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SAN FRANCISCO (LIVE 105/CBS) - Cake is a band that's like your smart aleck older brother. Vocalist John McCrea sings like he doesn't really care, tossing off random thoughts, pop culture references, ...

Founding Cake member Greg Brown has died, the band announced on social media on Feb. 7 “It is with heavy hearts that we share the news of Greg Brown’s passing after a brief illness,” the band wrote ...

Greg Brown walked onto the stage of the Crest Theatre, picking up his Guild Starfire guitar and scanning an ocean of young faces that filled its auditorium. It was a summer night in 1995. I was ...

Greg Brown, a founding member of the 90s slacker rock band Cake, has died. The band, behind such songs as "The Distance," "Frank Sinatra," and "Short Skirt, Long Jacket," announced his passing on Feb.

Greg Brown, a founding guitarist of the band Cake who left the Sacramento group before its third album came out, has died, his former bandmates announced over the weekend. He was 56. "It is with heavy ...

We’re all hopefully familiar with “The Distance,” penned by California natives CAKE in their heyday way back in 1996. Pairing slick, synthesized riffs with a driving rhythm section, it catapulted the ...

In the waning months of 1996, a little band named Cake stormed all the way to No. 4 on the Modern Rock radio chart (and even cracked the Top 40) with a quirky single called "The Distance" from an ...

Greg Brown, founding guitarist of ’90s alternative rock band Cake and songwriter of their enduring hit “The Distance,” has died. The band, known for their deadpan lyrics and jazzy rock sound, ...

The guitarist and songwriter penned one of Cake’s biggest hits before his departure from the band in 1997 Founding Cake member Greg Brown has died, the band announced on social media on Feb. 7 “It is ...