Motorcade of Generosity by Cake

Motorcade of Generosity, Cake's debut, was recorded at the Pus Cavern studio in Sacramento and came out on February 7, 1994. The band then was John McCrea singing and playing guitar, Vince DiFiore on trumpet and keyboards, Greg Brown on guitar, Gabe Nelson on bass and Frank French on drums.

It's a lo-fi, close-up record that sounds like nobody else in 1994: funky, guitar-driven quirk-rock that wanders into honky-tonk and ranchera, with DiFiore's trumpet blowing through like a mariachi who took a wrong turn into a college bar. McCrea delivers his droll, sarcastic lines in a deadpan monotone, as though he's too cool to raise his voice and too smart not to be amused. "Rock 'n' Roll Lifestyle" was the first single, a wry little shuffle, and it got to number 35 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart and a spot on MTV's 120 Minutes.

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