THE CARS

Nirvana. Smashing Pumpkins. The Pixies. The Strokes. Fountains of Wayne. MGMT. LCD Soundsystem. The New Pornographers. All bands influenced by The Cars.

From NYT bestselling author Bill Janovitz comes the definitive biography of The Cars, one of the most popular and influential bands of all time. With unprecedented access, including interviews with the three serving members of the band, Janovitz interweaves biographical information about the band members with articulate musical insight. This honest, serious, and unshrinking book accentuates the sizable artistic, cultural, and commercial impact of the band, while contextualizing the good with the less-than-good.



The Cars have a huge global audience, with over twenty million records sold worldwide. This is the first major book about this band and will provide an insider's look at the entire history of the band for the first time ever.