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 ...
Yahoo

The creation of The Cars’ song Drive and how it soundtracked a humanitarian catastrophe

Best of 2024: There is a defining moment in the BBC TV coverage of Live Aid on 13 July, 1985, when the whole humanitarian purpose of the global star-studded benefit concert is brought into stark and ...
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 ...
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 ...