The Cars
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The Cars were an American rock band formed in Boston in 1976. Emerging from the new wave scene in the late 1970s, they consisted of Ric Ocasek, Benjamin Orr, Elliot Easton, Greg Hawkes and David Robin
The Cars c. 1980 (left to right): Greg Hawkes, Elliot Easton, David Robinson, Ric Ocasek & Benjamin Orr
The Cars in a 1984 publicity shot
The Cars performing at the Riviera Theatre in May 2011
The Cars performing at Lollapalooza in August 2011, the band's final performance until their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in 2018
Ric Ocasek
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Richard Theodore Otcasek, known as Ric Ocasek, was an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He was the primary lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, songwriter, and frontman for the A
The Cars
…The Cars were an American rock band formed in Boston in 1976. Emerging from the new wave scene in the late 1970s, they consisted of Ric Ocasek (rhythm guitar), Benjamin Orr (bass guitar), Elliot Easton (lead guitar), Greg Hawkes (keyboards) and David Robinson (drums). Ocasek and Orr shared…
Ocasek in 1984
Ocasek in a 1980 Cars publicity photo
Ocasek performing with the Cars at the Riviera Theatre in Chicago, 2011
Ocasek performing with the Cars at Lollapalooza in Chicago, 2011