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Cake (band)
CAKE, 2002
Cake is a Sacramento, California band, formed in 1991, who have had several hits throughout the 1990s and 2000s from their five recorded albums.
Although their music is often classifed as alternative rock, Cake commonly combines multiple musical genres, such as funk, pop, jazz, rap, and country. Cake's music features droll lyrics ripe with word play, laconically-voiced (often in a near-rapping style) by lead vocalist/guitarist John McCrea; catchy distorted guitar riffs (courtesy, until 1998, of guitarist Greg Brown and, until 1997, bass player Victor Damiani); and, notably, a solo trumpet, played by Vince DiFiore. Their musical style is quite unique, and has been compared to They Might Be Giants and the Talking Heads, though a more accurate sound-alike would be Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass.
Damiani left the band in 1997, replaced by Gabe Nelson; Greg Brown left in 1998, replaced by Xan McCurdy. Todd Roper left the band after recording Comfort Eagle and since the band's been relegated to a Spinal Tap-like drum lineup.
Their biggest hits include "The Distance", an alternative retake (adding profanity and irony) of Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive", "Sheep Go to Heaven", and "Short Skirt/Long Jacket".
Cake headlined the "Unlimited Sunshine Tour" festival in the summer of 2002 with an eyebrow-raisingly ecletic mix of bands including indie rock superstars Modest Mouse, The Flaming Lips, De La Soul, Latin techno fusion band Kinky and bluegrass group The Hackensaw Boys.
Cake's fifth album Pressure Chief, was released on October 5, 2004.
Current Lineup
- Vince DiFiore - Trumpet, percussion
- Xan McCurdy - Electric guitar
- originally Greg Brown, (left before the recording of Prolonging the Magic)
- Gabe Nelson - Bass guitar
- originally Victor Damiani (left in 1997)
- John McCrea - Vocals, acoustic guitar, organ, vibraslap
- Todd Roper - Drums, percussion (left after Comfort Eagle)
Discography
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