Ric Ocasek
Biography
Ric Ocasek was the American singer, songwriter and guitarist who fronted the new wave band the Cars and wrote most of its material. Born in Baltimore in 1944 and later based in Boston, he helped form the Cars in 1976, and the group had hits from 1978 to 1988 before reuniting for the 2011 album Move Like This. Ocasek also made seven solo studio albums, beginning with Beatitude in 1983, and his 1986 single Emotion in Motion reached the top 20 in the United States. He produced records for acts including Weezer, Bad Brains, No Doubt and Guided by Voices, and in 2018 he entered the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with the Cars. He also acted occasionally, playing a beatnik painter in Hairspray (1988) and a mechanic in Made in Heaven (1987).
75years old at death
- Born Baltimore
- Died Manhattan
- Star sign: AriesThe sign runs March 21 to April 19
- Richard Theodore Otcasek (birth name)Also credited as Richard Otcasek and Richard Theodore Ocasek
Movie Career
- Films
- 3
- Career span
- 31 years1987 to 2018
Every film, newest first
- 2018Twenty Eighteen Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction CeremonyIMDb rating 8.0
- 1988HairsprayIMDb rating 7.0
- 1987Made in HeavenIMDb rating 6.2
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Behind the camera
Ocasek produced Weezer's multi-platinum Blue Album and Green Album, and in 2014 produced their ninth studio album, Everything Will Be Alright in the End, his third collaboration with the band.
Behind the camera
Ocasek was the band's oldest member. In the 1970s he and Orr split writing duty, then Ocasek became the principal songwriter of the Cars, writing nearly all of their material and sharing credit with bandmate Greg Hawkes on only a few songs.
Beyond film
In 1996 Ocasek released Getchertiktz, a collaboration with Suicide's Alan Vega and Canadian poet Gillian McCain consisting only of Beat Generation poetry set to music and sound effects.
Behind the camera
Ocasek wrote a poetry book in 1993 titled Negative Theatre. There were once plans to make it into an album and a multimedia version sharing that name, but the plans were dropped abruptly.
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Worked with
Ric Ocasek made one film with each of them. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Alan RudolphDirector, 1 film, 1987
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