David Robinson (drummer)
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| - | + | '''David Robinson''' (born April 2, 1949) is an American [[rock music|rock]] [[drummer]]. He has performed with many rock bands including the Rising Tide, [[the Modern Lovers]], the Pop!, [[DMZ (band)|DMZ]] and [[the Cars]]. | |
| - | '''The Cars''' were an [[American rock]] band who emerged from the [[New wave music|new wave]] scene in the late 1970s. The band originated in [[Boston]] in 1976, with singer, rhythm guitarist, and songwriter [[Ric Ocasek]]; bassist and singer [[Benjamin Orr]]; lead guitarist [[Elliot Easton]]; keyboardist [[Greg Hawkes]]; and drummer [[David Robinson (drummer)|David Robinson]]. | + | |
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| - | The Cars were at the forefront in merging 1970s [[guitar]]-oriented [[rock music|rock]] with the new [[synthesizer-oriented pop]] that was then becoming popular and which flourished in the early 1980s. [[Robert Palmer (writer)|Robert Palmer]], music critic for ''[[The New York Times]]'' and ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', described the Cars' musical style: "they have taken some important but disparate contemporary trends—[[Punk rock|punk]] minimalism, the labyrinthine synthesizer and guitar textures of [[art rock]], the '50s [[rockabilly]] revival and the melodious terseness of [[power pop]]—and mixed them into a personal and appealing blend." | + | |
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| - | The Cars were named "Best New Artist" in the 1978 ''Rolling Stone'' Readers' Poll and won "[[MTV Video Music Award|Video of the Year]]" for "[[You Might Think]]" at the first [[1984 MTV Video Music Awards|MTV Video Music Awards]] in 1984. Their debut album, ''[[The Cars (album)|The Cars]]'', sold six million copies and appeared on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] album chart for 139 weeks. As of 2001, the Cars had sold over 23 million albums in the United States. | + | |
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| - | The band broke up in 1988 and Ocasek had since stated that a reunion would never happen. Orr died in 2000 from [[pancreatic cancer]]. In 2005, Easton and Hawkes joined with [[Todd Rundgren]] to form a spin-off band, [[the New Cars]], which performed classic Cars and Rundgren songs alongside new material. The surviving original members reunited in 2010 to record a new album, ''[[Move Like This]]'', which was released in May 2011, followed by a short tour. | + | |
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| - | In April 2018, the Cars were inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] and reunited once more to perform at the induction ceremony. The reunion was their final performance with Ocasek, who died on September 15, 2019, of cardiovascular disease. | + | |
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| - | * ''[[The Cars (album)|The Cars]]'' (1978) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Candy-O]]'' (1979) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Panorama (Cars album)|Panorama]]'' (1980) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Shake It Up (Cars album)|Shake It Up]]'' (1981) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Heartbeat City]]'' (1984) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Door to Door (album)|Door to Door]]'' (1987) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Move Like This]]'' (2011) | + | |
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David Robinson (born April 2, 1949) is an American rock drummer. He has performed with many rock bands including the Rising Tide, the Modern Lovers, the Pop!, DMZ and the Cars.
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