Genres: New Wave, Pop/Rock, Album Rock Active: 70's, 80's Formed: 1976 in Boston, MA
The Beatles, Roxy Music, The Velvet Underground, Jonathan Richman, David Bowie, Kraftwerk, Big Star, Brian Eno, Silver Apples, The Who, T. Rex, The Sex Pistols, Can, Lou Reed, The Raspberries, Pere Ubu, The Stooges The Police, The Go-Go's, The Knack, Gary Numan, A Flock of Seagulls, Falco, Billy Idol, Thomas Dolby, Devo, The Pretenders, Soft Cell, Talking Heads, Squeeze, Rick Springfield, Suicide, Tears for Fears, Adam Ant, The Tubes, Ultravox Leisure McCorkle, The Movies, Honeyrider, Cupcakes, Gerty, Creedence Clearwater Revisited, Nada Surf, Grass Show, Nerf Herder, Trinket, Chopper One, Air, Plug Spark Sanjay, Micro Mini, Silent Friction, Animatronics, Ozma, The Moog Cookbook, The Rentals |  |
Blondie may have had a string of number one hits and Talking Heads may have won the hearts of the critics, but the Cars were the most successful American new wave band to emerge in the late '70s. With their sleek, mechanical pop/rock, the band racked up a string of platinum albums and Top 40 singles that made them one of the most popular American rock & roll bands of the late '70s and early '80s. While they were more commercially oriented than their New York peers, the Cars were nevertheless inspired by proto-punk, garage rock, and bubblegum pop. The difference was in packaging.
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Release: October 17, 2006
Label: New Video Group
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Release: January 13, 2008
Label: Rhino/WEA UK, Warner Bros.
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