Let the good times roll again. This aint your fathers
automobile, or your older brothers for that matter, but the emergence of The
New Cars, comprised of original members of The Cars. Joining Elliot Easton on
guitar and Greg Hawkes on keyboards, will be an all-star group of rockers in
Todd Rundgren, fellow Utopia bassist Kasim Sulton, and Prairie Prince, former
drummer for The Tubes. Each shares a passion for recreating the ground breaking
music of The Cars, one of the most successful (and influential) bands of the
new wave era.
The Cars initial success was immediate. The Boston-based
groups demo version of Just What I Needed was the first single from the
bands debut album, The Cars, which reached #3 on the Billboard Pop album chart
upon its release in 1978, and produced further hits such as My Best Friends
Girl and Good Times Roll. Under the guidance of ace producers Roy Thomas
Baker and Robert John Mutt Lange, a string of smash albums and singles
followed. The 1979 sophomore release, Candy-O, went Top 20, producing the hits
Its All I Can Do and Lets Go. Panorama, in 1980, cracked the Top 5 on the
strength of the hit single Touch and Go, while the Top 10 release Shake It Up
produced the title track hit and Since Youre Gone in 1981.
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