Beck is recognised as one of the most innovative artists of his generation,
ransacking every genre he can and collating them into his own unique style. Son
of Bibbe Hansen - one of Andy Warhol's youngest film starlets - and
composer/arranger David Campbell, he busked himself through Europe as a teenager
before returning to the US to play coffee houses and punk clubs.
Championed by Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore, he finally realised his plan to play
folk music over hip-hop beats on major label debut 'Mellow Gold' in 1994. His
ragamuffin, post-modern take on pop culture arrived in...