For the comic book artist by the same name, see John McCrea.

John McCrea is a founding member of the band Cake, originated in Sacramento, California. He sings and writes many of the lyrics for the band, in addition to playing guitar and vibraslap. John McCrea (born 1966 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a comic book artist best known for his collaborations with writer Garth Ennis. ... Cake (properly written as CAKE) is a band from Sacramento, California, formed in 1991. ... Location of Sacramento in Sacramento County, California County Sacramento Government  - Mayor Heather Fargo Area  - City  99. ... For other uses, see Guitar (disambiguation). ... A Vibraslap manufactured by LP LP Vibraslap showing metal teeth A vibraslap (also known as a Mandible) is a percussion instrument consisting of a piece of stiff wire (bent in a handle-like shape) connecting a wood ball to a block of wood with metal teeth inside. ...

John McCrea at Lollapalooza 2005

Prior to Cake, John McCrea spent most of the 1980s playing in various other bands, or solo at times. His mid-1980s band John McCrea and the Roughousers recorded the songs "Love you Madly" and "Shadow Stabbing," which were later re-recorded by Cake. In the later 1980s, he moved to Los Angeles. There he began to play solo-acoustic music in porn shops. He released a double-sided single on vinyl only called "Rancho Seco". One side was electric and one side was acoustic. The LP was a protest song against the now-defunct nuclear power plant Rancho Seco built south-east of Sacramento. John played his first show in "Cake" before moving back to Sacramento in the summer of 1991. Image File history File linksMetadata John_mccrea_lollapalooza. ... Image File history File linksMetadata John_mccrea_lollapalooza. ... Cake (properly written as CAKE) is a band from Sacramento, California, formed in 1991. ... Cake (properly written as CAKE) is a band from Sacramento, California, formed in 1991. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Rancho Seco Nuclear Generating Station. ... Cake (properly written as CAKE) is a band from Sacramento, California, formed in 1991. ...

McCrea continues to write lyrics and sing for the band. Additionally, he is a very vocal activist for environmental causes, most notably global warming and world poverty. He frequently uses the band's website and concerts as a vessel to increase awareness about these and other causes. Global mean surface temperatures 1850 to 2006 Mean surface temperature anomalies during the period 1995 to 2004 with respect to the average temperatures from 1940 to 1980 Global warming is the observed increase in the average temperature of the Earths atmosphere and oceans in recent decades and the projected...

McCrea possesses a distinctive, deep, and often monotone singing voice. His unique vocal stylings are also featured on the Ben Folds song "Fred Jones, Part 2" and also performed it live with Folds on television and on Folds' album Ben Folds Live. Benjamin Scott Folds (born September 12, 1966, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina[1]) is an American singer-songwriter and the former frontman of the musical group Ben Folds Five. ... Ben Folds Live is a live album by Ben Folds, released in 2002 (see 2002 in music). ...