Their songs "Just What I Needed" and "Take Another Look" are featured in Item 47.
- New wave band who later had a reunion band called The New Cars.
- The Cars were a popular American New Wave band, fronted by famed magician Ric Ocasek, that emerged out of the early punk scene in the late 1970s. They hailed from Boston, Massachusetts and were signed to Elektra Records in 1977.
- The Cars fue una banda estadounidense de New Wave proveniente de Boston. Liderada por Ric Ocasek, y conformada además por Benjamin Orr, Greg Hawkes, Elliot Easton y David Robinson, se formaron a mediados de los años 1970 en pleno despegue punk; en 1977 consiguieron un contrato discográfico con Elektra Records y en 1978 lanzaron su primer disco.
- The Cars are an American rock band that emerged from the New Wave music scene in the late 1970s. The band originated in Boston, Massachusetts, with lead singer and rhythm guitaristRic Ocasek, lead singer and bassist Benjamin Orr, guitarist Elliot Easton, keyboardist Greg Hawkes and drummer David Robinson. They were signed to Elektra Records by George Daly,then A&R head, in 1977.
- One of the most successful American New Wave/Power Pop bands, and a pioneer in distilling the various strains of New Wave into something that was both progressive and accessible.
* Ric Ocasek: Lead vocals, rhythm guitar, wrote or co-wrote every song
* Benjamin Orr: Lead vocals, bass (1976-88)
* Elliot Easton: Lead guitar, backing vocals
* Greg Hawkes: Keyboards, saxophone, various odd noises, backing vocals
* David Robinson: Drums, backing vocals Ric and Ben share lead vocals, and it can be hard to tell them apart. Ric is the neurotic one, Ben is the sexy one.
- The Cars are an American rock band that emerged from the New Wave music scene in the late 1970s. The band originated in Boston, Massachusetts, with lead singer and rhythm guitarist Ric Ocasek, lead singer and bassist Benjamin Orr, guitarist Elliot Easton, keyboardist Greg Hawkes and drummer David Robinson. They were signed to Elektra Records by George Daly,then A&R head, in 1977.
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| - The Cars are an American rock band that emerged from the New Wave music scene in the late 1970s. The band originated in Boston, Massachusetts, with lead singer and rhythm guitarist Ric Ocasek, lead singer and bassist Benjamin Orr, guitarist Elliot Easton, keyboardist Greg Hawkes and drummer David Robinson. They were signed to Elektra Records by George Daly,then A&R head, in 1977. The Cars were at the forefront in merging 1970s guitar-oriented rock with the new synth-oriented pop that was then becoming popular and which would flower in the early 1980s. The Cars started fresh with their debut album The Cars which went on to go platinum in late 1978. The Cars' debut album was called a "genuine rock masterpiece" by Allmusic. The most successful and well known song from the album, "Just What I Needed", started as a demo in 1977. The song was sent as a mix tape to a local DJ in the Boston area, who played the song in heavy rotation. This soon caught the attention of other DJs, which led to the signing of the band by Elektra Records in 1977. The band broke up in 1988, and Ocasek had always discouraged talk of a reunion since then, telling one interviewer in 1997 "I'm saying never and you can count on that." Bassist Benjamin Orr died in 2000 from pancreatic cancer. In 2005, Easton and Hawkes joined with Todd Rundgren to form a spin-off band, The New Cars, which performed classic Cars and Rundgren songs alongside new material. The surviving original members reunited in 2010 to record a new album, titled Move Like This, which was released May 10, 2011, and a tour to start on the same day.
- The Cars are an American rock band that emerged from the New Wave music scene in the late 1970s. The band originated in Boston, Massachusetts, with lead singer and rhythm guitaristRic Ocasek, lead singer and bassist Benjamin Orr, guitarist Elliot Easton, keyboardist Greg Hawkes and drummer David Robinson. They were signed to Elektra Records by George Daly,then A&R head, in 1977. The Cars were at the forefront in merging 1970s guitar-oriented rock with the new synth-oriented pop that was then becoming popular and which would flower in the early 1980s. The Cars started fresh with their debut album The Cars which went on to go platinum in late 1978. The Cars' debut album was called a "genuine rock masterpiece" by Allmusic. The most successful and well known song from the album, "Just What I Needed", started as a demo in 1977. The song was sent as a mix tape to a local DJ in the Boston area, who played the song in heavy rotation. This soon caught the attention of other DJs, which led to the signing of the band by Elektra Records in 1977. The band broke up in 1988, and Ocasek had always discouraged talk of a reunion since then, telling one interviewer in 1997 "I'm saying never and you can count on that." Bassist Benjamin Orr died in 2000 from pancreatic cancer. In 2005, Easton and Hawkes joined with Todd Rundgren to form a spin-off band, The New Cars, which performed classic Cars and Rundgren songs alongside new material. The surviving original members reunited in 2010 to record a new album, titled Move Like This, which was released May 10, 2011, and a tour to start on the same day.
