Ric Ocasek's death Sunday sent shockwaves throughout the music industry. Ocasek and The Cars, the rock band he fronted, made history and left a lasting mark on popular music and culture with a string ...

"We used to joke that the first album should be called The Cars' Greatest Hits," guitarist Elliot Easton has often said, including in the liner notes for Just What I Needed: The Cars Anthology in 1995 ...

The surviving members of the Cars are reportedly working on a new album, using studio recordings left behind by frontman Ric Ocasek, who died in 2019. The news comes from Bill Janovitz's comprehensive ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Led by singer/guitarist/songwriter Ric Ocasek, The Cars were ...

Between the late 1970s and the mid-1980s, the Cars were one of the most popular bands in rock. With an original sound that blended classic rock, sleek New Wave and catchy pop, the Boston-based group — ...

Music is versatile, but it can also be considered fickle because new sounds and styles emerge every day. So, when a song manages to break this barrier and crosses over generations of new tunes, ...

Bill Janovitz was 12 years old when his friend’s older brother introduced him to the Cars. It was 1978 and their self-titled debut LP — featuring “Good Times Roll,” “My Best Friend’s Girl,” “Just What ...

The Cars’ brand-spanking-new album Move Like This is naturally supposed to be a comeback album, since it’s their first release in nearly 25 years. But it’s probably not going to revive their glory ...