Orange County Register

How the Cars found rock ‘n’ roll superstardom and let it slip away

In Cleveland in the late ’60s they formed bands with names like ID Nirvana and Leatherwood. After moving to Boston in the early ’70s, there was Milkwood, Richard and the Rabbits — which included ...
Ultimate Classic Rock

The Cars Are Working On New Music Featuring Ric Ocasek

The surviving members of the Cars are reportedly working on a new album, using studio recordings left behind by frontman Ric Ocasek, who died in 2019. The news comes from Bill Janovitz's comprehensive ...
American Songwriter

The Cars’ Surviving Members Are Working on a New Album Featuring Archival Tracks, According to a New Book About the Band

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 ...
The Boston Globe

‘The Cars: Let the Stories Be Told’ captures the Boston band’s brief but shining career

When the Cars’ debut album came out in 1978, the band celebrated by headlining six consecutive shows at the Paradise Rock Club. By then, they’d built an avid local following by playing regularly at ...
Rolling Stone

Meet the Alt-Rock Pioneer Whose New Book Tells the Definitive Story of the Cars

Bill Janovitz was 12 years old when his friend’s older brother introduced him to the Cars. It was 1978 and their self-titled debut LP — featuring “Good Times Roll,” “My Best Friend’s Girl,” “Just What ...