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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Greg Brown, a founding guitarist in the Sacramento band Cake who wrote their biggest hit song “The Distance,” has died.

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, the founding guitarist of alternative rock band Cake and the songwriter behind the group's 1996 hit "The Distance," has passed away at the age of 51. Cake announced the news on social ...