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The Cars Ocasek was a founding member of the Cars, recording numerous hit songs from 1978 to 1988. He played rhythm guitar and sang lead vocals for a majority of songs (bassist Benjamin Orr was lead vocalist on the remaining tracks). Ocasek was the oldest member of the band.
Some of the biggest stars in the music industry paid tribute to Ric Ocasek upon hearing news the former frontman of The Cars had died over the weekend. "So sad. Such a great writer, singer, player ...
The surviving original members of the Cars reunited to record the band's seventh and final album, Move Like This (2011) toured in support of the album, and once again went on hiatus. In April 2018, the Cars were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, [6] and the band reunited to perform at the induction ceremony. [1]
Ric Ocasek, frontman for The Cars, has died, a spokesman for the New York Police Department has confirmed. He was 75. As NBC New York reports, the musician was found Sunday afternoon after police ...
He reunited with the Cars one last time in Atlanta for an interview that was included in the Rhino Records concert video The Cars Live. Orr died from the disease at his home in Atlanta on October 4, 2000, at the age of 53. [25][26][27] He had made his final public appearance on September 27, performing with Big People in Alaska. [28]
In 2010, Easton reunited with the surviving original members of the Cars to record their first studio album in 24 years, entitled Move Like This. The album was released in May 2011, [15] and the band toured in support of it. Easton next became a founding member of the Empty Hearts supergroup formed in 2014.
Ryan Fellows, a street racer and cast member of the Discovery series “Street Outlaws: Fastest in America,” has died in a car accident on Sunday. He was 41.
Monument at the crash site of the airplane carrying Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens; "The Day the Music Died". The following is a list of notable performers of rock and roll music or rock music, and others directly associated with the music as producers, songwriters or in other closely related roles, who have died.