Rip Rick Ocasek lead singer of The Cars

Ric Ocasek, lead singer of influential new-wave band The Cars, found dead in NYC, police say

Two in three days. .

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First concert I ever saw, one of my favorite bands.

Also saw them play the old Boston garden heartbeat city tour before they broke up.

RIP

Bummer! Cars and Police were a couple of my favorite bands in H.S.

oh damn RIP


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First Ben now Ric, the Cars were a great group! Sad to see them go.

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Dammit, I'm getting tired of this! But, what to do. Our rockers are getting old and dying off. Then end of rock n roll. There is no one left to take their place. I'm a big Cars fan. I'm glad they at least got their Hall of Fame induction.

Damn, that sucks.

RIP to Ric O. Great band and always enjoyed listening to the Cars. Another great band from the Boston area in a long line of great bands.

All this, and somehow Keith Richards is still alive.

Barely....lol.

PhoenixM3 said:

Bummer! Cars and Police were a couple of my favorite bands in H.S.

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Wait, Sting died!

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7998 said:

Damn, that sucks.

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That’s Howard Stern

OETKB said:

That’s Howard Stern

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I think that was a joke.

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PowerWheels said:

I think that was a joke.

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Poor joke and poor taste

It sucks watching all of your rock heroes die over time.

Ocasek produced albums by Weezer, Bad Religion, Bad Brains, Suicide, Nada Surf, and had display pieces at multiple Art Shows. The man was an artistic force. I was truly bummed when Ben Orr got taken out by cancer, and this hits just as hard.

RIP Ric


So many great parties with thier music playing as the soundtrack. I think it speaks to how transcendent they were when we were in our late teens/early 20's in the early 2000's playing Cars albums at parties at the river, ect.

Their music still holds up very well.

OETKB said:

Poor joke and poor taste

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Thanks, I try. Actually Howard Stern died years ago.

RIP, love all their music and enjoy singing karaoke of their songs.

I always heard they were terrible “live.” I never saw them personally though. RIP, I did enjoy the stuff they did.

Sad news. I read about it this morning. The Cars had a unique and great sound IMO, especially Ric.