For other uses, see Beck (disambiguation).

Beck Hansen (born Bek David Campbell, July 8 is the 189th day of the year (190th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 176 days remaining. July Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20... July 8, 1970 was a This is the calendar for any common year starting on Thursday (dominical letter D). (A common year is a year with 365 days -- in other words, not a leap year.) January February March Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa... 1970) is an American musician and songwriter.

Biography

Beck Hansen was born in This article is about the largest city in California. For other uses of Los Angeles, see Los Angeles (disambiguation) Downtown Los Angeles skyline facing northeast toward the San Gabriel Mountains on a clear winter day. Missing from the center foreground of the photo is the Staples Center arena, completed in... Los Angeles, For other uses, see California (disambiguation). State of California (Flag of California) (Seal of California) State nickname: The Golden State Other U.S. States Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Official languages English Area 410,000 km² (3rd)  - Land 404,298 km²  - Water... California to parents, David Campbell (musician), an American musician David Campbell (politician), a Canadian politician David Campbell (Virginia), a Democratic Governor, 1837-1840 This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. If an article link referred you here, you might want... David Campbell, a musician, and Bibbe Hansen, a visual artist. When his parents separated, he stayed with his mother and brother in LA, where he was influenced by that city's diverse musical offerings—everything from Hip hop is a cultural movement that began amongst urban African American youth in New York and has since spread around the world. The four main elements of hip-hop are MCing, DJing, graffiti, and breakdancing. Some consider beatboxing the fifth element of hip hop; others might add political activism... hip-hop to Latin American music, or the music of Latin America, is sometimes called Latin music. It includes the music of many countries and comes in many varieties, from the down-home conjunto music of Northern Mexico to the sophisticated habanera of Cuba, from the symphonies of Heitor Villa-Lobos to the... Latin music—and his mother's art scene – all of which would later reappear in his recorded and published work.

Beck's music is often considered to be typical of much popular alternative music of the 1990s with its disdain for A genre is any of the traditional divisions of art forms from a single field of activity into various kinds according to criteria particular to that form. Genre is originally a French word meaning kind, sort or type; in grammatical terminology, it refers to the artificial concept of masculine or... genre conventions, obtuse and ironic lyrics, and the melding of samples with played instruments. However, what set him apart from rock groups such as Mr. Bungle is a musical group that fuses elements of heavy metal, rock music, ska, free jazz, pop, contemporary art music, and many other musical styles, often within a single track. This fast-change tendency is sometimes similar to John Zorns Naked City. (Zorn produced the first Mr. Bungle... Mr. Bungle and avant garde composers such as John Zorn (born September 2, 1953 in New York City) is a American composer and clarinet/saxophone player. He owns the Tzadik record label and has worked with a large number of experimental musicians, particularly in improvised music, modern classical music and jazz, though he has produced music in most... John Zorn who experimented with similar genre raiding, Beck achieved notice with his free-flowing, sometimes absurd lyrical stylings. Hopefully compared by critics to the more obscure moments of Portrait photograph of Bob Dylan taken by Daniel Kramer Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman May 24, 1941, Duluth, Minnesota, USA) is widely regarded as Americas greatest living popular songwriter. Stephen Foster, Irving Berlin, Woody Guthrie, and Hank Williams are among the few songwriters similarly revered for their enduring... Bob Dylan and given an enthusiastic seal of approval by The factual accuracy of this article is disputed. Please see the relevant discussion on the talk page. Photo of Allen Ginsberg by Robert Birnbaum Allen Ginsberg (June 3, 1926 - April 5, 1997) was an American Beat poet born in Paterson, New Jersey. He formed a bridge between the Beat movement... Allen Ginsberg, Beck was a link between the Folk can refer to a number of different things: It can be short for folk music, or, for folksong, or, for folklore; it may be a word for a specific people, tribe, or nation, especially one of the Germanic peoples; it might even be a calque on German Volk, a... folk and Beatnik can refer to two different things: A member of the Beat Generation An esoteric programming language This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. If an article link referred you here, you might want to go back... beatnik past and the Hip hop is a cultural movement that began amongst urban African American youth in New York and has since spread around the world. The four main elements of hip-hop are MCing, DJing, graffiti, and breakdancing. Some consider beatboxing the fifth element of hip hop; others might add political activism... hip-hop present.

