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“We opened for bands we really hated, like Styx. People were relating to us and not them. They got a little pissed”: the stellar rise and sudden fall of The Cars, the new wave band who soundtracked America
For nearly a decade in the late 70s and early 80s, The Cars were one of America’s most popular bands