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Refimprove|date=August 2008Infobox musical artist | name = The New Cars| image =| caption =| image_size = 220| background = group_or_band| alias =| origin = Boston , Massachusetts , United States | genre = Rock music|Rock Power pop New wave music|New Wave | years_active = 2005–2007| label = Eleven Seven Music | associated_acts = The Cars , Journey (band)|Journey , Jefferson Starship , The Tubes , Meat Loaf , Utopia (band)|Utopia , Neil Hamburger | website = http://www.thenewcars.com/ Official site (Now a dead link)| current_members = Todd Rundgren Prairie Prince Kasim Sulton Greg Hawkes Elliot Easton | past_members = The New Cars was a band formed in 2005 with two of the original members of the 1970s/1980s New Wave music|new wave band The Cars . The band was composed of Todd Rundgren , drummer Prairie Prince , Kasim Sulton , and original Cars members Greg Hawkes and Elliot Easton . The band performed The Cars' classic songs, Rundgren's solo work, and some new material.
History
In 2005, rumors began circulating that Easton and Hawkes would be teaming with Todd Rundgren in a new Cars lineup, with Rundgren replacing Cars singer Ric Ocasek . The rumors turned out to be true, with the revamped lineup calling themselves The New Cars. Two regular Rundgren collaborators, bassist Kasim Sulton and drummer Prairie Prince , replaced the late bassist Benjamin Orr and drummer David Robinson (musician)|David Robinson in the new lineup. (Robinson, who retired from the music world years before, was invited to join the group but amicably declined.)
On May 9, 2006, a greatest hits/live collection, '' It's Alive& #33; (album)|It's Alive! '', was released on Eleven Seven Music . The album included classic Cars songs recorded live plus 3 new studio tracks. The band's first tour, the summer Roadrage Tour with Blondie (band)|Blondie kicked off May 12 in Mississippi .
Rundgren referred to the project as "an opportunity ... for me to pay my bills, play to a larger audience, work with musicians I know and like, and ideally have some fun for a year." Ocasek, who had opted out of any possibilities of a reunion, gave his blessing to Easton and Hawkes, saying, "I want Elliot and Greg to be happy." On April 17, 2006, he appeared on The Colbert Report and was asked if there was anyone he wanted to put Recurring_segments_on_The_Colbert_Report#The Boards|"on notice" . He answered "Todd Rundgren".
The New Cars performed "Not Tonight" on the June 6, 2006 episode of The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson .
Tour
The spring leg of the 2006 tour had to be cut short because Easton had broken his collarbone on June 5cite web |url= http://www.thenewcars.com/index.cfm/pk/view/cd/NAA/cdid/407908/pid/400036 |title=Elliot Easton goes in for repairs |accessdate=2009-02-10 and was playing in great pain. Despite the fact the album only sold 16,000 units, a winter leg of the tour ran from November through early December. The tour, titled Road Rage Winter Tour was a theatre tour of venues much smaller than their previous arena tour.
Post-2007 activity
The New Cars played their last concert in September 2007. Rundgren resumed his solo career, and his 2009 solo tour featured Kasim Sulton, Prairie Prince and Greg Hawkes as members of his backing band. A later Rundgren tour in 2010 featured band members Kasim Sulton and Prairie Prince. In 2010, Hawkes and Easton reunited with surviving Cars members Ric Ocasek and David Robinson for Move Like This|an album and tour.cite web | url = http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/new-wave-heroes-the-cars-roar-back-on-reunion-record-20110216 | title = New Wave Heroes the Cars Roar Back on Reunion Record | first = David | last = Fricke | date = February 16, 2011 | work = Rolling Stone | accessdate = February 19, 2011 | archiveurl = http://www.webcitation.org/5wcHvLpyE | archivedate = February 19, 2011
Several years later, Rundgren was asked how, looking back, he would characterize his time with The New Cars. "Bittersweet," he replied. "You know, we all put a lot of effort into it, but we got practically nothing out of it but aggravation." http://www.avclub.com/articles/todd-rundgren-on-his-musical-history-from-nazz-to,72070/2/
Band members
Todd Rundgren & nbsp;– lead vocals, rhythm guitar
Elliot Easton & nbsp;– lead guitar, backing vocals
Greg Hawkes & nbsp;– keyboards, backing vocals
Kasim Sulton & nbsp;– bass guitar, lead and backing vocals
Prairie Prince & nbsp;– drums, percussion
Also:
Atom Ellis (bass, vocals) filled in for Sulton on several dates where Sulton was not available, due to his touring commitments with Meat Loaf .
Discography
'' It's Alive& #33; (album)|It's Alive! (2006)
References
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External links
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http://music.aol.com/artist/the-new-cars/775657/main AOL Artist Page
http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/bio/index.jsp? pid=730603& aid=771163 Billboard Artist Page
http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article? AID=/20070227/LIFE06/70226029/1121/LIFE Asbury Park Press Interview with Kasim Sulton
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