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Beck David Hansen (born Bek David Campbell; July 8, 1970), known mononymously as Beck, is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. He rose to fame in the early 1990s with his experimental and lo-fi style, and became known for creating musical collages of wide-ranging genres. He has musically encompassed folk, funk, soul, hip hop, electronica, alternative rock, country, and psychedelia. He has released 15 studio albums, as well as several non-album singles and a book of sheet music.
Beck is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer who rose to fame in the early 1990s for his experimental, lo-fi style that blended diverse genres like folk, funk, hip hop, and rock into musical collages. He matters as an influential artist who has released 15 studio albums and helped define alternative music's genre-blending approach during a pivotal period in pop culture.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1914
- Died
- 2008
- Works
- 51
Top works
- Bribes
- Contes à l'enfant né coiffé
- Une mort irreguliere
- Une mort irrégulière
- Léon Morin, prêtre
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Beck Hansen (born Bek David Campbell, July 8, 1970), known by the stage name Beck, is an American musician, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Beck rose to fame in the early 1990s with his lo-fi, sonically experimental style, and he became well known for creating musical collages of a wide range of styles. His later recordings encompass folk, funk, soul, hip hop, alternative rock,…
Known for
- Beck - Live at Pinkpop 1997 — Himself2026
- The Best Summer — Self2026
- 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony — Self2025
- Lightscape — Man at Donut Shop2024
- John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A. — Self - Music Performance2024
- A Grammy Salute to The Beach Boys — Self2023
- Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short — Self2023
- Michel Gondry: Do It Yourself — Self - Musician2023
- The Bubble — Beck2022
- Gorillaz | Song Machine Live From Kong — Self2021
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- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Germany
- Active from
- 1970
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- 4,195,819
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- 158,855,447
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Beck Hansen (born Bek David Campbell, July 8, 1970) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. Beck's music is known for its pop-junk culture collage of musical styles, ironic lyrics, samples, drum machines, live instrumentation and heady sound effects. Beck was born in Los Angeles, California, to David Campbell (a musician and son of a Presbyterian minister) and Bibbe Hansen (a former dancer for The Velvet Underground, founding member of the satirical band Black Fa
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Recent publications · Crossref
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- Ordered mesoporous molecular sieves synthesized by a liquid-crystal template mechanism
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- An inventory for measuring clinical anxiety: Psychometric properties.
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Quotes
- “Our whole culture in this country now is so conformist. I don't even meet that many freaks any more.”
- “I think it's interesting being American, the expectations for an American guy, and the image that has to be projected. 'Oh, I can't wear pink,' that kind of stuff. There's none of that in Europe.”
- “We had one night where I wanted a bunch of percussion noises at the end of song. We went into this room with three cases of percussion. Everybody just grabbed different shakers and things and was just throwing them around.A few of the guys in the band got a little carried away and I just remember looking up and somebody was running into a wall. Another guy was leaping head first about three of four feet in the air. But other than that it was pretty sedated.”
- “I think I gave indications early on that mine wasn't just going to be a commercial, er, career. If that were the case, then the first record would have been 10 versions of 'Loser.' I always thought it would be interesting if there was no such thing as gold and platinum records, or record deals, and people were just making music. What would the music sound like?”
- “I don't need to cry so much. I think whatever you let loose with crying, I let loose with singing. I tend to be the one who wants... I'm trying to say this without sounding too touchy-feely. I'm usually the one who's better at comforting the person who's crying, you know?”
- “I'm not good at the protocols of dating. [laughs] I'm not really experienced in that. My girlfriend is my second or third girlfriend. I think in the past none of us really knew when we were "dating"-we were just hanging out and doing things. I didn't go to high school so I missed the prom.”
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Key facts
- Person.name
- Beck
- Person.image
- Beck in performance (2005).jpg
- Person.alt
- Beck onstage playing guitar and smiling, wearing a suit
- Person.caption
- Beck in 2005
- Person.birth_name
- Bek David Campbell
- Person.birth_place
- Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- Person.years_active
- 1988–present
- Person.awards
- Full list
- Person.children
- 2
- Person.mother
- Bibbe Hansen
- Person.father
- David Campbell
- Person.relatives
- Al Hansen (Grandfather)
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- Beck signature, Billboard Open Letter 2016.png
- Musical artist.embed
- yes
- Musical artist.discography
- Beck discography
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- Official website
- www.beck.com
- Image
- Oliver Mark - Beck, Hamburg 2000.jpg
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- Beck (singer)
- date of birth
- 1970-07-08
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- Beck
- birth name
- Bek David Campbell
- start of work period
- 1988-00-00
- name in native language
- Beck Hansen
- social media followers
- 326323
- official shop URL
- store.universal-music.de/p30-i1853
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Article
22 sectionsContents
- Early life
- Career
- Early performances and first releases (1988–1993)
- ''Mellow Gold'', and independent albums (1993–1994)
- Backlash and ''Odelay'' (1994–1997)
- ''Mutations'' and ''Midnite Vultures'' (1998–2001)
- ''Sea Change'' (2002–2003)
- ''Guero'' and ''The Information'' (2004–2007)
- ''Modern Guilt'', production work, Record Club and ''Song Reader'' (2008–2013)
- ''Morning Phase'', ''Colors'', ''Hyperspace'' (2014–2022)
- Recent activity (2022–present)
- Collaborations and contributions
- Musical style
- Art career
- Personal life
- Appearances in media
- Discography
- Studio albums
- Awards and nominations
- See also
- References
- External links
Beck David Hansen (born Bek David Campbell; July 8, 1970), known mononymously as Beck, is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. He rose to fame in the early 1990s with his experimental and lo-fi style, and became known for creating musical collages of wide-ranging genres. He has musically encompassed folk, funk, soul, hip hop, electronica, alternative rock, country, and psychedelia. He has released 15 studio albums, as well as several non-album singles and a book of sheet music.
Born and raised in Los Angeles, Beck gravitated towards hip hop and folk in his teens and began to perform locally at coffeehouses and clubs. He moved to New York City in 1989 and became involved in the city's anti-folk movement. Returning to Los Angeles in the early 1990s, he saw his commercial breakthrough with his 1993 single "Loser." After signing with DGC Records, the song peaked at number ten on the Billboard Hot 100 and served as lead single for his third album and major label debut, Mellow Gold (1994). Its follow-up, Odelay (1996), topped critic polls and won several awards. Before his 1996 release, the same year, he played the role of a taxi driver in the US video of Alisha's Attic's single, I Am, I Feel.