Just Us Nerds

Progressive rock icon and all-around music guru Todd Rundgren, as well as Kasim Sultan, have joined with founding members of The Cars Elliot Easton and Greg Hawkes, re-forming the band as The New Cars. As my pal Andy said, this could either be really interesting, or a total catastrophe. Whatever the outcome, as a fan of all involved, I wish them luck. They’re on The Late Late Show next Tuesday (3/28) should you care to take a peek.

Of course, Todd Rundgren wasn’t the only person interested in the gig. Here’s a list of the other replacements the band considered, and the names of the projects had they signed up:

• Teen queen & future repeat drug offender Lindsay Lohan – The Used Cars
• Sex Pistols frontman John “Johnny Rotten” Lydon – The We Don’t Need Your Fucking Cars
• Billy Joel – The Cars In Your Living Room
• Cranberries lead singer Dolores O’Riordan – The Car Bombs
• Neil Young – Rust On Your Undercarriage Never Sleeps
• Vince Neil – Lemme Borrow Your Car So Me & Razzle Can Go On A Beer Run
• Kid Rock – The Seat’s All Sticky & It Kinda Burns When I Pee
• The Wu-Tang Clan – Don’t Look Under The Front Seat
• Former Go-Go’s singer Belinda Carlisle – The Go-Karts
• Sir Mix-A-Lot – My Hoopties
• Axl Rose – Belts & Hoses
• Colin Ferrell – Puking Out The Car Window
• B.A. Baracus & H.M. Murdock – Murdock You Crazy Foo’ Ain’t No Way You Drivin’ My Ride
• Snoop Dogg – The Nizzle Carnizzles
• Metal legend Ronnie James Dio – The Mini Coopers
• Chuck D & Terminator X – It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Raise This Jack