Cake's debut album, Motorcade of Generosity, was marked by dark humor, deadpan vocal delivery and a smartly utilized trumpet. The band's sophomore release is a letdown in comparison. Where Motorcade ...

Musing on his place in music history, Cake founder and frontman John McCrea said he reluctantly, or perhaps unintentionally, emerged from the post-grunge rubble to move rock forward. By the mid-’90s, ...