When his parents separated, Beck stayed with his mother and brother in Los Angeles, where he was influenced by that city’s diverse musical offerings – everything from hip-hop to Latin music – and his mother’s art scene – all of which would later reappear in his recorded and published work.Īlthough Beck’s work defies easy description, his eclecticism and genre experiments have sparked comparisons with Prince, though Beck was undoubtedly a less prolific artist, and drew on an absurdist, free-flowing lyrical style totally original when first exposed to mainstream audiences (indeed, some critics labeled him and his breakthrough single “Loser” as novelties – see below).

His father is a Scientologist Beck and his wife are also both practicing Scientologists. 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.īeck was born in Los Angeles, California, to David Campbell (a musician) and Bibbe Hansen (a former dancer for The Velvet Underground).

Beck Hansen (born Bek David Campbell, July 8, 1970) is an American musician, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.

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