Ocasek and The Cars, the rock band he fronted, made history and left a lasting mark on popular music and culture with a string of hits. Here's a quick guide to The Cars: The Cars were a new wave rock bandThe band got its start in Boston in the late 1970s. One of its earliest hits,"Just What I Needed," took over two radio stations there, picking up the attention of record companies. Soon, the band was an MTV mainstay, sending catchy tunes into homes across America.
— weezer September 16, 2019 They're in the Rock & Roll Hall of FameThe band, which also counts"Let's Go" and"Magic" among its hits, was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2018."he Cars were the ultimate New Wave dream machine: a hook-savvy super-charged quintet that fused 60s pop, 70s glam and avant-rock minimalism into a decade of dashboard-radio nirvana," the band's biography reads on the Hall of Fame website.
The Rolls Royce of pop is gone :(
RIP Ric Ocasek, love your music🎶❤
Biggest achievement: He produced the first Bad Brains LP! hardcore
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Damn. 😥
Damn...Iran killed that guy too?
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