With bands like the Killers, Interpol, and Franz Ferdinand breaking through in 2005, former Cars guitarist Elliot Easton and keyboardist Greg Hawkes got to thinking. With all this ’80s-influenced music appearing on the pop charts, perhaps it was time to revive the Cars and reconnect with music fans. The two approached the other surviving members, David Robinson and Ric Ocasek — fifth member Benjamin Orr had lost his battle to pancreatic cancer in 2000 — but neither was interested. It seemed like the idea was finished until Easton brought his old friend Todd Rundgren’s name up, and while Haw
Totally out of the blue and for surprise of many AOR and West Coast collectors there is a new reissue label in Norway which seems to have access to almost every Norwegian release from the 70s and 80s.