- The Cars foi unha banda estadounidense que apareceu na primeira escena New Wave a finais dos anos 70. A banda estaba composta polo vocalista e guitarrista Ric Ocasek, o vocalista e baixista Benjamin Orr, o guitarrista Elliot Easton, o teclista Greg Hawkes e o baterista drummer David Robinson.
- One of the most successful American New Wave/Power Pop bands, and a pioneer in distilling the various strains of New Wave into something that was both progressive and accessible.
* Ric Ocasek: Lead vocals, rhythm guitar, wrote or co-wrote every song
* Benjamin Orr: Lead vocals, bass (1976-88)
* Elliot Easton: Lead guitar, backing vocals
* Greg Hawkes: Keyboards, saxophone, various odd noises, backing vocals
* David Robinson: Drums, backing vocals Ric and Ben met in Cleveland, Ohio, and moved to Boston in the early 1970s, attracted to its music scene. They formed and disbanded four bands, and met various other local musicians. Finally, they started The Cars on New Year's Eve, 1977. Elliot and Greg had been in their earlier bands, and David was from their favorite Boston punk band, The Modern Lovers. They recorded some demo tapes, which caught the ear of WBCN DJ Maxanne Sartori, giving them national exposure and leading to a deal with Elektra Records. They went to London in early 1978 to record their first album with producer Roy Thomas Baker, who had previously worked with Queen. He gave The Cars' songs the same lush multi-tracked vocal arrangements heard on "Bohemian Rhapsody", and this became a signature of their work. They released an album a year from 1978 to '81: The Cars, Candy-O, Panorama, and Shake It Up. The first two are their most Power Pop work, loaded with pop hooks, strange lyrics from Ric, high-tech (for the time) synths and electronic percussion, Shout Outs to bands that influenced them, surprisingly tuneful guitar solos from Elliot, and the aforementioned huge backing vocals, especially in the choruses. Panorama and Shake It Up are more experimental; Panorama is Darker and Edgier, and Shake It Up is Lighter and Softer. Ric and Ben share lead vocals, and it can be hard to tell them apart. Ric is the neurotic one, Ben is the sexy one. They took a break in '82; Ric and Greg released solo albums. They reunited in '83, and after eight months of studio tweaking with producer Mutt Lange, released their Magnum Opus, Heartbeat City, in early '84. With this album, they nearly completely ditched their Power Pop tendencies and instead went for high-energy, synth-laden high-tech New Wave. Five songs were Top 40 hits, the ballad "Drive" went to #1, and MTV put the videos for "You Might Think", "Magic", and "Drive" into heavy rotation. They performed at Live Aid, and were superstars... for about two years. They released a best-of in '85, with one new song, "Tonight She Comes". They took another break in '86; Ric, Ben, and Elliot released solo albums. They reunited in '87. Door to Door, produced by Ocasek, brought them back to their roots as an early New Wave band with a lot of Punk influences. They tried to get away from the mechanical sounds of their previous albums, but they didn't make it. Critics panned it, and sales were modest, nothing compared to Heartbeat City. The tour was difficult, with the band drifting apart and a lot of empty seats at each venue. It was enough to give Ric a nervous breakdown, and so The Cars broke up for what appeared to be the last time in February 1988. 1995's best-of and rarities collection Just What I Needed was intended to be the final nail in the coffin. But the band members remained friends, ready to reunite any time Ric was ready. Ben died of cancer in 2000. Ric continued his solo career, and in 2010, he put together a set of songs that he really liked. A call with Elliot led to a reunion, and Move Like This was released in May 2011. Greg and producer Jacknife Lee filled in on bass. Move Like This is a return to the sound of the first two albums.
* The Cars (1978)
* Candy-O (1979)
* Panorama (1980)
* Shake It Up (1981)
* Heartbeat City (1984)
* Greatest Hits (1985)
* Door to Door (1987)
* Move Like This (2011)
- The Cars are an American rock band. Their songs "Just What I Needed" and "Take Another Look" are featured in Item 47.
- New wave band who later had a reunion band called The New Cars.
- The Cars were a popular American New Wave band, fronted by famed magician Ric Ocasek, that emerged out of the early punk scene in the late 1970s. They hailed from Boston, Massachusetts and were signed to Elektra Records in 1977.
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