Given the question: What key details about bread -lrb- band -rrb- can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: bread was an american soft rock band from los angeles , california . they placed 13 songs on the '' billboard '' hot 100 chart between 1970 and 1977 and were an example of what later was labeled as soft rock . the band consisted of david gates -lrb- vocals , bass , guitar , keyboards , violin , viola , percussion -rrb- , jimmy griffin -lrb- vocals , guitar , keyboards , percussion -rrb- , robb royer -lrb- bass , guitar , flute , keyboards , percussion , recorder , backing vocals -rrb- , mike botts -lrb- drums , percussion ; joined in the summer of 1969 -rrb- and larry knechtel -lrb- keyboards , bass , guitar , harmonica ; replaced royer in 1971 -rrb- .
The answer is:
- years active is 1968 -- 97 -- 73 , 1976 -- 78 , 1996- past members is david mike botts -lrb- deceased -rrb- larry knechtel -lrb- deceased -rrb- gates jimmy griffin -lrb- deceased -rrb- robb royer- caption is the royer , jimmy griffin , mike botts band in 1971 -- david gates , robb- origin is los angeles , california , united states- label is elektra , rhino- genre is soft rock- name is bread- background is group_or_band- image is bread 1971.jpg- associated acts is the remingtons , the pleasure fair , toast/radio dixie