“If Ric hadn’t passed, we would’ve done more work together.”

Ric Ocasek of The Cars has died at 75. The band, with hits like “Drive” and “Shake It Up,” was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2018.

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019 – Singer/songwriter/guitarist/producer RIC OCASEK (b. March 23, 1944 in Baltimore, Maryland as Richard Theodore Otcasek) of rock band The Cars, died at his Gramercy Park apartment at 140 East 19th Street in Manhattan, New York City at age 75. He suffered from both hypertension and coronary artery disease with emphysema as a […] More

Photo of Benjamin ORR and CARS; Benjamin Orr of The Cars performing in Europe

Beverly, MA – On Saturday, June 22 at Beverly’s 9 Wallis Club, Vermont author Joe Milliken and The Cars tribute band Moving In Stereo will co-host a book release party and concert to celebrate the

Kick off Esquire.com’s Music Week with an unranked, incomplete, yet highly tasteful and informative list of the records your music collection requires. How many have you listened to?

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019 – Singer/songwriter/guitarist/producer RIC OCASEK (b. March 23, 1944 in Baltimore, Maryland as Richard Theodore Otcasek) of rock band The Cars, died at his Gramercy Park apartment at 140 East 19th Street in Manhattan, New York City at age 75. He suffered from both hypertension and coronary artery disease with emphysema as a […] More

The Cars band member Rick Ocasek backstage at the Mtv Awards Show, September 13, 1987 in Los Angeles, California.

Ric Ocasek: "You can't be loved by everybody. I know that, and I've really come to accept it. That denial of love, in fact, eases my mind."

Kick off Esquire.com’s Music Week with an unranked, incomplete, yet highly tasteful and informative list of the records your music collection requires. How many have you listened to?

Band performs to a packed room at the Hollywood Palladium

In 1981 The Cars album "Shake It Up" hit the Billboard Pop Album chart at #9, with the single of the same name charted at #2 in Mainstream Rock

The Cars, 2011 (from left): Greg Hawkes, Ric Ocasek, Elliot Easton and David Robinson.

Photo of Benjamin ORR and Elliot EASTON and CARS; Left to right: Elliot Easton, Ben Orr performing in Europe

Rock band The Cars Elliot Easton and Benjamin Orr perform on the Door to Door Tour at the St. Paul Civic Center in St. Paul, Minnesota on November 28, 1987.