Ric Ocasek
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The Life and Music of Ric Ocasek: Listen to Our New Podcast
Rolling Stone Music Now podcast features Ric Ocasek — plus, a celebration of Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter
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The Mystery of Ric Ocasek: ‘He Tried for Happiness, But Underneath Was a Lot of Pain’
The New Wave icon was always an enigmatic presence, and the cool detachment that fueled his hits with Cars came from a very real sense of aloneness.
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Paulina Porizkova Remembers Ric Ocasek’s ‘Incredible Gentleness’
"When he looked at you and smiled, it was like, 'Oh, my God, he smiled at me! The sun came out — it’s amazing!'" Ocasek's widow says
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Watch Red Hot Chili Peppers Pay Tribute to Ric Ocasek With ‘Just What I Needed’ Cover
California band honors late Cars frontman at show in Singapore
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Kesha Explains Ric Ocasek’s ‘Huge Influence’ on Her
“Ric Ocasek, along with the Beach Boys, had a huge influence on me accepting that pop music is fucking cool,” singer says
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Flashback: The Cars Play ‘You Might Think’ at Live Aid
MTV briefly cut away from this performance to show Phil Collins landing at JFK Airport in the Concorde
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Stephen Colbert on Ric Ocasek: ‘His Music Was the Soundtrack of My High School’
Late-night host pays tribute to Cars mastermind, who died Sunday
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Hear Blink-182’s Mark Hoppus Pay Tribute to Ric Ocasek With ‘Just What I Needed’ Cover
The version was originally recorded for a TV episode that never aired
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Ric Ocasek’s Family Issues Statement, Reveals Singer Was Recovering From Surgery
"I found him still asleep when bringing him his Sunday morning coffee," family writes of late Cars frontman. "I touched his cheek to rouse him. It was then I realized [he'd died]"
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Ric Ocasek Was a Studio Wizard to the End
When he reunited with Weezer to produce 2014's 'Everything Will Be Alright in the End,' Ocasek showed he hadn't lost a step in the studio
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