After dropping out of high school in the mid- These pages contain the trends of millennia and centuries. The individual century pages contain lists of decades and years. See history for different organizations of historical events. See Calendar and List of calendars for other groupings of years. For earlier time periods see cosmological timeline, geologic timescale, evolutionary timeline, pleistocene... 1980s, Beck educated himself and traveled widely. In The Federal Republic of Germany ( German (Deutsch) Spoken in: Germany, Switzerland, Austria, and 38 other countries. Region: Europe Total speakers: 120 million Ranking: 9 Genetic classification: Indo-European  Germanic   West Germanic    Old High German    Middle High German    Modern... Germany, he spent time with his maternal grandfather, Fluxus (from to flow) is an art movement noted for the blending of different artistic disciplines, primarily visual art but also music and literature. Fluxus was founded in 1962 by George Maciunas (1931-78), an American artist of Lithuanian origin who had moved to Germany to escape his creditors. Besides... fluxus artist Al Hansen (1927, New York City - June 22, 1995. Cologne, Germany) was an American artist. He was the father of Andy Warhol protege Bibbe Hansen and the grandfather and artistic mentor of rock musician Beck. He was a member of the Fluxus art movement and friend to Yoko Ono and... Al Hansen. New York, New York redirects here. For alternate meanings, see New York, New York (disambiguation). Midtown Manhattan, 2003. New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the largest city in the United States, and the worlds most important center for global finance and communications. The city... New York City and the late '80s found himself part of the Punk rock Stylistic origins: Psychedelic rock, pub rock, and garage rock – proto-punk Cultural origins: Mid 1970s United States, Australia and United Kingdom. Typical instruments: Vocals – Guitar – Bass – Drums Mainstream popularity: More success in the UK, New Zealand, Australia and Canada, in that order, than in... punk-influenced Anti-folk is a genre of music related to punk rock and American folk music that originated in the mid-1980s in New York City. Anti_folk had its roots in punk rock, and is still considered by some to be an active subgenre within that scene. By a loose definition... anti-folk music movement.

Beck returned to LA at the turn of the decade, destitute but motivated. To support himself, he took a variety of low-paying, dead-end jobs, and even lived in a shed, all the while continuing to develop his music. During this time, Beck sought out (or snuck onto) stages at venues all over LA, from punk clubs to coffee shops. In the spirit of an artist struggling to make a name for himself, his shows were memorable for their mix of humor and eccentricity. Some of his earliest and most thought provoking recordings were achieved by working with Tom Grimley at As an extension of WIN Records, Tom Grimley ran Poop Alley Studios from 1991-1997. Serving not only as a recording space for WIN artists, the Poop Alley discography included sessions from a variety of bands like: Beck, That Dog, The Rentals, Geraldine Fibbers, Spain, Slug, Lowercase, Popdefect, and Radies... Poop Alley Studios, a part of WIN Records (or Waldo International Network) was a Los Angeles, California based record label. It was independently owned and operated by Devin Sarno and Tom Grimley. The company was formed in 1989 as an avenue to release records by their band Waldo The Dog Faced Boy (the first release being... WIN Records.

