American Songwriter

Remembering When The Cars Went the Weird, Wild Route on Their Third Album in 1980

The Cars decided to get experimental on their third album. 'Panorama', released in 1980, confused fans and critics at the ...
American Songwriter

Remember When Mutt Lange Drove The Cars a Little Crazy While Making ‘Heartbeat City’ in the Early 1980s?

Via their first four albums, The Cars established themselves as one of the most commercially successful bands to come out of the New Wave era. But they wanted to hit a new level on their fifth record.
Ultimate Classic Rock

The Cars’ ‘Heartbeat City’ Expanded to 4 CDs for 40th Anniversary

The Cars are releasing an expanded "Deluxe Edition" of their 1984 album, Heartbeat City, for its 40th anniversary, which took place last year. The four-CD and one-LP set arrives on Oct. 31 with discs ...
Forbes

The Cars’ Story Is Finally Told In A New Definitive Biography

Between the late 1970s and the mid-1980s, the Cars were one of the most popular bands in rock. With an original sound that blended classic rock, sleek New Wave and catchy pop, the Boston-based group — ...
Louder on MSN

The stellar rise and sudden fall of The Cars, the new wave band who soundtracked America

For nearly a decade in the late 70s and early 80s, The Cars were one of America’s most popular bands ...