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Appearances Albums Singles Various
OCASEK Ric
(g,voc)

Personal Data:

Born: 23.03.1944 (Baltimore, Maryland, USA, as Richard Otcasek)
Died: 15.09.2019 (heart ailment)
OCASEK Ric (photo)

Appearances:

? Milkwood
1976-88 The Cars
cca 6/98 Cupcakes
2010-cca 10/10 The Cars

Albums Discography:

#TitleRelease DateLabelTypeUKUSA
1.Beautitude2/1983 Geffen 28
2.This Side Of Paradise10/1986 Geffen 31
3.Fireball Zone7/1991 Sire
4.Troublizing
produced by: Ric Ocasek/Billy Corgan
15.09.1997Columbia
5.Nexterday
produced by: Ric Ocasek
27.09.2005Inverse/Sanctuary
6.Quick Change World23.11.2010

Singles Discography:

#SP/EP TitleRelease DateLabelUKUSA
1.Something To Grab For / Connect Up To Me2/1983 Geffen 47
2.A Quick One / Jimmy Jimmy6/1983 Geffen
3.Emotions In Motion / P.F.J.
12" + Step By Step
8/1986 Geffen 15
4.True To You / Hello Darkness12/1986 Geffen 75

Various:

produced by LP:

Bad Brains: Rock For Light (12.8.83, Caroline)
Alan Vega: Saturn Strip (9/83, Elektra)
Alan Vega: Just A Million Dreams (12/85, Elektra)
Weezer: Weezer (7/94, Geffen)
Bad Brains: God Of Love (8.5.95)
Bad Religion: The Gray Race (3/96)
Nada Surf: High/Low (18.6.96, Elektra)
D Generation: No Lunch (9/96, Sony)
Cake Like: Bruiser Queen (12.5.97, WEA)
Guided By Voices: Do The Collapse (27.9.99, Creation)
Weezer: The Green Album (15.5.01, Interscope)
Bran Van 3000: Discosis (28.5.01, Grand Royal)
Brazilian Girls: Talk To La Bomb (12.9.06, Verve Forecast)
The Cribs: For All My Sisters (23.3.15, Sonic Blew)

produced by SP:
Bebe Buell: Covers Girl EP (4/81, Rhino)
Alan Vega: Jukebox Babe (11/81, Ze)
Guided By Voices: Teenage FBI (13.9.99, Creation)

appeared on the LP:
Alan Vega: Saturn Strip (9/83, Elektra)
Brazilian Girls: Talk To La Bomb (12.9.06, Verve Forecast)
Shwayze: Let It Beat (2009)

23.8.1989 married Paulinou Porizkovou