Even if you can’t remember the first time you heard The Cars – perhaps Just What I Need, My Best Friend’s Girl, Shake It Up or You Might Think – you probably remember how those songs made you feel. That’s the magic of their music; more specifically, the magic of Elliot Easton, whose slick licks and knack for pop melodies defined a generation of new wave-loving kids.
“If I recorded something and I had the feeling I could do better, I couldn't even sleep that night,” he tells Guitar World. “I’d be dying to get back to the studio to fix whatever was bugging me.
