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John McCrea
John McCrea
General information
origin Sacramento , United States
Genre (s) Alternative rock , post grunge
founding 1991
Website www.cakemusic.com
Current occupation
John McCrea
Trumpet , piano, drums
Vince DiFiore
guitar
 Xan McCurdy
Gift Nelson
Drums, vocals
 Paulo Baldi
former members
guitar
 Greg Brown (1991-1997)
bass
 Victor Damiani (1995–1997)
bass
 Shon Meckfessel (1991-1993)
Drums
 Pete McNeal (2001-2004)
Drums
 Todd Roper (1995-2001)
Drums
 Frank French (1991-1995)

Cake (often also CAKE ) is a rock band from Sacramento , California that was formed in 1991. From the seven previous albums (as of March 1, 2011) some songs became hits between 1994 and 2004. The band consists of John McCrea, Vince DiFiore, Xan McCurdy, Gabe Nelson and Paulo Baldi.

Although her music is often classified as alternative or indie rock , it combines a number of musical styles , such as: B. Funk , Pop , Jazz , Rap and Country . Other characteristics include witty, ambiguous lyrics and the frequent use of syncopated rhythms and the vibraslap .

Career

The band had their biggest hits in the USA with the songs The Distance , Never There , Sheep Go to Heaven , Rock 'n' Roll Lifestyle , No Phone , I Bombed Korea and Short Skirt / Long Jacket . In Europe they were best known for a cover version of Gloria Gaynor's I Will Survive , which can be found on their second album Fashion Nugget (1996).

Many of the songs on the Fashion Nugget album became known, especially in Germany, through the film Herr Lehmann . In some scenes u. a. Friend Is a Four Letter Word or the cover version I Will Survive mentioned above .

The song Short Skirt / Long Jacket is the theme song of the television series Chuck .

On January 11, 2011, the new album was released with the name Showroom of Compassion on the band's own label Upbeat Records . Shortly afterwards it topped the Billboard 200 charts for a week ; The band had never succeeded in doing this with any of their albums.

Discography

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE CH CH UK UK US US
1996 Fashion nugget DE49 (24 weeks)
DE 		- UK53 (3 weeks)
UK 		US36
platinum
platinum

(51 weeks)US
First published: September 17, 1996
1998 Prolonging the Magic DE84 (1 week)
DE 		- - US33
platinum
platinum

(36 weeks)US
First published: October 6, 1998
2001 Comfort Eagle - CH31 (9 weeks)
CH 		- US13
gold
gold

(14 weeks)US
First published: July 24, 2001
2004 Pressure Chief DE95 (1 week)
DE 		CH44 (3 weeks)
CH 		- US17 (7 weeks)
US
First published: October 5, 2004
2011 Showroom of Compassion - - - US1 (10 weeks)
US
First published: January 11, 2011

more publishments

  • 1991: Is This Love?
  • 1994: Motorcade of Generosity
  • 2004: Extra Value
  • 2005: Wheels
  • 2007: B-Sides and Rarities
  • 2014: Live from the Crystal Palace

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE CH CH UK UK US US
1997 The Distance
Fashion Nugget 		- - UK22 (3 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: March 1997
I Will Survive
Fashion Nugget 		DE95 (2 weeks)
DE 		- UK29 (2 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: May 1997
1998 Never There
Prolonging the Magic 		- - UK66 (1 week)
UK 		US78 (20 weeks)
US
First published: October 1998
2001 Short Skirt / Long Jacket
Comfort Eagle 		- - UK63 (2 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: August 2001
2018 Sinking Ship - - - -
First published: October 2018

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200#/album/cake/showroom-of-compassion/1459295
  2. ↑ a b Chart sources: DE CH UK US
  3. ↑ Music Sales Awards: US

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