Spring Break
SJSU grabs the last piece of Cake
Peter Clark
Daily Staff Writer
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When asked what fans should expect at a Cake concert, Vince DiFiore, the band's trumpet player, said there would not be any pyrotechnics or laser light shows, but the audience would be expected to participate.
"The audience will be asked to sing," DiFiore said in a telephone interview.
"There is something about the sound of a lot of people singing together that people like," he said.
Opening for Cake will be British rock/blues quintet Gomez and New York band Robbers on High Street. Also featured at the show will be games, new product demonstrations and gadgets geared toward the college market.
Cake is currently touring in support of their fifth album, "Pressure Chief," which they self-produced and recorded in a home studio and released in late 2004.
"We weren't entirely confident about our engineering ability at first," DiFiore said, "but we quickly learned the best way to set up the mics and how to use the recording console. It was a good experience because we learned so much and got to take a much more active role in the recording process."
Cake emerged on the music scene with the band's high-energy irony and tuneful irreverence in 1995 with the album "Motorcade of Generosity," which featured the single "The Distance." The band's next album, "Fashion Nugget," went on to sell more than 1.5 million copies.
Over the band's 10-year career, they have played with an eclectic mix of artists ranging from 70's rockers Cheap Trick to the contemporary hip-hop act De La Soul.
Tickets for Friday's concert can be purchased online at Ticketmaster's Web site for $25 or at the Event Center.
