
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
Rolling Stone Music Now podcast features Ric Ocasek — plus, a celebration of Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter
Friends, family (Paulina Porizkova) and former members of the Cars recall the life, times and death one of rock's most iconic--and elusive--figures.
"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
California band honors late Cars frontman at show in Singapore
“Ric Ocasek, along with the Beach Boys, had a huge influence on me accepting that pop music is fucking cool,” singer says
MTV briefly cut away from this performance to show Phil Collins landing at JFK Airport in the Concorde
Late-night host pays tribute to Cars mastermind, who died Sunday
The version was originally recorded for a TV episode that never aired
"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]"
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