The Cars biography
The new album, titled Move Like This, was released on May 10 by Hear Music/Concord Music Group, debuting at #7 on Billboard's album charts. The album's first single, "Sad Song", was released to radio stations March 1. In April 2011, The Cars announced a ten-city tour of the United States and Canada to start in May 2011.[
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Genres
The Cars have used genres that spanned through all of rock and pop music, including new wave, pop rock, protopunk, garage rock, and bubblegum pop. They have also used rockabilly in songs such as "My Best Friend's Girl". Robert Palmer, music critic for
The New York Times and
Rolling Stone, described The Cars' musical style by saying: "they have taken some important but disparate contemporary trends-punk minimalism, the labyrinthine synthesizer and guitar textures of art rock, the '50s rockabilly revival and the melodious terseness of power pop-and mixed them into a personal and appealing blend." They have also had hard rock-oriented songs including You're All I've Got Tonight.
Band members
Current members
- Ric Ocasek - rhythm guitar, lead and background vocals, synthesizer, bass guitar (1976-1988, 2010-present)
- Elliot Easton - lead guitar, background vocals, bass guitar (1976-1988, 2010-present)
- Greg Hawkes - keyboards, synthesizer, percussion, saxophone, bass guitar, background vocals (1976-1988, 2010-present)
- David Robinson - drums, percussion, background vocals (1976-1988, 2010-present)
Former members
- Benjamin Orr - bass guitar, lead and background vocals (1976-1988; died 2000)
Discography
- The Cars (1978)
- Candy-O (1979)
- Panorama (1980)
- Shake It Up (1981)
- Heartbeat City (1984)
- Door to Door (1987)
- Move Like This (2011)
References
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