Between the late 1970s and the mid-1980s, the Cars were one of the most popular bands in rock. With an original sound that blended classic rock, sleek New Wave and catchy pop, the Boston-based group — ...

The love-gone-wrong song represents a rite of passage for just about every songwriter who has ever put pen to paper. Only a precious few writers can give those songs a spin that sounds like something ...

When "Heartbeat City" appeared in the spring of 1984, The Cars seemed both utterly of their moment and somehow outside it. They were too neat for rock and too sly for pop, the sort of Gatsby band that ...

The new wave band found swift success with albums like ‘The Cars’ (1978), ‘Candy-O’ (1979) and ‘Heartbeat City’ (1984). The Cars broke up in 1988, but they reunited in 2010 to record an album, ‘Move ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ric Ocasek’s ex-wife, Paulina Porizkova, posted a tribute to the late rock star on social media, giving an exceedingly honest overview of their relationship. Ocasek, lead vocalist for the band The ...

Nearly six years after the death of her estranged husband, The Cars frontman Ric Ocasek, Paulina Porizkova has opened up about their complicated relationship and the heartbreak she endured following ...

This scrupulous account from music journalist Aaron (If You Like the Ramones) pays tribute to the Cars’ late front man, who died in 2019. The author briefly recounts Ocasek’s early years in Baltimore, ...

The model, 60, is engaged to television writer Jeff Greenstein. Porizkova shared the news of her engagement in a romantic Instagram video on Wednesday, July 9, which showed her and Greenstein smiling ...