It's a worthy tribute. The Car's Ric Ocasek and The Killers' Brandon Flowers at the Rock N' Roll Hall Of Fame 2018The Killers have paid tribute to the late Ric Ocasek by covering The Cars’ ‘My Best Friend’s Girl’. Ric Ocasek, 1944-2019 – The NME Obituary  The Las Vegas band were one of the first...

The Cars released their self-titled debut album in 1978, when new wave had not yet become a commercial force. In a way, the Cars invented the truly pop version of new wave -- the efficient, commercial, eternally catchy version of the genre that could compete with the studio-rock titans of the late-'70s. Generations of streamlined…

Trying to pick the ten best songs Ric Ocasek wrote with The Cars is like trying to catch ten greased pigs. While another fifty or so greased pigs, that have somehow acquired the ability to speak – this, friends is a place of magic – squeal around your feet, shouting, “I know I’m a greased pig, but I am also a brilliant pop song!” Why a...

Touching. Mark Hoppus and Ric OcasekBlink-182‘s Mark Hoppus has shared an unreleased cover of The Cars’ ‘Just What I Needed’ in tribute to the late Ric Ocasek. The frontman of the cult US band died on Sunday at the age of 75. It was later confirmed that he passed away at his New York home after battling he...

The singer died on Sunday.Ric Ocasek of The Cars The Cars frontman Ric Ocasek died from heart disease which was worsened by emphysema, it’s been confirmed. The singer was found dead at his Manhattan apartment on Sunday at the age of 75. New York’s Medical Examiner has now confirmed that the star passed away from heart disease...