It was in this atmosphere of heady creativity that the founders of Bong Load is an independent record label based in Los Angeles which is owned by producers Tom Rothrock and Rob Schnapf. One of their biggest signings was Beck in 1991, where each owner discovered Beck independently. In 1998, Beck released an album called Mutations under the Geffen label, which led... Bong Load Custom Records discovered Beck. Their See also: 1992 in music, other events of 1993, 1994 in music, 1990s in music and the list of years in music Contents // 1 Events 2 Albums released 3 Top hits 4 Classical music 5 Opera 6 Musical theater 7 Births 8 Deaths 9 Awards 9.1 Grammy Awards 9... 1993 12" vinyl "Loser," from an initial run of 500 copies, created a sensation on alternative radio that led to a furious bidding war between labels to sign Beck. Eventually, he chose Geffen Records was founded by David Geffen in 1975 (after having founded Asylum in the 1970s). Geffen was purchased by MCA in 1990 and is now part of Universal Music Group. Geffen has released albums by such influential acts as: Aerosmith Asia Audioslave Beck Berlin Blink-182 Cher Counting Crows... Geffen Records, who offered him terms that included allowing for the release of independent albums while under contract.

In See also: 1993 in music, other events of 1994, 1995 in music, 1990s in music and the list of years in music Contents // 1 Events 2 Albums released 3 Top hits 4 Classical music 5 Opera 6 Musical theater 7 Musical films 8 Births 9 Deaths 10 Awards 10.1... 1994, Geffen's release of Mellow Gold LP by Beck Released March 1, 1994 Recorded 1993 Genre Alternative rock Length 47 min 36 s Record label Geffen/Bong Load Producer Beck Professional reviews Allmusic.com 5 stars out of 5 link (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=UIDSUB040404191827192306&... Mellow Gold made Beck a mainstream success—and led to his iconic status as the "slacker" representative of the Alternative rock Stylistic origins: Punk rock, rock and roll Cultural origins: early 1980s, primarily UK, US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand Typical instruments: Guitar - Bass - Drums Mainstream popularity: Limited, except grunge in the US and Indie & Britpop in the UK Derivative forms: New Wave - Grunge Subgenres Britpop - College rock - Dream... alternative rock scene. Beck would comment often that like "Loser," the song that inspired it, the "slacker" label was very ironic.

At the same time, he released One Foot in the Grave CD * Vinyl Album by Beck Released June 27, 1994 Recorded ??? Genre indie rock Length 37 min 01 s Record label K Records Producer Beck & Calvin Johnson Professional reviews Allmusic.com 4 stars out of 5 link (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll... One Foot in the Grave on independent K Records is a record company in Olympia, Washington and was founded, owned, and operated by Calvin Johnson, formerly of Beat Happening. Musicians such as Kurt Cobain of Nirvana, John Wozniak of Marcy Playground, and Jason Frost of Love Junkies frequented and lived in this tiny northwestern musical town in... K Records and Stereopathic Soul Manure is a 1994 album by Beck, released on Flipside Records, comprising mostly home demos, live performances, and abstract noise experiments. Track listing Pink Noise (Rock Me Amadeus) Rowboat Thunder Peel Waiting for a Train Spirit Moves Me Crystal Clear (Beer) No Money, No Honey 8.6.82... Stereopathetic Soul Manure on The flipside is the less-used side of a two-sided object. The term appears to derive from terminology used to describe the two sides of a phonograph disc, particularly the 45 rpm variety. Before the advent of digital technology, single songs were impressed onto vinyl records. The best-promoted... Flipside Records. Beck took his act on the road with the See also: 1994 in music, other events of 1995, 1996 in music, 1990s in music and the list of years in music Contents // 1 Events 2 Albums released 3 Top hits 4 Classical music 5 Opera 6 Musical theater 7 Musical films 8 Births 9 Deaths 10 Awards 10.1... 1995 Official logo Lollapalooza is an American traveling music festival featuring alternative rock, rap, and punk rock bands, dance and comedy performances, and craft booths. Organized in 1991 by Perry Farrell, singer for the band Janes Addiction, Lollapalooza ran annually through 1997, and was revived in 2003. The festival encapsulated... Lollapalooza tour. Still, some critics panned him as a In the music industry, a one-hit wonder is an artist who is generally known for only one hit single. To be considered a one-hit wonder, it is not enough that an artist have had only one song in the top 40 positions of Billboard Magazine’s list... one-hit wonder. It didn't help that a lot of audiences (especially at Lollapalooza) were only familiar with "Loser"' and would generally ignore his other work.

