You expected the Cars, reformed without their late bassist and singer Benjamin Orr, to come out with a sad song. But not a track called "Sad Song" that sounded anything but. Ocasek and company didn't ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Ron Pownall/Getty Images The surviving members of The Cars are reportedly working on a ...

As reported by Ultimate Classic Rock, the final chapter of Janovitz’s book reports that a few years aback, a close associate of Ocasek sent Hawkes more than two dozen unreleased tracks recorded by Ric ...

They began their career as the stoic princes of hook-heavy New Wave. As their career progressed, they made the jump to pop radio in a big way. And then they were gone, sort of suddenly, before ...

Ocasek’s hiccuppy vocals, deadpan delivery, edgy pop smarts, beatnik-poetry-inspired lyrics, and cool-cat persona helped make the Cars one of the most important bands not just of the ’70s and ’80s, ...

There were rock ‘n’ roll bands that soared out of Boston — Aerosmith, the J. Geils Band and the band Boston itself — but in the punk/new wave era of the late ‘70s and early ‘80s, that band was The ...