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Title: The Cars – Greatest Hits
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1985, New Wave, Power Pop/Synth Rock, Boston, Massachusetts 5/26
Matrix #: 9 60464-2
Condition: Used CD, condition not provided VZ | Members: Ric O (44' - 19'), Benjamin O (47' - 00'), Elliot E (53' - ), Greg H (52' - ), David R (49' - )
Cultural Facts:
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Scene Ecology The Cars came out of Boston’s late-70s club world, but their clean image made them feel less like a bar band and more like a design-conscious new wave machine.
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Personal Struggle Benjamin Orr died of pancreatic cancer in 2000; he kept performing during his illness, making the band’s later legacy feel heavier than its sleek pop image suggests.
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Studio Lore Before The Cars, Ric Ocasek and Benjamin Orr had already chased a stranger folk-rock path with Milkwood, a failed early project that makes The Cars’ later precision feel hard-earned.
