NEW YORK -- Ric Ocasek, The Cars frontman whose deadpan vocal delivery and lanky, sunglassed look defined a rock era with chart-topping hits like "Just What I Needed," was discovered dead Sunday afternoon, September 15, in his Manhattan apartment.
Ocasek, who sang, played guitar, and wrote most of the band's songs, and Benjamin Orr, who played bass and also sang, were ex-hippie buddies who formed The Cars in Boston in 1976. They were a decade older than many of their modern-rock compatriots, but became one of the most essential American bands of the late 1970s and 1980s with their fusion of new wave, 1960s pop, and 1970s glam.
They had 10 other singles in the Billboard top 40, and of their six studio albums, four were in Billboard's top 10. The band broke up in 1988, but their influence would be deeply felt in the 1990s and beyond. Kurt Cobain and Nirvana covered "My Best Friend's Girl" at their last live show in 1994, and Ocasek produced albums for younger bands including Weezer, No Doubt, and Bad Religion.
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