Oimba a The Cars ndi oimira owala a otchedwa "New wave of rock". Mwachizoloŵezi komanso mwamalingaliro, mamembala a gululo adatha kusiya "zowunikira" zam'mbuyo za phokoso la nyimbo za rock.
Mbiri ya chilengedwe ndi kapangidwe ka gulu The Cars
Gululi lidakhazikitsidwa mu 1976 ku United States of America. Koma patapita zaka zoposa 6 gulu lachipembedzo lisanakhazikitsidwe.
Aluso a Ric Ocasek ndi a Benjamin Orr ndi omwe adachokera ku gululi. Anyamatawa anakumana pambuyo pa ntchito ya Orr. Kenako anali m'gulu lodziwika bwino la Grasshoppers pa Big 5 Show ku Cleveland. Oimbawo anali m'magulu osiyanasiyana - ku Columbus ndi Ann Arbor asanasamuke ku Boston kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 1970.
Kale ku Boston, Rick ndi Benjamin, pamodzi ndi gitala Jason Goodkind, anapanga ntchito yawoyawo. Atatuwo anatchedwa Milkwood.
Kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 1970, chizindikiro cha Paramount Records chinathandizira kutulutsa LP ya gululi. Tikukamba za mbiri ya How's The Weather?. Oimbawo adawerengera kuchuluka kwa kutchuka, koma okonda nyimbo sanakonde kusonkhanitsa. Sizinapange ma chart aliwonse, ndipo, kuchokera pazamalonda, zidakhala "zolephera".
Mpweya watsopano
Posakhalitsa Rick ndi Benjamin adapanga gulu latsopano la projekiti Richard ndi akalulu. Kuphatikiza pa olimbikitsa malingaliro, Greg Hawks adalowa mu timuyi. Pambuyo pake, Ocasek ndi Orr adachita ngati acoustic duo, Ocasek ndi Orr, ku Idler yaying'ono ku Cambridge. Zina mwa nyimbo zomwe anyamatawo adazilemba ngati duet zidalowa mu repertoire ya The Cars.
Zinthu zinayenda bwino, choncho Ocasek ndi Orr anaitana Elliot Easton woimba gitala kuti alowe nawo gulu lawo. Oimbawo adayamba kuyimba pansi pa dzina lakuti Cap'n Swing. Posakhalitsa mamembala ena angapo adalowa nawo mgululi, Glenn Evans, kenako Kevin Robichaux. Benjamin anali woimba wamkulu m’gululo, choncho sankaimba bass.
Gulu la Cap'n Swing potsiriza lazindikiridwa ndi okonda nyimbo zolemetsa. Ndipo nthawi ina mwayi anamwetulira anyamata. WBCN disc jockey Maxan Sartori adawakopa chidwi. Wotchukayo adayamba kuyimba nyimbo zochokera kugulu lachiwonetsero muwonetsero wake.
Ocasek adayesa kangapo kuti alowe nawo zolemba zodziwika bwino. Komabe, makampaniwo sanaone kuti gulu lachinyamatali likulonjeza, choncho anaonetsa oimbawo chitseko. Pambuyo pake, Ocasek adathamangitsa woyimba bass ndi drummer ndikupanga ubongo wake, womwe, mwa lingaliro lake, unali woyenerera kutchedwa "watsopano wa rock" powonekera.
Orr adatenga gitala la bass, David Robinson adatenga ng'oma, Hawkes adabwerera ku makiyibodi. Gululi lidayamba kuyimba pansi pa dzina loti Magalimoto.
Creative njira ndi nyimbo za gulu
Konsati kuwonekera koyamba kugulu gulu latsopano zinachitika pa tsiku lomaliza la 1976 ku New Hampshire. Pambuyo pake, anyamatawo adagwira ntchito mu studio yojambulira kuti apange Album yoyamba. Nyimbo ya Just What I Needed, yomwe inatulutsidwa mu 1977, inachititsa chidwi kwambiri kwa mafani ndi otsutsa nyimbo. Inaseweredwa pa wailesi ya Boston. Kusintha kumeneku kwa oimba kunali kwabwino kokha. Adasaina ndi Elektra Records.
Mu 1978, zolemba za gululi zidawonjezeredwanso ndi LP ya dzina lomwelo. Mbiriyi idalandiridwa mwachikondi ndi mafani ambiri komanso otsutsa nyimbo. Albumyi inatenga malo a 18 pa Billboard 200. Pakati pa nyimbo, mafaniwo adawona nyimbo za Bye Bye Love ndi Moving mu Stereo.
