Beck Lyrics

Beck Info:

Birth name:
Bek David Campbell

Born:
July 8, 1970 ( age )

From:
Los Angeles, California, United States

Height: 5' 7" (1.71 m)

Spouse:
Marissa Ribisi (actress - m. 2004)
(2 children)
Has twin brother, actor Giovanni Ribisi

Genres:
Alternative rock, anti-folk

Occupations:
Singer-songwriter, musician, producer

Instruments:
Vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass, drums, harmonica, percussion, sitar, banjo, slide guitar, twelve-string guitar, glockenspiel, vocoder, kalimba, melodica, beatboxing

Years active:
1985-present

Associated acts:
The Flaming Lips, Devendra Banhart, Charlotte Gainsbourg, The White Stripes, JSBX, Thurston Moore

Name Origin
Took his mother's maiden name upon his parents' divorce.

Beck Trivia:
• Son of Bibbe Hansen

• Brother-in-law of Giovanni Ribisi, and Gina Ribisi.

• Grandson of Fluxus artist 'Al Hansen'

• Is a Scientologist

• Has had four platinum albums

• Beck's mother was present at the birth of his wife Marissa (and twin brother Giovanni)

Beck Quotes:
I think my whole generation's mission is to kill the cliche.

Art is the child of Nature; yes, her darling child, in whom we trace the features of the mother's face, her aspect and her attitude.

Had there been no difficulties and no thorns in the way, then man would have been in his primitive state and no progress made in civilization and mental culture.

I'm the artist formally known as Beck. I have a genius wig. When I put that wig on, then the true genius emerges. I don't have enough hair to be a genius. I think you have to have hair going everywhere.

No one should drive a hard bargain with an artist.

Tonight the city is full of morgues, and all the toilets are overflowing. There's shopping malls coming out of the walls, as we walk out among the manure. That's why I pay no mind.


Beck Awards
1996
MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video ("Where It's At")

Rolling Stone and Spin Magizine Artist of the Year

1997
Grammy Awards for Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male ("Where It's At) and Best Alternative Music Performance (Odelay)

MTV Video Music Awards including Best Male Video and Best Editing ("Devil's Haircut"), Best Art Direction (K.K. Barrett), Best Choreography (Peggy Hickey), and Best Direction ("The New Pollution" which Beck directed)

1998
California Music Award for Artist of the Year

Rolling Stone Magizine Artist of the Year

2000
Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Performance (Mutations)

Brit Award for Best International Solo Artist

2004
DTS Surround Award for Most Adventurous Mix "Sea Change"

2005
DTS Surround Award for BEST MADE-FOR-SURROUND TITLE "Guero"

2015
Grammy award for Best Rock Album, Best Engineered Album, and Album of the Year - Morning Phase

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