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"Let’s not be grunge. Let’s be more like the Beach Boys. But loud." How Weezer's Rivers Cuomo wrote the perfect power-pop song but almost shelved it

Producer Ric Ocasek convinced the Weezer frontman to include the song Buddy Holly on the band's debut album

Louder · Jun 28

“We opened for bands we really hated, like Styx. People were relating to us and not them. They got a little pissed”: the stellar rise and sudden fall of The Cars, the new wave band who soundtracked America

For nearly a decade in the late 70s and early 80s, The Cars were one of America’s most popular bands

Louder · May 26

"That's how the band took Ric's demos and turned them into Cars songs": The Cars are working on a new album using Ric Ocasek’s old recordings

New biography is out about the new wave band

MusicRadar · Oct 3, 2025

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The Cars' surviving members working on new music started by late frontman Ric Ocasek

The Cars have been working on new music from demos left behind by late frontman Ric Ocasek.

BANG Premier · Oct 2, 2025

‘Nobody is painted any worse than they actually were’: new book tells the true story of the Cars

In Let the Stories Be Told, the surviving members of the 80s band share the behind-the-scenes drama behind some of the decade’s biggest hits

The Guardian - US · Sep 27, 2025

Supermodel, 60, Shows What Her Body Looks Like Without Filters And Gets Praised

"I keep looking at wrinkles. Mine, yours, any woman that I see. And I think, ‘It’s your map of life.’ Why would you want to erase it?"

Bored Panda · Jul 29, 2025

“After every take, Mutt would say, ‘Check the tuning, man!’ This went on and on for almost a year. One day, I just gave him the guitar and said, ‘You tune it. I can’t take this anymore!’”: How legendary producer Mutt Lange drove the Cars half-mad

And the result? 'A beautiful record,' says guitarist Elliot Easton

MusicRadar · Apr 28, 2025

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“When I came up with the main hook I realised that it was reminiscent of a Beatles song”: How The Cars created an American rock classic

MusicRadar · Mar 26, 2025

“He fell in love with my SGs, so now I have to buy him one. I told him that one day it would show up at his door”: Looking to take his post-Cars career in a more guitar-heavy direction, Ric Ocasek formed an unlikely partnership with an alt-rock icon

For what would become his fifth solo album, Ocasek reached out to Smashing Pumpkins mastermind Billy Corgan, and came away impressed by his arranging talents and technical abilities

Guitar World · Mar 23, 2025

“That's when the phone lines all over the world collapsed… The moment came when people fully understood what this was for”: The creation of The Cars’ song Drive and how it soundtracked a humanitarian catastrophe

Best of 2024: “The lyrics don't have to mean anything in an intellectual sense. They're endlessly interpretive. They just have to make an emotional sense”

MusicRadar · Dec 29, 2024

“It has brightened my spirit to see how many have posted about Ric, praising his originality, flair, and brilliance”: Revisiting Billy Corgan’s tribute to late Cars leader Ric Ocasek

The Cars frontman and famed producer died five years ago this weekend and his passing prompted eulogies from an array of fellow musicians

Louder · Sep 15, 2024

“That's when the phone lines all over the world collapsed… The moment came when people fully understood what this was for”: The creation of The Cars’ song Drive and how it soundtracked a humanitarian catastrophe

“The lyrics don't have to mean anything in an intellectual sense. They're endlessly interpretive. They just have to make an emotional sense”

MusicRadar · Jul 30, 2024

“We opened for bands we really hated, like Styx. People were relating to us and not them. They got a little pissed”: the stellar rise and sudden fall of The Cars, the new wave band who soundtracked America

For nearly a decade in the late 70s and early 80s, The Cars were one of America’s most popular bands

Louder · Jul 20, 2024

“We got into the early Cars thing and began to notice a musical similarity between us and them": The story of Weezer's Buddy Holly

The melody was in time to my steps: ‘ooo-we-ooo I look just like Buddy Holly’

MusicRadar · Jun 29, 2024

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Guitar World · Jun 7, 2024

“I played the solo perfectly – and there was silence in the room. It was crickets. Everyone was looking down, I couldn’t believe it”: Elliot Easton on The Cars’ early years – and the guitar solo that moved him to tears of rage

From playing a ukulele aged 3 to discovering the organic nature of signature guitars, he shares his secret to choosing the perfect gear first time round

Louder · Apr 3, 2024

“He's never done a band like us; he’s done a lot of heavy metal. But I thought the two could mix": How AC/DC's producer and synthesisers reinvented The Cars

By 1983 The Cars were stagnating, but Mutt Lange and a change of sound saw them heading to the top of the charts

Louder · Mar 23, 2024

Ten times Billy Corgan collaborated with his heroes

The Smashing Pumpkins leader has racked up some impressive guest spots over the years

Guitar World · Nov 2, 2023

“I did a round on the solo, and Ric Ocasek goes, ‘That’s really nice.’ He begins humming, and in my mind, I’m going, ‘But I didn't play that!’ He’d edited what I just played in his head”: Session great Larry Mitchell reflects on his all-star resume

He recorded with Ric Ocasek and Nile Rodgers, toured with Tracy Chapman, and every time he jams with Steve Vai the playing reaches “another level of epic-ness” – Larry Mitchell looks back on his star-studded session career

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MusicRadar · Jul 28, 2023

"I never would have seen that and I'm really grateful to him for that" – Rivers Cuomo reveals how The Cars' Ric Ocasek dramatically changed his guitar tone for Weezer's Blue Album

Out with the Warmoth Strat copy and in with the Gibsons

Kiplinger · Jul 17, 2023

How To Avoid Aretha Franklin and Prince's Estate Planning Errors

Aretha, Prince, James Brown: Lessons learned from celebrities failure to estate plan

Salon · Dec 3, 2022

Paulina Porizkova: "I'm in my prime now"

The model opens up about her new book, being Instagram's "crying woman," Ric Okasek and the fashion industry

The Guardian - UK · Nov 27, 2022

‘Being heard is better than being seen’: supermodel Paulina Porizkova on living ‘unfiltered’

Paulina Porizkova, one of the great supermodels of the 80s, has refound fame – as ‘the lady who cries on Instagram’. It began with the death of and betrayal by her husband of 30 years

The Independent UK · Nov 17, 2022

Supermodel Paulina Porizkova says photographer exposed himself to her when she was 15

‘I feel something on my shoulder, it’s kind of warm and heavy’

The Independent UK · Nov 15, 2022

Paulina Porizkova recalls moment she learned she was cut from late husband Ric Ocasek’s will

The supermodel recalled thinking ‘somebody made a mistake’ with her late husband’s will

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