Patatha chaka chimodzi, ulalo wa Album ya Candy-O inachitika. Chosangalatsa kwambiri mu chimbalecho chinali chikuto. Zosonkhanitsazo zidatenga malo olemekezeka a 3 potengera kuchuluka kwa malonda ku America. Pochirikiza chimbale cha studio, oimba adayenda ulendo waukulu.
Mu 1980, zojambula za gululi zidasinthidwa ndi chimbale cha Panorama. Mbiriyo idakhala yoyesera. Idafika pachimake pa nambala 5 pama chart aku US. Fans adalandira ntchitoyo mwachikondi, zomwe sitinganene za otsutsa nyimbo.
Patatha chaka chimodzi, gululi linapanga situdiyo yawo yojambulira, yotchedwa Syncro Sound. Ku studioyi, oimbawo adajambula nyimbo za Shake It Up. Pothandizira LP, oimba adapita kukaona, pambuyo pake Ocasek ndi Hawks adalengeza kuti akupuma pang'ono. Panthawi imeneyi, oimba anali kuchita ntchito payekha. Zojambula zawo zaumwini zalemeretsedwa ndi ma Albums atsopano.
Kugawanika kwa Magalimoto
Atabwerera ku gululo, oimba adagwira ntchito yopanga chimbale chatsopano. Posakhalitsa gululo lidadzazidwanso ndi disc ya Heartbeat City. Albumyi imatengedwa ndi otsutsa nyimbo kuti ndiyo yopambana kwambiri. Nyimbo yomwe Mungaganize idapambana kusankhidwa kwa Video of the Year kuchokera ku MTV Video Music Awards.
Patapita nthawi, "mafani" anasangalala ndi nyimbo za LP latsopano, lotchedwa Tonight Iye Akubwera. Albumyi idakwera pamwamba pa ma chart a Top Rocks Tracks.
Pambuyo ulaliki wa situdiyo Album, oimba kachiwiri anayamba ntchito payekha. Chakumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1980, gululi lidatulutsa chimbale cha Door to Door, chomwe chinali ndi nyimbo ya You Are the Girl. Zotsatira zake, nyimboyi inakhala yodziwika kwambiri.
Nyimbo ya You Are the Girl ndiyo nyimbo yokhayo yomwe "siyinawomberedwe" ndi otsutsa nyimbo. Ntchito ina yonse inali "kulephera". Mu 1988, The Cars adalengeza kutha kwa gululo.
M'katikati mwa zaka za m'ma 1990, zinadziwika za chitsitsimutso cha gululo. Nthawi yomweyo, gulu la Rhino Records lidagwiritsa ntchito kuphatikiza kawiri ndi zolengedwa zomwe zidasonkhanitsidwa.
Kenako Orr adasewera ndi magulu angapo, adalemba nyimbo ndi John Kalishis. Ndipo adagwirizananso ndi anzawo akale kuti apereke kuyankhulana mwatsatanetsatane kuti apange filimu yojambula.
Kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m’ma 2000, zinadziwika za imfa ya Benjamini. Pa nthawi ya imfa yake, anali ndi zaka 53 zokha. Analimbana ndi khansa ya pancreatic kwa nthawi yayitali. Soloist Ocasek adalemba ma LP 7 okha.
Robinson adapuma pantchito mpaka kalekale. Mwamunayo anadzizindikira yekha mu bizinesi ya lesitilanti. Posakhalitsa, Easton ndi Hawks, Kasim Sulton, Prairie Prince ndi Todd Rundgren adapanga pulojekiti yatsopano, The New Cars.
Magalimoto lero
Mu 2010, gululi linakumananso. Oimbawo adatenga zithunzi zingapo pa malo ochezera a pa Intaneti ndipo adalengeza kuti asankha kuyanjananso. Nthawi yomweyo, ulaliki wa nyimbo yatsopano, yomwe idatchedwa Blue Tip, idachitika. Posakhalitsa, zida za nyimbo za Free and Sad Song zidawonekera patsamba lovomerezeka la gululo. Patatha chaka chimodzi, ulaliki wa kanema wa nyimbo ya Blue Tip unachitika.
Patatha chaka chimodzi, gulu la discography lidawonjezeredwa ndi chimbale chatsopano. Longplay inkatchedwa Move Like This. Chimbalecho chinatenga malo olemekezeka a 7 pampikisano wopambana. Pothandizira kusonkhanitsa kwatsopano, oimbawo adayenda ulendo waukulu. Pambuyo pake, mamembala a gulu adapumanso. Mu 2018, oimba adagwirizana kuti alowe nawo mu Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Mu 2019, katswiri komanso mtsogoleri wa The Cars, Ric Ocasek, adamwalira. Woimba yekha wa gululo anamwalira ali ndi zaka 75. Woimbayo anafa ndi matenda a mtima omwe anavuta ndi emphysema.
