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Greg Hawkes is best known as the synthesizer player the Cars, but he was also a brief solo artist, and has guested on recordings by other artists as well. Born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, Hawkes took piano lessons at a young age, but soon abandoned the instrument in favor of comic books and Japanese cult films. By the age of 14, Hawkes had picked up the guitar, and formed his ...more


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