http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.50492&rws=%2Fric-ocasek%2Fdiscography.rssIf all Ric Ocasek had done was come up with "Since You're Gone" from the Cars' <I>Shake It Up</I> album, he would go down (in our book, anyway) as one of the all-time great pop songwriters. Instead, Ocasek's career in music goes far beyond that. First appearing as the tall skinny weirdo who sang the Cars' best songs and played those perfect rhythm guitar parts, Ocasek went on to become a talented and sought-after producer, cutting records with Weezer, Guided By Voices and others. But in the 1970s and '80s, Ocasek worked with such seminal acts as hardcore reggae masters Bad Brains and pre-punk/pre-No Wave/pre-everything synth dudes Suicide. Along with his producing career, Ocasek released several solo records before and after the Cars went o! n hiatus, beginning with 1982's <I>Beatitude</I> That record yielded the first-rate Cars-like "Something To Grab For," but Ocasek has rarely cracked the charts as a solo artist. His 2005 record followed in the footsteps of his pun-loving past and was titled <I>Nexterday</I>. - Mike McGuirkNew Waveen720Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:13:19 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.50492&rws=%2Fric-ocasek%2Fdiscography.rss If all Ric Ocasek had done was come up with "Since You're Gone" from the Cars' <I>Shake It Up</I> album, he would go down (in our book, anyway) as one of the all-time great pop songwriters. Instead, Ocasek's career in music goes far beyond that. First appearing as the tall skinny weirdo who sang the Cars' best songs and played those perfect rhythm guitar parts, Ocasek went on to become a talented and sought-after producer, cutting records with Weezer, Guided By Voices and others. But in the 1970s and '80s, Ocasek worked with such seminal acts as hardcore reggae masters Bad Brains and pre-punk/pre-No Wave/pre-everything synth dudes Suicide. Along with his producing career, Ocasek released several solo records before and after the Cars went o! n hiatus, beginning with 1982's <I>Beatitude</I> That record yielded the first-rate Cars-like "Something To Grab For," but Ocasek has rarely cracked the charts as a solo artist. His 2005 record followed in the footsteps of his pun-loving past and was titled <I>Nexterday</I>. - Mike McGuirk http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.29526866&variant=play&rws=%2Fric-ocasek%2Fdiscography.rss New Wave Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700 Ric Ocasek Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.29526866 alb.29526866 Ric Ocasek art.50492 9.99 Fireball Zone alb.29526866 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/1/9/5/4/1764591_170x170.jpg 2009-08-11 00:00:00.0 2009-08-11 00:00:00.0 true false main-release http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.29526866&variant=play&rws=%2Fric-ocasek%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.29526866&variant=data&rws=%2Fric-ocasek%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.29526867&variant=play&rws=%2Fric-ocasek%2Fdiscography.rss New Wave Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700 Ric Ocasek Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.29526867 alb.29526867 Ric Ocasek art.50492 9.99 Quick Change World alb.29526867 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