Mother's Cake

Mother's Cake

Mother's Cake is a US alternative rock band from Sacramento, United States, active since 1992. The group has been associated with alternative rock, funk rock, indie rock, pop rock and rock, and is linked to Upbeat Records.

Line-up

The band includes Shon Meckfessel, Frank French, Greg Brown, Vincent DiFiore, John McCrea, Gabriel Nelson, Victor Damiani, Todd Roper, Xan McCurdy, Pete McNeal, Paulo Baldi, Casey Lipka and Daniel McCallum.

Style and influences

Mother's Cake works in a mix of funk, hard rock and progressive or psychedelic music. Their sound draws on artists such as The Mars Volta, Porcupine Tree, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Bootsy Collins.

Career notes

The band forms in 2008 with Yves Krismer on guitar and vocals, Benedikt Trenkwalder on bass and Jan Haußels on drums. It places third among roughly 1,000 bands at ILA 2010 and wins Austria's Local Heroes band contest. Individual members are voted best vocalist, best bassist and best drummer among the participating acts.