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What was the deal with Greg Hawkes of the Cars?

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What was the deal with Greg Hawkes of the Cars?

Postby randy » Sat Aug 28, 2004 4:07 am

The guy looked cool on the back cover of their first album, but by the time Candy O came out he looked like a candy striper!! What happened??
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Postby fritzb » Sat Aug 28, 2004 4:43 am

Well he shaved off his mustache and started wearing NW clothing. What's so bad about that? [:I]
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Postby cementkite » Sat Aug 28, 2004 12:57 pm

You should check out the picture of him on the back of the Panorama album. He looks like he's right out of DEVO!
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Postby WoodlandParkPunk » Mon Aug 30, 2004 2:44 am

Better yet, how did Ric Ocasek nail Paulina Porizkova for all theses years??????????????????
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Postby Panorama » Mon Aug 30, 2004 3:29 am

[quote]Originally posted by WoodlandParkPunk
[br]Better yet, how did Ric Ocasek nail Paulina Porizkova for all theses years?????????
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Postby Sean » Mon Aug 30, 2004 6:26 am

Actually, I think it was pretty cool that Rik got Paulina. Finally a New Waver gets the good looking chick instead of a Heavy Metaler. I know that Rik probably got the better deal but Paulina's not getting some loser from the street with Rik. He is the
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Postby ekahob » Mon Aug 30, 2004 7:17 am

Greg's look changed because he was probably forced to work with a "Stylist".

A quick Paulina story: I was working at a video production company in NYC and a really attractive girl came into the office to pick up a demo reel for Ric Ocasek. She was th
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Postby skinnytie » Mon Aug 30, 2004 11:01 am

I was surprised to see that Greg Hawkes makes these CD's that are sold in places like Sam Ash. They're extremely expensive, but they're free of copyright (I guess you're buying into the copyright, actually), so you can use them in soundtracks and stuff.
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Postby Sean » Mon Aug 30, 2004 11:02 am

That's cool to hear Gregg regarding Rik & Paulina.
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