Monday, March 27, 2006
The Cars Reform, With Rundgren - No Orange County date, yet.
From Rolling Stone:
The Cars have returned -- well, the New Cars, now fronted by Todd Rundgren. Gathered with founding members Elliot Easton and Greg Hawkes to make the announcement at Los Angeles' House of Blues on Tuesday, Rundgren may have sounded deeper than enigmatic Cars frontman Ric Ocasek, but he had the look down, in glued-on dark shades and a sharply cut sports jacket.
The band -- with a lineup rounded out by Tubes drummer Prairie Prince and bassist Kasim Fulton -- revealed that it will release a compilation of covers of the Cars' greatest hits in May. The newly configured band will also hit the road with recently inducted Rock & Roll Hall of Famers Blondie, for the Road Rage Tour, set to kick off May 12th in Mississippi.
Formed in Boston in 1976 the Cars' original lineup had Ocasek on vocals, Elliot on lead guitar, Hawkes on synthesizer, Benjamin Orr on bass (he died in 2000) and David Robinson on drums. The New Wave act released seven albums before calling it quits in 1988.
For the entire Rolling Stone article, click here.
