‘The Cars: Let the Stories Be Told’ Review: What Drove Their Music

Known for their “cool detachment,” the Cars found a musical sweet spot with spiky power pop buffed into a commercial sheen.
Stereogum

The Cars Ready Final Songs With Ric Ocasek, Get New Biography And Tribute Concert

It’s hard to imagine a Cars revival because the Cars never really go away. The great new wave band released their final album ...
Yahoo

Under the Hood of ‘80s Rock Legends: 13 of the Biggest Reveals in the New Book About the Cars

Tue, September 30, 2025 at 11:35 PM UTC Prior to his death, Ocasek wasn’t thrilled about having Janovitz write the Cars story, the author revealed in Rolling Stone. Cars drummer Robinson had to ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Boston Globe

‘The Cars: Let the Stories Be Told’ captures the Boston band’s brief but shining career

When the Cars’ debut album came out in 1978, the band celebrated by headlining six consecutive shows at the Paradise Rock Club. By then, they’d built an avid local following by playing regularly at ...
KHQ

Police: Rock star Ric Ocasek found dead in NYC apartment

NEW YORK (AP) - Ric Ocasek, famed frontman for The Cars rock band, has been found dead in a Manhattan apartment. The New York City police department said officers responding to a 911 call found the 75 ...