Greg Brown (rock musician)

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For the folk musician by the same name, see Greg Brown.

Greg Brown is a guitarist and founding member of the band Cake. He left Cake in 1998, before the recording of Prolonging the Magic, although the album's liner notes indicate that some of his guitar arrangements were left on the album. After Cake, he joined Deathray, a band where he provides backing vocals and lead guitar. He also wrote four songs and co-penned two more for their 2000 debut album, which was released on Capricorn Records and then re-released on Doppler Records. Most recently, he played piano and guitar for two solo projects: Puckett's Versus the Country Boy, a 2003 EP by Matt Sharp, formerly of Weezer and The Rentals, and a self-titled 2004 release of his own. He also has a co-producing credits for both those works. He also co-produced the debut album from Golden Shoulders with Deathray bandmate Victor Damiani, and recently played guitar on Friendship is Deep, the second album from Golden Shoulders.