From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The New Cars
The New Cars
The New Cars with musicians I know and like, and ideally have some
fun for a year." Ocasek, who had opted out of any pos-
Origin Boston, Massachusetts, United States sibilities of a reunion, gave his blessing to Easton and
Genres Rock Hawkes, saying, "I want Elliot and Greg to be happy." On
Power pop April 17, 2006, he appeared on The Colbert Report and was
New Wave asked if there was anyone he wanted to put "on notice".
Years 2005–2007 He answered "Todd Rundgren".
active The New Cars performed "Not Tonight" on the June 6,
2006 episode of The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.
Labels Eleven Seven Music
Associated
acts
The Cars, Journey, Jefferson Starship, The
Tubes, Meat Loaf, Utopia, Neil Hamburger Tour
Website Official site (Now a dead link) The spring leg of the 2006 tour had to be cut short be-
cause Easton had broken his collarbone on June 5[1] and
Members was playing in great pain. Despite the fact the album
Todd Rundgren only sold 16,000 units, a winter leg of the tour ran from
Prairie Prince November through early December. The tour, titled Road
Kasim Sulton Rage Winter Tour was a theatre tour of venues much small-
Greg Hawkes er than their previous arena tour.
Elliot Easton
The New Cars was a band formed in 2005 with two of the Post-2007 activity
original members of the 1970s/1980s new wave band The
The New Cars played their last concert in September
Cars. The band was composed of Todd Rundgren, drum-
2007. Rundgren resumed his solo career, and his 2009 so-
mer Prairie Prince, Kasim Sulton, and original Cars mem-
lo tour featured Kasim Sulton, Prairie Prince and Greg
bers Greg Hawkes and Elliot Easton. The band performed
Hawkes as members of his backing band. A later Rund-
The Cars’ classic songs, Rundgren’s solo work, and some
gren tour in 2010 featured band members Kasim Sulton
new material.
and Prairie Prince. In 2010, Hawkes and Easton reunited
with surviving Cars members Ric Ocasek and David
History Robinson for an album and tour.[2]
In 2005, rumors began circulating that Easton and
Hawkes would be teaming with Todd Rundgren in a new Band members
Cars lineup, with Rundgren replacing Cars singer Ric
• Todd Rundgren – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
Ocasek. The rumors turned out to be true, with the re-
• Elliot Easton – lead guitar, backing vocals
vamped lineup calling themselves The New Cars. Two
• Greg Hawkes – keyboards, backing vocals
regular Rundgren collaborators, bassist Kasim Sulton and
• Kasim Sulton – bass guitar, lead and backing vocals
drummer Prairie Prince, replaced the late bassist Ben-
• Prairie Prince – drums, percussion
jamin Orr and drummer David Robinson in the new line-
Also:
up. (Robinson, who retired from the music world years
• Atom Ellis (bass, vocals) filled in for Sulton on
before, was invited to join the group but amicably de-
several dates where Sulton was not available, due to
clined.)
his touring commitments with Meat Loaf.
On May 9, 2006, a greatest hits/live collection, The
New Cars: It’s Alive!, was released on Eleven Seven Music.
The album included classic Cars songs recorded live plus Discography
new studio tracks. The band’s first tour, the summer • It’s Alive! (2006)
Roadrage Tour with Blondie kicked off May 12 in Missis-
sippi.
Rundgren referred to the project as "an opportunity
... for me to pay my bills, play to a larger audience, work
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The New Cars
References External links
[1] "Elliot Easton goes in for repairs". • Official website
http://www.thenewcars.com/index.cfm/pk/view/ • Official MySpace Site
cd/NAA/cdid/407908/pid/400036. Retrieved • VH1 Artist Page
2009-02-10. • MTV Artist Page
[2] Fricke, David (February 16, 2011). "New Wave • AOL Artist Page
Heroes the Cars Roar Back on Reunion Record". • Billboard Artist Page
Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on • Rolling Stones Artist Page
February 19, 2011. http://www.webcitation.org/ • Asbury Park Press Interview with Kasim Sulton
5wcHvLpyE. Retrieved February 19, 2011.
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