Cake (group)

Cake (also spelled CAKE ) is a group of alternative Rock American formed with Sacramento (California) in 1992.

Although their musical style is regarded most of the time as the alternate one or Indie rock'n'roll, this one is rather a scientist mixes many influences such as the Funk, the Ska, the Jazz, the Rap and the Country. This particular style their was worth to be compared with King Missile, Talking Heads or Soul Coughing.

Among their principal successes one can quote The Distance , Never There , Sheep Go to Heaven , Rock “Roll Lifestyle , No Phon , Short Skirt/Long Jacket as their resumption of I Will Survive of Gloria Gaynor.

History

The group is formed in 1992 pennies the impulse of John McCrea, who has sought to bore for a few years in the medium of the Californian music. It is surrounded of the guitarist Greg Brown, of the trumpet player Vincent Di Fiore, the bass player Sean McFessel and the beater Frank French. McFessel quickly leaves the group to be devoted to its studies and is replaced by Gabriel Nelson. In 1993, individual the Rock “Roll Lifestyle starts to circulate in the surroundings of Sacramento. Some time later, the produced group, publishes and distributes itself off its first album Motorcade Generosity . A copy arrives at the studios Capricorn Records which make sign the group and ensure a national distribution of the album. French and Nelson leave the group and are replaced respectively by Victor Damiani and Todd Roper.

The second opus of the group, Fashion Nugget , leaves in 1996. Individual the The Distance propels the group on the front of the alternate scene. The album is certified platinum and the popularity of the group is confirmed at the exit of new individual the I Will Survive . The following year, Damiani and Brown leave the group and forms a new group, Deathray which will not leave its first album before the year 2000.

The defection of the two musicians is an hard blow for the formation and McCrea considers a time to put a term at the adventure. Finally, it decides to continue and manages to make return Gabe Nelson, the bass player of their beginnings. To mitigate the departure of Damiani, McCrea decides to engage of the auxiliary guitarists (they will be five on the whole) to the liking of the recordings. The third album, Prolonging the Magic , is thus carried out in 1998. The album confirms with its detractors that Cake is not a formation dying woman and meets a success comparable with Fashion Nugget . Individual the Never There , Sheep Go to Heaven and Let Go meets one big hit on the alternate radios. For the promotional round which follows, one of the auxiliary guitarists, Xan McCurdy integrate the formation into full-time.

In spring 2000, Cake leaves Capricorn Records for Columbia and leaves the following year its fourth album Comfort Eagle . Undoubtedly the album of the dedication, the album is classified #13 in the American charts. Individual the Shorts Skirt/Long Jacket knows even some diffusions on MTV. The beater Todd Roper then leaves the group to be devoted to its family, it is replaced by Pete McNeal at the time of the promotional round.

Cake carried out then its fifth album Pressure Chief . McNeal does not take part in the recording of the album. Todd Roper, Matt McCord and Paulo Baldi will ensure the recording of the album as invited musicians and Baldi will also ensure the promotional round.

The album live Live At the Hook De luxe hotel initially envisaged for the autumn 2006, is pushed back with 2007 (source: http://www.cakemusic.com/news.html).

Discography

Albums studios

Album live

  • 2006 : Live At the Hook De luxe hotel

Individual

  • 1995 : Rock'n'roll “Roll Lifestyle

  • 1996: The Outdistances
  • 1997: I Will Survives
  • 1998: Never There
  • 1999 : Sheep Go to Heaven
  • 1999 : Let Me Go
  • 2001: Shorts Skirt/Long Jacket
  • 2004: No Phon

Formation

  • John McCrea - voice, acoustic guitar, keyboard
  • Vincent Di Fiore - trumpet, percussions
  • Xan McCurdy - electric guitar, joined the group after Prolonging the Magic .
    • in the beginning Greg Brown, left before Prolonging the Magic , replaced by McCurdy.
  • Gabriel Nelson - low party after Motorcade off Generosity , replaced by Damiani then returned for Prolonging the Magic .
    • previously Victor Damiani, left before Prolonging the Magic , replaced by Nelson.
    • in the beginning Sean McFessel, left before Motorcade off Generosity , replaced by Nelson.
  • Paulo Baldi - battery, percussions (in round, not officially member of the group)
    • previously Pete McNeal left after the recording Presses Chief .
    • previously Todd Roper, left after Comfort Eagle .
    • in the beginning Frank French, left after Motorcade off Generosity , replaced by Roper.

See too

  • Deathray, a group implicant several former members of Cake (Brown, Damiani and Roper).

External bonds

  • Official site

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