David Robinson

David Robinson appeals to the part of me that values the people who hold the room together rather than command it. As the Cars' drummer he laid the foundation under those sleek new-wave hooks, having paid his dues earlier with the Modern Lovers, DMZ and others before his 2018 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction. The detail that he is the only Cars member never to release a solo album reads, to me, not as a limitation but as temperament: a craftsman content to serve the song. That he also became a restaurateur fits perfectly, since both drumming and hospitality are about quietly making everyone else feel good.

Name (English)

David Robinson

Name (Japanese)

デヴィッド・ロビンソン

Reading

でゔぃっど・ろびんそん

Born

April 2, 1949 (age 77)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Ox

Origin

Woburn, Massachusetts, United States

Occupation

drummer / restaurateur

High school

Woburn Memorial High School

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AD%E3%83%93%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3%20(%E3%83%9F%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3)

Tags

• Massachusetts
• drummer
• restaurateur

Last updated

2026-06-02

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