SAN FRANCISCO (LIVE 105/CBS) - Cake is a band that's like your smart aleck older brother. Vocalist John McCrea sings like he doesn't really care, tossing off random thoughts, pop culture references, ...

The rock band behind "The Distance," "Short Skirt/Long Jacket" and "Never There" will play the Saratoga Performing Arts Center on June 1, 2026.

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 ...

When John McCrea begins Cake’s signature hit “The Distance” by speaking the opening line, Reluctantly crouched at the starting line, one can’t help but pay attention to the story that follows. The ...

Sooo, there is a whole bunch of Cake songs which relate to driving (Stickshifts and Safetybelts, Long Line of Cars, Race Car Ya-Yas, Wheels, to name but a few), but I have decided to focus on one of ...