Born Los Angeles, 1971.

The singer-songwriter and guitarist Beck Hansen was raised in Kansas, claiming that his self-styled ‘punk-rock/folk’ had originated in a childhood visit to an aunt, who introduced him to Leadbelly and Woody Guthrie records. At 17 he moved to New York’s East Side, where he was influenced by a punk scene that was rediscovering country-blues and its obsessions with homelessness, hopelessness and drunkenness. [read more...]

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beck.com - The official Beck site, and also the most complete. Excellent.

Somabottle's Beck Tabs - Source for Beck guitar tabs including Devil's Haircut, Brother, and Loser.

RollingStone.com -- Beck - Includes bio, photo gallery, news, discography, album reviews, audio/video, and message boards.

Beck - The Setlist - List of live Beck performances.

Kathrine's Beck page - Unfortunately no updates since April 1998, but included are some nice pictures and that personalized touch.

Squeegee's Beck Discography - Most complete discography up to Odelay era ('96, early '97). Up until then, you'll find almost every Beck record known to man, and then some. After that, no updates, but hopefully one day.

Equipment List for March/April 1997 US Tour - Hardware used by Beck on part of the Odelay tour.

I Wanna Get with Beck (And His Sister Deborah) - Includes photos and news.

Lisa's Beck Page - Includes pictures, lyrics, biography, and sound files.

AllExperts: Beck - Ask the expert a question and they shall answer.

The DeShEveLeD Beck Page - Personal site with latest news.

Biscuits and Bacon - Beck news, discography, lyrics, new releases and record availability, and chat.

NSN: Automatic Bzooty - Contains news, tour dates, discography, and pictures.

Slo-jam Central: Beck - Includes news, photos, reviews, Pink Noize, and Quote for the Week.

Beck the Loaded Fansite - Beck fansite for fans by fans.

Beck Lyrics Page - Here you'll find lyrics to 4 major Beck albums, plus some photos, links to guitar tabs, and more.

Beck World (Vibes for the Ears) - Content includes variety of links, news, MP3s and MP3 search, song of the week, and links to related artists.

Alltunes.net: Beck - Featurees articles, audio clips, biography, discography, pictures, links, and album reviews.

Beck: Beautiful Monstrosity - Includes archive of interviews.

Artistdirect.com: Beck TV - Beck TV - Exclusive Video of Beck, links to Beck lyrics, mp3, pictures, and merchandise.

Sonicnet.com: Beck - Contains music news, album reviews, audio downloads, biography, discography, links, and bulletin boards.

Project29's Real Audio Site - Beck's CD Odelay in RealAudio format.

VH1 Fan Club: Beck - Includes news, biography, musical influences, audio clips, pictures, music videos, bulletin boards, and links.

TheMusicVine: Beck - A music community with chat message boards, clubs, forums and homepages.

Ramshackle Land - Beck biography, pictures, discography, and sound files.