That In the music industry, a one-hit wonder is an artist who is generally known for only one hit single. To be considered a one-hit wonder, it is not enough that an artist have had only one song in the top 40 positions of Billboard Magazine’s list... one-hit wonder label was put to rest with the release of See also: 1995 in music, other events of 1996, 1997 in music, 1990s in music and the list of years in music Contents // 1 Events 2 Albums released 3 Top hits 4 Classical music 5 Opera 6 Musical theater 7 Musical films 8 Births 9 Deaths 10 Awards 10.1... 1996's Odelay LP by Beck Released June 18, 1996 Recorded 1994-1995 Genre Indie rock Length 51 min 28 s Record label Bong Load Producer Dust Brothers Professional reviews Option Positive July/August, 1996, p.89 (http://www.buy.com/retail/proreviews/product.asp?sku=60180591&loc=109&... Odelay, a collaborative effort with the The Dust Brothers are the New York-based producers E.Z. Mike (Michael Simpson) and King Gizmo (John King), famous for their creation of sample-based music in the 1980s, and specifically for their work on the groundbreaking albums Pauls Boutique by the Beastie Boys and Odelay by Beck... Dust Brothers, creators of the Beastie Boys' Paul's Boutique. The lead single, "Where It's At," received heavy airplay and its video was in constant rotation on MTV. Within the year, Odelay LP by Beck Released June 18, 1996 Recorded 1994-1995 Genre Indie rock Length 51 min 28 s Record label Bong Load Producer Dust Brothers Professional reviews Option Positive July/August, 1996, p.89 (http://www.buy.com/retail/proreviews/product.asp?sku=60180591&loc=109&... Odelay had received perfect reviews in This article is about the music magazine. For the rock band, see The Rolling Stones. Rolling Stone is a music and music industry magazine. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J. Gleason (Wenner is still editor and publisher). Beginning in... Rolling Stone and Spin is a music magazine. Founded in 1985 by publisher Bob Guccione, Jr., it is the main competitor to industry stalwart Rolling Stone. Guccione sold the magazine to Vibe magazine in 1997. External link Official site (http://spin.com) Categories: Stub | Music magazines ... Spin magazines, been listed on countless "Best of" lists, had received In the United States, the Recording Industry Association of America awards certification based on the number of sales albums and singles have made. RIAA Certification of 100,000 units: Oro album. RIAA Certification of 200,000 units: Platino album. RIAA Certification of 400,000 units: Multi-Platino album. RIAA Certification... double-platinum status, and earned an impressive number of industry awards, including two Grammy Award statuette The Grammy Awards, presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (the Billboard Music Awards, the American Music... Grammies.

