Genres: Pop/Rock, Album Rock Active: 80's, 90's Born: March 23, 1949 in Baltimore, MD
Roxy Music, David Bowie, The Velvet Underground, Brian Eno, Silver Apples, T. Rex, Todd Rundgren, Jonathan Richman, Lou Reed, The Raspberries, Iggy Pop, Kraftwerk, Buddy Holly, Big Star, The Beatles Bad Brains, Talking Heads, Television, Beck, Weezer, Thomas Horn, Benjamin Orr, Possum Dixon, Foo Fighters, The Moog Cookbook, Nerf Herder, Chopper One, The Smashing Pumpkins, The Pretenders, Pixies, Adrian Belew, Blondie, Cheap Trick, Elvis Costello Nada Surf, Pixies, The Smashing Pumpkins, Beck, Weezer, Possum Dixon, Foo Fighters, The Moog Cookbook, Nerf Herder, Chopper One, Air, Stereofan |  |
Although he's best known as the leader, singer, rhythm guitarist, and songwriter for the Cars, Ric Ocasek has also produced for a wide variety of other artists over the years. Born Richard Otcasek in Baltimore, MD, on March 23, 1949, Otcasek was 16 when he became interested in music via such early rockers as Buddy Holly & the Crickets. In the early '70s, Otcasek moved from Cleveland to Boston and began playing in a folk band called Milkwood with friend Ben Orzechowski. They released a lone, forgotten album in 1973 called How's the Weather. When the record failed to chart, the group promptly split up, but Otcasek and Orzechowski would remain together. Inspired by proto-punk outfits the Modern Lovers, the Velvet Underground, and Roxy Music, they formed Rick & the Rabbits and changed their last names from Orzechowski to Orr, and Otcasek to Ocasek.
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The Next Right Moment |
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The Way You Look Tonight (Video) |
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Release: September 26, 2005
Label: Sanctuary, Sanctuary/Inverse
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Release: September 9, 1997
Label: Sony
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