Ric Ocasek, el que va ser cantant i guitarrista de The Cars ha mort als 75 anys a Nova York, per causes que de moment no es coneixen. El cos del cantant no presentava senyals de mort violenta i va ser trobat per la seva exdona Paulina Porizkova.
Ocasek va ser una de les figures més influents del new wave dels anys 80, aconseguint èxits com ‘Drive’, ‘Shake it up’ o ‘You might think’.
La vida de The Cars va ser breu i abans de l’arribada dels anys 90 el grup va dir adéu i Ocasek va començar una carrera de productor de bandes com Weezer, Bad Religion, o Hole.
Ocasek també va provar sort en solitari, tot i que no va obtenir el mateix èxit, sent “Nexterday” el seu últim disc. El 2011 The Cars es van tornar a reunir per editar “Move like this”, el seu primer treball des del 1987.
L’any passat el grup va entrar al Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
El món de la música s’ha acomiadat d’ell a través de les xarxes socials.
RIP Ric Ocasek. Great songwriter and singer for the Cars #RIPRicOcasek
— Bryan Adams (@bryanadams) September 16, 2019
The weezer family is devastated by the loss of our friend and mentor Ric Ocasek, who passed away Sunday. We will miss him forever, & will forever cherish the precious times we got to work and hang out with him. Rest in Peace & rock on Ric, we love you. #RIPRicOcasek #karlscorner pic.twitter.com/JcTXevr6V8
— weezer (@Weezer) September 16, 2019
Sorry 2 hear about #ricocasek RIP loved his work with the band #Suicide
— Billy Idol (@BillyIdol) September 16, 2019
Ahh man, say it ain’t so. I loved Ric Ocasek. What an interesting, smart, kind, funny man who made incredible records. I loved those Cars albums when I was a teenager. Perfect pop songs with those wicked elliot… https://t.co/SjtRU8OaJO
— Flea (@flea333) September 16, 2019
Feeling grateful for Ric. Had the opportunity to send him this email a couple years back. My first king. Thank you, thank you, thank you. pic.twitter.com/h4u8CXDhRg
— The Killers (@thekillers) September 16, 2019