Odelay was followed in See also: 1997 in music, other events of 1998, 1999 in music, 1990s in music and the list of years in music Contents // 1 Events 2 Albums Released 3 Top Hits 4 Top 10 Selling Albums of the Year 5 Classical music 6 Opera 7 Musical theater 8 Births 9... 1998 by Mutations CD Album by Beck Released November 3, 1998 Recorded ??? Genre rock Length 49 min 12 s Record label DGC Producer Beck & Nigel Godrich Professional reviews Q 4 stars out of 5 October 1998 (http://www.q4music.com/nav?page=q4music.review.redirect&fixture_review=133430&resource... Mutations. Produced by Radiohead and Travis producer Nigel Godrich (born in the UK in 1972) is a recording engineer and record producer. He is best known for his work with the English alternative band Radiohead. He has also worked as engineer, producer or mixer, with Travis, Beck, Pavement, Air, Neil Finn, Natalie Imbruglia... Nigel Godrich of Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood Radiohead is a British rock band from Oxford. Their current moniker, Radiohead, was taken from the song Radio Head by Talking Heads, whose album Remain in Light (1980) is a band favorite and major influence on their Kid A (2000). The band consists of Thom... Radiohead fame, it was intended as a stopgap measure before the next album proper. Recorded over two weeks, during which Beck recorded one song a day, the sessions produced 14 songs. Mutations was a departure from the electronic density of Odelay, and was filled with folk and blues influences. Songs on the album consisted of older tracks, some even dating back as far as 1994. Track 10, "Sing It Again", was written for In 1969, Johnny Cash was the best-selling recording artist in the United States. Johnny Cash (February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003) was an American country music singer and songwriter, known to his fans as The Man in Black, and a member of the outlaw country movement. In a... Johnny Cash, but Beck never submitted it, considering it "rubbish." Cash would go on to record "Rowboat," a song that originally appeared on Beck's Stereopathic Soul Manure is a 1994 album by Beck, released on Flipside Records, comprising mostly home demos, live performances, and abstract noise experiments. Track listing Pink Noise (Rock Me Amadeus) Rowboat Thunder Peel Waiting for a Train Spirit Moves Me Crystal Clear (Beer) No Money, No Honey 8.6.82... Stereopathetic Soul Manure.

During 1998, Beck's art collaborations with his grandfather Al Hansen (1927, New York City - June 22, 1995. Cologne, Germany) was an American artist. He was the father of Andy Warhol protege Bibbe Hansen and the grandfather and artistic mentor of rock musician Beck. He was a member of the Fluxus art movement and friend to Yoko Ono and... Al Hansen were featured in an exhibition entitled Beck & Al Hansen: Playing With Matches and showcased solo and collaborative Collage is the assemblage of different forms creating a new whole. For example, an artistic collage work may include newspaper clippings, ribbons, bits of colored or hand-made papers, photographs, etc., glued to a solid support or canvas. Decoupage is a type of collage usually defined as a craft. It... collage, assemblage, This article is about the art form. Drawing also refers to a method of producing wire, bars, or tubes. Drawing is one way of making an image: it is the process of making marks on a surface by applying pressure from or moving a tool on the surface. These marks... drawing and poetry works. The show toured from the Santa Monica Museum of Art to galleries in New York, New York redirects here. For alternate meanings, see New York, New York (disambiguation). Midtown Manhattan, 2003. New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the largest city in the United States, and the worlds most important center for global finance and communications. The city... New York City and Winnipeg, Canada. A catalogue of the show was published by Plug In Editions/Smart Art Press.

In See also: 1998 in music, other events of 1999, 2000 in music, 1990s in music and the list of years in music Contents // 1 Events 2 Albums Released 3 Top Hits 4 Top 10 Selling Albums of the Year 5 Classical music 6 Opera 7 Musical theater 8 Births 9... 1999, Geffen released the much-anticipated Midnite Vultures CD Album by Beck Released November 16, 1999 Recorded ??? Genre rock Length 58 min 21 s Record label DGC Producer Beck Professional reviews Q 4 stars out of 5 October 2000 (http://www.q4music.com/nav?page=q4music.review.redirect&fixture_review=117364&resource=117364&... Midnite Vultures, an orgy of sexual and culinary innuendo that was supported by a world tour. For Beck, it was a return to the high-energy performances that had been his trademark as far back as Lollapalooza—the live stage set including a red bed that descended from the ceiling for the song " Debra Song by Beck From the album Midnite Vultures Album released 16 November 1999 Recorded ??? Genre Rock Song Length 13:48 Record label DGC Producer Beck Track Number 11 Debra is the name of a song by Beck. He had originally attempted to record Debra with the Dust Brothers for... Debra" and the touring band was supplemented by a brass section.

