THE CARS TO RECORD WITH RIC OCASEK BACK IN THE SADDLE:

[RJhog (Admin)]

from melodicrock.com

 

The Ric Ocasek-led new wave band the Cars have reunited to record their first album in 23 years and may support it with a tour, Billboard.com has learned. The sessions were first confirmed by veteran engineer Paul Orofino in posts on the Pro Sound online message board that have since been deleted, and follow the late July posting on Facebook of a photo with the band's four surviving original members together in a Boston recording studio.
Last week, the Cars revealed a 73-second snippet of a new song, "Blue Tip," on their Facebook page, but provided no additional information about the album. Orofino's posts previously indicated that the band, which features Ocasek, guitarist Elliot Easton, keyboardist Greg Hawkes and drummer David Robinson, recorded only new songs for the album at his studio in Millbrook, N.Y. Orofino added that Hawkes played and/or programmed all the bass parts, filling the role served during the Cars' original 1976-1988 run by Benjamin Orr, who died of cancer in 2000.
Sources tell Billboard the group is strongly considering touring, but dates have yet to be confirmed.

[Scott]

I for one am very excited about this!

[RJhog (Admin)]

I knew you would be...

[Jon]

So am I and I almost mentioned this a couple weeks ago. Now wait for the Supertramp rumours....

[Scott]

Oh man, new Supertramp would be so good... do you know something we don't?

[Scott]

One last thing.... if these two release new music during my NMC week, I call them... so no .5 NMC's.

[RJhog (Admin)]

No worries from the Hog...