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The Missing Link: The Damned’s Strawberries Turns 40

November 22, 2022November 22, 2022 Tim Sommer 1 Comment 1982, Blondie, Captain Sensible, CHEAP TRICK, Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen, Dave Vanian, Machine Gun Etiquette, Moody Blues, Strawberries, The Black Album, The Cars, The Damned, The Doors, The Kinks, The Who, Van Morrison

How did we miss out on one of the greatest classic rock bands of all time?

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New Wave Pop Rock

Long May You Run: The Cars’ Greg Hawkes Turns 70

October 21, 2022November 7, 2022 Jim Sullivan 6 Comments 70th Birthday, Benjamin Orr, Candy-O, Door to Door, Flowers in the Dirt, Greg Hawkes, Heartbeat City, Paul McCartney, Ric Ocasek, The Beatles, The Cars, The Everly Brothers

An exclusive interview with the legendary keyboardist

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Beatle Pop Rock

Let Paul Roll It

June 20, 2022June 20, 2022 John Packel 0 Comments Bonzo, Bruce Springsteen, Husker Du, John Bonham, Macca, Metlife Stadium, Paul McCartney, Robert Plant, Stevie Ray Vaughan, The Beatles, The Cars, The Firm, The Who, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, U2

Macca rocks New Jersey and shows why we endure

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When Greg Hawkes Met Eddie Japan

June 8, 2022June 8, 2022 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Benjamin Orr, Boston, City Winery, Dangerous Type, Drive, Eddie Japan, Elliot Easton, Good Times Roll, Greg Hawkes, Just What I Needed, Ric Ocasek, The Cars, The Rat, Todd Rundgren

Catching up with the legendary Cars keyboardist during a rare club gig

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LISTEN: Eric Hirshberg’s Call of Duty

February 26, 2021 Ron Hart 0 Comments Activision, Benjamin Orr, Call of Duty, Drive, Elliot Easton, Eric Hirshberg, Freedy Johnston, Jon Brion, Largo, Mar-a-Lago, Pitfall!, The Cars

The L.A. singer-songwriter who traded in an executive role at a video game juggernaut for his rock ‘n’ roll dreams shares cover of The Cars’ “Drive”

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New Wave Pop Power Pop Rock

Clem Burke: Full Moon, Empty Hearts

September 14, 2020September 16, 2020 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments Andy Babiuk, Blondie, CBGB, Clem Burke, Debbie Harry, Ed Stasium, Elliot Easton, Jon Varvatos, Ringo Starr, The Beatles, The Cars, The Chesterfield Kings, The Empty Hearts, The Romantics, Wally Palmar

An exclusive chat with the Blondie drummer about the second album from his current band and the good old days on The Bowery

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Gimme Some Slack: The Cars’ Panorama at 40

September 7, 2020December 8, 2020 Katherine Yeske Taylor 1 Comment 1980, 40th Anniversary, adblock, Benjamin Orr, Elliot Easton, Greg Hawkes, Panorama, Ric Ocasek, The Cars, Touch and Go

Guitarist Elliot Easton chats exclusively with the Rock & Roll Globe about the New Wave legends’ underrated third album

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Alternative Rock Power Pop Punk

IN CONCERT: Cherie Currie and Co. Fire It Up at Hot Stove Cool Music

February 20, 2020February 20, 2020 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Bill Janovitz, Boston, Buffalo Tom, Cherie Currie, Gail Greenwood, Greg Hawkes, Hot Stove Cool Music, Jen Trynin, Kay Hanley, Kim Shattuck, Letters To Cleo, Tanya Donnelly, Ted Leo, The Cars, The Rolling Stones, The Runaways

The onetime Runaway is joined by members of Buffalo Tom, The Cars, Letters To Cleo, Belly, Speedy Ortiz and more at the 20th anniversary blowout for famed Boston rock ‘n’ jock charity event

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Pop Top 40: Top 200 Albums for the Week Ending November 24, 1984

November 26, 2019November 26, 2019 Thomas Inskeep 0 Comments Barbra Streisand, Billy Ocean, Bruce Springsteen, David Bowie, Hall and Oates, Honeydrippers, Huey Lewis and the News, Lionel Richie, Prince, Stevie Wonder, The Cars, Tina Turner, U2

At Thanksgiving 1984, Americans were most thankful for these albums

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New Wave Power Pop Remembrance Rock

Friends, Family and Longtime Colleagues Mourn the Passing of Ric Ocasek on Social Media

September 16, 2019September 16, 2019 Ron Hart 0 Comments Alice Cooper, Bad Brains, Courtney Love, Craig Leon, Darryl Jenifer, Elliot Easton, Elvira, Flea, Kesha, Martha Quinn, Mistress of the Dark, Ric Ocasek, RIP, The Cars, Tom Morello, Weezer

Alice Cooper, Courtney Love, Weezer, Billy Corgan and Martha Quinn are just a selection of names paying homage to the New Wave icon

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New Wave’s Ne Plus Ultra: The Cars’ Candy-O Turns 40

September 16, 2019June 2, 2021 Jim Allen 0 Comments 1979, 40th Anniversary, Benjamin Orr, Elliot Easton, Greg Hawkes, Ric Ocasek, The Cars

With their second LP, the Boston band downshifted into mainstream success

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New Wave Power Pop Rock

The Zen of Elliot Easton

March 11, 2019March 11, 2019 Bill Janovitz 6 Comments Benjamin Orr, Elliot Easton, Ric Ocasek, The Cars, Wild Honey Organization

The legendary Cars guitarist remains just what we needed

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Seven Great 80s Songs (and their music videos)

May 3, 2018April 12, 2019 Ken Kurson 0 Comments Green, Indigo Girls, Jeff Lescher, Journey, NWA, Steve Perry, Straight Outta Compton, The Cars, The Replacements

A Facebook meme that didn’t bug the shit out of me

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Great Songwriter and Just Plain Great Writer Jim Vallance

January 11, 2017April 11, 2019 Ken Kurson 2 Comments Aerosmith, Berry Gordy, Bob Moses, Bryan Adams, Funk Brothers, Glass Tiger, Hrishikesh Hirway, Jim Vallance, Mutt Lange, Prism, Robert White, Smokey Robinson, The Cars, The Romantics

Master craftsman Jim Vallance. (Kaitlyn Flannagan) We have entered a political season in which just about everything seems to divide us from one another. Friends, here is a photo that depicts something upon which EVERYONE can agree. And that something is that Summer of ’69 is one of the greatest songs ever. And this guy’s the one who wrote it! Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Jim Vallance! Vallance visited New York

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