After Midnite Vultures came Sea Change CD Album by Beck Released September 24, 2002 Recorded ??? Genre rock Length 52 min 28 s Record label Geffen Records Producer Beck, Nigel Godrich Professional reviews Allmusic.com 4.5 stars out of 5 link (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=A7qotk6kxtkrd... Sea Change in See also: 2001 in music, 2002 in music (UK), other events of 2002, 2003 in music, 2000s in music and the list of years in music Contents // 1 Events 2 Albums released 3 Top hits on record 4 Top 10 selling albums of the year 5 Classical music 6 Opera... 2002, another airy and emotional album with producer Radiohead and Travis producer Nigel Godrich (born in the UK in 1972) is a recording engineer and record producer. He is best known for his work with the English alternative band Radiohead. He has also worked as engineer, producer or mixer, with Travis, Beck, Pavement, Air, Neil Finn, Natalie Imbruglia... Nigel Godrich, which became Beck's first U.S. Top 10 album, reaching # 8. Sea Change was conceptualized as an album with one unifying theme—the stages following the end of a relationship. The album also featured string arrangements by Beck's father David Campbell and a sonically dense mix recalling at times Mutations and elements of Midnite Vultures. Although some radio singles were released no commercial singles were made available to the public. The Sea Change tour featured The Flaming Lips is an American rock band with psychedelic influences, formed in 1983 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma by Mark Coyne, Wayne Coyne and Michael Ivins. Over time the line-up has changed constantly, with Wayne Coyne and Michael Ivins providing a stable foundation. The Flaming Lips. Left to right... The Flaming Lips as Beck's opening and backing band.

Beck has a number of b-sides and soundtrack-only songs as well, including "Midnite Vultures" (curiously, not on the album of the same name), a cover of Korgis' "Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime" which appeared in the 2004 movie DVD cover Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is a 2004 romance/science fiction film that explores themes of love, attraction, and memory. It is a Focus Features film written by Charlie Kaufman, taken from an idea given to Michel Gondry by Pierre Bismuth. Pierre is a French performance artist... Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and David Bowie David Robert Jones (born January 8, 1947), better known as David Bowie, is a British rock and roll musician, actor, and artist who has had a profound influence on rock and roll from the 1960s to the present. He is commonly known as the greatest chameleon of music... David Bowie's Diamond Dogs from Moulin Rouge! is a 2001 musical film directed by Baz Luhrmann, which tells the story of a young British poet, Christian, who falls in love with the star of the Moulin Rouge cabaret, Satine. It uses the colourful musical setting of Montmartre, a district in Paris, France. Some plot details... Moulin Rouge!

In late 2004, Beck returned to the studio to work on his sixth major-label album. The record, Guero, was produced by the The Dust Brothers are the New York-based producers E.Z. Mike (Michael Simpson) and King Gizmo (John King), famous for their creation of sample-based music in the 1980s, and specifically for their work on the groundbreaking albums Pauls Boutique by the Beastie Boys and Odelay by Beck... Dust Brothers and Tony Hoffer and features a collaboration with Jack White has been the name of several people, among them are: Jack White, rock musician, producer, and actor Jack White, First World War Victoria Cross recipient Jack White, a German producer of disco music John (Jack) Cornish White, former England cricket captain This is a disambiguation page — a... Jack White of The White Stripes are a minimalist rock and roll duo from Detroit, formed in 1997. Billing themselves as brother and sister, guitarist and singer Jack White and drummer Meg White released their self-titled debut album in 1999. (In reality, they are ex-husband-and-wife; Meg is only seven... The White Stripes; it marked a return to Odelay LP by Beck Released June 18, 1996 Recorded 1994-1995 Genre Indie rock Length 51 min 28 s Record label Bong Load Producer Dust Brothers Professional reviews Option Positive July/August, 1996, p.89 (http://www.buy.com/retail/proreviews/product.asp?sku=60180591&loc=109&... Odelay-era sound. The album was released on March 29, 2005 and enjoyed critical acclaim, earning four stars from Playboy is an adult entertainment magazine, or pornography magazine, founded in 1953 by Hugh Hefner, which has grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE: PLA, PLA.A), reaching into every form of media. Playboy is one of the worlds best known brands. In addition to the flagship magazine in the... Playboy and This article is about the music magazine. For the rock band, see The Rolling Stones. Rolling Stone is a music and music industry magazine. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J. Gleason (Wenner is still editor and publisher). Beginning in... Rolling Stone as well as a "Critic's Choice" recognition from The New York Times is an internationally known daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. It is owned by The New York Times Company, which also publishes other major newspapers like International Herald Tribune and The Boston Globe, among... The New York Times. The album debuted at #2 on the Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs or albums in various categories on a weekly basis. Its most famous chart, the Hot 100 survey, ranks the top 100 songs regardless of genre and... Billboard charts, pushing 162,000 copies in the first week and giving Beck his best week ever in terms of commercial sales and chart position. Since the release of Guero, the first single, E-Pro has been well received by the alternative rock community, and has seen a large amount of play time.

