Greg Brown is a

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and founding member of the band

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Biography

Brown played on the Cake albums ''

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'' and '' Fashion Nugget'' before leaving the band in 1998 prior to the recording of '' Prolonging the Magic''. That album's liner notes indicate that some of his guitar arrangements were used. During his years as CAKE's guitar player, Brown primarily used a 1965

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Starfire III run through a Pro Co RAT distortion pedal into a Silvertone amp. Brown wrote or co-wrote several songs on Cake's first two albums, including their most popular single The Distance. After Cake, he joined Deathray, a band where he provided backing vocals and lead guitar. He also wrote four songs and co-penned two more for their 2000 debut album, which was released on

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and then re-released on Doppler Records. He also joined the side project of

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singer-songwriter Rivers Cuomo, Homie. In 2003, he played piano and guitar and co-produced '' Puckett's Versus the Country Boy'', an EP by

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, formerly of

and The Rentals. Deathray recorded their second album (''Believe Me'') in late 2004 and early 2005 in which Brown played guitar, did backing vocals, and other instruments on. "Believe Me" was released via download later in 2005 and a few copies were available on CD format despite not being signed on any label. He also co-produced the debut album from

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with Deathray bandmate

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, and played guitar on ''Friendship is Deep'', the second album from

released on label, Doppler Records. Greg played guitar on "Bound Away" from Cake's 2011 album, Showroom of Compassion, which was the first appearance of him on a Cake album since 1996's Fashion Nugget. Since his days in Cake and Deathray, he has crafted a solo EP with a release of June 2023. His eclectic indie-pop style has been compared to the sensitivity of Elliott Smith and

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while having the intensity and depth of Blur and

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