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Elliot Easton (born Elliot Steinberg, December 18, 1953,〔(John Bush. Allmusic biography of Elliot Easton )〕 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American musician. He played lead guitar and sings backing vocals for The Cars. His guitar solos are an integral part of the band's hit singles. He studied music at the Berklee College of Music. He plays guitar left-handed. Upon the collapse of The Cars in 1988, Easton played in bands such as The New Cars and the roots rock group Creedence Clearwater Revisited.〔 He has also played in songs by newer artists such as the power pop band the Click Five, whose guitarist Joe Guese referred to him as "the Boston connection". ==Solo career== Easton released one solo album in 1985, ''Change No Change'', featuring songs co-written with Jules Shear.〔http://www.allmusic.com/album/change-no-change-mw0000182729〕 A later band project, Band of Angels, was formed with singer Danny Malone, and recorded one album, ''Band of Angels'', which was not released, but selections from which were included in the 1996 CD release of ''Change No Change''. In the mid-1990s, Easton produced and played on the first two albums by Amy Rigby. He was also the lead guitarist on Jules Shear's 1994 album 'Healing Bones'.〔http://www.allmusic.com/album/healing-bones-mw0000626051/credits〕 In 1998, Easton's playing was featured on ''No Cats'', an album from bassist Lee Rocker of Stray Cats. He contributed guitar parts for "Rumblin' Bass" and "One Way or Another." According to both Easton and Rocker, the two have known each other since they were young boys growing up in New York. Easton then joined Creedence Clearwater Revisited. He has also played with Ric Ocasek as a solo artist. Easton was a member of The New Cars, along with original Cars keyboardist Greg Hawkes, singer/songwriter Todd Rundgren, former Utopia bassist/vocalist Kasim Sulton, and Tubes drummer Prairie Prince.〔http://www.guitarplayer.com/miscellaneous/1139/elliot-eastons-new-moves/21696〕 In June 2006, the band released a live album, ''It's Alive!'', that includes three new studio tracks.〔http://m.pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/9109-its-alive/〕 He was featured and played the solo in the Click Five song "Angel To You (Devil To Me)". In 2010, Easton reunited with the surviving original members of The Cars to record their first album in 24 years, entitled ''Move Like This'', which was released on May 10, 2011. Easton resurfaced in 2013 with his Tiki Gods project. On February, 13th, 2013, Easton's Tiki Gods released the album "Easton Island" as a mp3 download album only. It was made available through the Amazon and iTunes store. A physical CD was released in May 2013. Easton next became a founding member of The Empty Hearts supergroup formed in 2014. The band also included The Chesterfield Kings bassist Andy Babiuk, Blondie drummer Clem Burke, The Romantics guitarist and vocalist Wally Palmar, and Faces pianist Ian McLagan.〔"Meet the Empty Hearts," ''Billboard'', 8 May 2014 accessed online at http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6084531/empty-hearts-blondie-cars-romantics-chesterfield-kings-album-song-listen〕 The band's self-titled first album was released 5 August 2014 and produced by The Ramones producer Ed Stasium. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Elliot Easton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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