Beck married Marissa Ribisi in April 2004, shortly before the birth of their son, Cosimo Henri.

Trivia

Beck has done a guest voice on Matthew Abram Groening (born February 15, 1954) (name rhymes with raining, SAMPA [grEniN]) is an American cartoonist and the creator of the television series Futurama and The Simpsons, where he currently serves as creative consultant. In high school, he was the student body president, but was stripped of this title... Matt Groening's animated show Futurama is an animated United States cartoon series (March 28, 1999-2003) created by Matt Groening (who also created The Simpsons). Set in New New York City in the year 3000, it was introduced on the Fox Network (with a gag end credit of 30th Century Fox - see below). Futurama... Futurama, playing himself. In keeping with Beck's sense of humour, there is much self-deprecation ("Odelay is a word! Just look it up in the Becktionary").

He has also appeared as a guest on another animated show, Space Ghost at his desk Space Ghost: Coast to Coast is a spoof talk show on the cable TV channel, Cartoon Network. It began in 1994. The main cast is comprised of Space Ghost, a cartoon character originally from an old Hanna Barbera cartoon called Space Ghost which ran in... Space Ghost: Coast to Coast.

Many among Beck's friends and family are members of the Scientology is a system of beliefs and teachings, originally established as a secular philosophy in 1952 by author L. Ron Hubbard, and subsequently reoriented from 1953 as an applied religious philosophy. It is most prominently represented by the Church of Scientology. The Church of Scientology is also claimed by its... Church of Scientology, and it has long been rumored that he is a member as well. In an interview with the German magazine Galore, republished online on March 26, 2005 by the renowned German magazine Photo of the cover of the first issue of Der Spiegel (1/1947) Der Spiegel (German for The Mirror) is Germanys biggest and most influential weekly magazine, located in Hamburg, with a circulation of around one million per week. Contents // 1 Overview 2 Affairs and Scandals 3 Der Spiegel... Der Spiegel [1] (http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/musik/0,1518,348260,00.html), he was asked why he did not like to comment about his membership of Scientology. In his response, he notably did not deny his membership. He reiterated, however, that he did not like to talk about Scientology. Nonetheless, he stated that "What I see in Scientology or what I have experienced with Scientology is [one hundred] percent positive."

Samples

• Download sample of "Sissyneck" from Odelay LP by Beck Released June 18, 1996 Recorded 1994-1995 Genre Indie rock Length 51 min 28 s Record label Bong Load Producer Dust Brothers Professional reviews Option Positive July/August, 1996, p.89 (http://www.buy.com/retail/proreviews/product.asp?sku=60180591&loc=109&... Odelay

Discography

Filmography

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See also

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External links

• Beck's official web site (http://www.beck.com)
• All Music Guide entry for Beck (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=UIDSUB040404191827192306&sql=B7n8n1v0jzz9a)
• Whiskeyclone.net (fansite with song info, news, lyrics, bootleg database, etc) (http://www.whiskeyclone.net)