The Cars
type: Organisation
type: Agent
type: SocialPerson
type: Q43229
type: Q24229398
type: Q215380
type: Thing
type: Group
type: Band
type: MusicGroup
type: Organization
label: カーズ (バンド) @ja
label: 더 카스 @ko
label: 汽車合唱團 @zh
label: الكارز (فريق روك) @ar
background: group_or_band
subject: Category:Concord Records artists
subject: Category:Musical groups reestablished in 2018
subject: Category:Rock music groups from Massachusetts
subject: Category:Musical groups from Boston
subject: Category:1976 establishments in Massachusetts
subject: Category:The Cars
subject: Category:American new wave musical groups
subject: Category:2010 establishments in Massachusetts
subject: Category:Musical groups disestablished in 2011
subject: Category:Elektra Records artists
subject: Category:Musical groups established in 1976
subject: Category:American musical quintets
subject: Category:Musical groups disestablished in 1988
subject: Category:Musical groups reestablished in 2010
subject: Category:1988 disestablishments in Massachusetts
subject: Category:American power pop groups
description: americká rocková hudební skupina @cs
description: grupo musical estadounidense @es
description: amerykański zespół nowofalowy @pl
description: American pop-rock band
description: американска поп-рок група @mk
description: grup de rock @ca
description: američki glazbeni sastav @hr
description: amerikai pop-rock együttes @hu
description: Amerikan pop-rock grubu @tr
description: US-amerikanische Pop-Rockband @de
description: yhdysvaltalainen yhtye @fi
description: amerikanskt rockband @sv
description: Amerikaanse band @nl
description: gruppo musicale statunitense @it
description: groupe de musique rock américain @fr
description: formație americană de pop-rock @ro
landscape: yes
spinoff of: Cap'n Swing
id: 1275069
active years end year: 1988
active years start year: 1976
former band member: Benjamin Orr
former band member: Ric Ocasek
former band member: Greg Hawkes
former band member: David Robinson (drummer)
former band member: Elliot Easton
genre: Pop rock
genre: New wave music
genre: Power pop
hometown: Massachusetts
hometown: Boston
imdb id: 1275069
record label: Elektra Records
record label: Concord Records
sound recording: The Cars Sound 1
footer: In 2005, guitarist Elliot Easton formed the New Cars with Greg Hawkes and added Todd Rundgren, Kasim Sulton and Prairie Prince to the lineup. The supergroup disbanded after one album and one single. The band also performed songs from Rundgren's career.
genre: New wave
genre: pop rock
genre: power pop
total width: 470
alt: Prairie Prince in 2009
alt: Todd Rundgren in 2013
alt: Sulton in 1978
alt: Elliott Easton in 2006
description: "Drive" was released as the third single from the band's fifth studio album Heartbeat City . Written by Ric Ocasek and performed by Benjamin Orr, the song peaked at number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100.
label: Concord