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Ric Ocasek
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Watch The Red Hot Chili Peppers Cover The Cars’ “Just What I Needed” In Singapore
September 24, 2019
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Watch The Killers Cover The Cars In Tribute To Ric Ocasek
September 20, 2019
New Music
Hear A “Creepy” Cover Of The Cars’ “Just What I Needed” Mark Hoppus Recorded For An Unnamed TV Show
September 17, 2019
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Watch Stephen Colbert’s Tribute To Ric Ocasek
September 17, 2019
Columns
As A Producer, Ric Ocasek Was Often Just What Bands Needed
September 16, 2019
Columns
Ric Ocasek Was One Of Pop’s Great Mad Scientists
September 16, 2019
News
The Cars’ Ric Ocasek Dead At 75
September 15, 2019
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Car Seat Headrest Expands On Licensing Fiasco, Recall Cost Matador Over $50k
May 26, 2016
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Car Seat Headrest Albums Recalled Over Unauthorized Ric Ocasek Sample
May 12, 2016
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Yoko Ono, Sean Lennon, Ric Ocasek, & More Remix John Malkovich Reading Plato For Bizarre RSD Release
September 18, 2015
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The Colbert Report
Says Goodbye With An All-Star Serenade & Neutral Milk Hotel’s “Holland, 1945”
December 19, 2014
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Weezer Announce New Album
Everything Will Be Alright In The End
June 12, 2014