Greg Brown, a founding guitarist of the Sacramento band Cake whose restrained, rhythmic playing helped define the group's early sound and whose song "The Distance" became one of alternative rock's ...

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, founding guitarist of alt-rock outfit Cake who wrote their biggest hit “The Distance,” has died following a “brief illness.” Cake shared news of Brown’s passing in a Saturday (Feb. 7) ...

Greg Brown, who wrote CAKE’s successful 1996 hit “The Distance”, has died at 56. The band shared the news on February 7, stating that the founding guitarist passed after a “brief illness.” “It is with ...

An evening with CAKE at Red Rocks was a masterclass in musical eccentricity and lyrical wit. The rock band, which formed in 1991 in Sacramento, California, will be releasing a new studio album this ...

The death of Greg Brown, a founding member of the alternative rock band Cake, has prompted fans across the world to revisit the music that defined much of the 1990s alt-rock era. Brown died after a ...

This will probably date me, but I have been a fan of the band, Cake, as long as I can remember. So it's exciting to find out the band focuses on environmental activism on top of being very musically ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Greg Brown, a founding guitarist of Cake and the writer of the band's breakout hit "The Distance," has died after a brief illness, ...