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 ...

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 ...

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Greg Brown, a founding guitarist in the Sacramento band Cake who wrote their biggest hit song “The Distance,” has died.“It is with heavy hearts that we share the news of Greg Brown’s passing after a ...

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, the founding guitarist of alt-rock band Cake and writer of the band’s iconic hit ‘The Distance’ has died at the age of 56. His former bandmates announced the news over the weekend, ...