Opinion: Ric Ocasek's 'The Cars' was the first new wave album you owned

9:12am PDT - September 16th, 2019    ric ocasek - CNN

'The Cars,' the record that started it all for the late rocker, was released in 1978 -- a year after the Sex Pistols' brand of punk had stirred up England and six months after Elvis Costello had caused a rebellious scene on "Saturday Night Live." It reached b…