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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.

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Move Like This Album 2011-05-10 itunes amazon
Unlocked - The Live Performances Live 2006-10-17 itunes amazon
The Essentials Compilation 2005-10-04 itunes amazon
The Definitive Compilation 2002-04-26 itunes amazon
Complete Greatest Hits Compilation 2002-02-19 itunes amazon
Shake It Up and Other Hits Compilation 2001-06-19 itunes amazon
Just What I Needed: The Cars Anthology Compilation 1995-11-07 itunes amazon
Door to Door Album 1987-08-11 itunes amazon
The Cars Greatest Hits Compilation 1985-10-01 itunes amazon
Tonight She Comes Single 1985 itunes amazon
Heartbeat City Album 1984-03-13 itunes amazon
Hello Again Single 1984 itunes amazon
Drive Single 1984 itunes amazon
Since You're Gone Single 1982-03-08 itunes amazon
Shake It Up Album 1981-11 itunes amazon
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