Ric Ocasek: Cars frontman who drove new wave into the mainstream
In 1978, the Cars seemed almost too good to be true. US rock radio and mainstream record-buyers had been almost implacably resistant to punk: none of the Ramones’ albums had cracked the US Top 40, nor had Blondie. Patti Smith’s ascension to the upper reaches of the Billboard Hot 100 had been …
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