when I think of the Cars the first thing that comes to mind is Nigel Rennard and his over the top reaction to their first album. Nigel who managed my band The Fiction in 1978 and later went on to manage La femme, the Ballroom and later Missing Link seemed to be besotted by this album. He was always going on about it. I think he liked the girls on the cover as much as the album inside. He started off managing my band The Fiction and then later took over La Femme. One day he bought a PA and we tried it out at our guitarist's Rob Wellington's Dad's warehouse. We played and then La Femme just blasted it away. The police came and shut it down. And we lost our rehearsal space. Then Nigel decided to concentrate on La Femme. They did have a brilliant sound though. My Mod friends weren't keen on them but I was always amazed how great they sounded. Got them on Countdown. Even Rob Furst from Beat magazine joined them on keyboards. In 1982 they had to support us at the Venue which was kind of a good feeling since in the early days we had to support them quite a few times. And they still sounded great.
I love the sound on the first Cars album and this is one of the coolest tracks on it. Power pop with a touch of the Queen sound thanks to Roy Thomas baker who produced Night at The Opera.
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