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Beat Happening is an American twee pop band formed in Olympia, Washington in 1982. Calvin Johnson, Heather Lewis and Bret Lunsford have been the band’s continual members. Beat Happening were early leaders in the American twee pop and lo-fi movements, noted for their use of primitive recording techniques, a complete disregard for the technical aspects of musicianship, and songs with subject matters of a childish or coy nature.
The band met while attending Evergreen State College and began recording in 1983. The band’s basic line-up was drums, guitar and vocals, though when they formed their only instruments were a pair of maracas and a Sears Silvertone guitar purchased at a thrift shop. Heather once joked in an interview that the history of the band could be told through a list of the various people they’d borrowed drums from. Heather and Calvin had been members of a previous band and approached Bret, who had no musical experience at the time, saying they ought to start a band and go to Japan. Indeed, it was on a trip to Tokyo that the bandmembers recorded Three Tea Breakfast, an EP that established the band’s reputation.
Calvin Johnson was one of the founders of seminal indie-rock label K Records. The label has been championed by many, including Kurt Cobain, who tattooed the K Records logo on his arm. The label achieved modest success and continues to hold its independent integrity, claiming to have been „exploding the teenage underground into passionate revolt against the corporate ogre since 1982.“
The band met while attending Evergreen State College and began recording in 1983. The band’s basic line-up was drums, guitar and vocals, though when they formed their only instruments were a pair of maracas and a Sears Silvertone guitar purchased at a thrift shop. Heather once joked in an interview that the history of the band could be told through a list of the various people they’d borrowed drums from. Heather and Calvin had been members of a previous band and approached Bret, who had no musical experience at the time, saying they ought to start a band and go to Japan. Indeed, it was on a trip to Tokyo that the bandmembers recorded Three Tea Breakfast, an EP that established the band’s reputation.
Calvin Johnson was one of the founders of seminal indie-rock label K Records. The label has been championed by many, including Kurt Cobain, who tattooed the K Records logo on his arm. The label achieved modest success and continues to hold its independent integrity, claiming to have been „exploding the teenage underground into passionate revolt against the corporate ogre since 1982.“
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Our Secret
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What's Important
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Crashing Through
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Cat Walk
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morkwa schrieb:
gravedigger blues!
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Chives42 schrieb:
beat happened
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damnrealb schrieb:
I've been doing terrible things for years. It doesn't seem to make a difference.
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tyrreee schrieb:
i cant believe godsend isnt a top track =/
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nightman_cometh schrieb:
I would do terrible things for a reunion of some sort.
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xxidiotequexxx schrieb:
lrn2sng
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damnrealb schrieb:
http://www.last.fm/music/Jens%2520Lekman/_/Pocketful%2520of%2520Money?ac=pocketful%20of%20money maybe everyone already knows, but I just heard it for the first time yesterday. Any other songs sampling Beat Happening out there?
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bjornkicksocean schrieb:
godsend.
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MissTheMoon schrieb:
I'm the hang man
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Tehpaco schrieb:
Jayumboarheee
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Rebrebs schrieb:
we cry aloooooooooooone
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Ghandi-Boy schrieb:
I rarely like something, but this sounds incredible
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aconsumingvoid schrieb:
pure class
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RobinForsgren schrieb:
I like it more then the star wars soundtrack!
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mrshankly_ schrieb:
Yes, we respectfully disagree.
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BOONIEDDOM schrieb:
c26000 - i would say shut the fuck up, but that is your opinion, so i will respect it and not be immature MADXW - agreed, i love that track. in other news, this is the most awesome and rad band ever created. every song is their best song, goddamn holy shit.
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Poppachippa schrieb:
if you don't like beat happening you are fundamentally incompatible with my philosophy, consciousness, ethos, and modus operandi blast ye to hell computer programming scum
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zachhh schrieb:
yeah sorry it's not coheed and cambria
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C26000 schrieb:
I rarely dislke something, but this sounds awful
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Cerebralshrike schrieb:
"Our Secret" is definitely my favorite track.
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poormojo, maddymud, nprendergast und 22 weitere Leute haben Beat Happening zu ihren Musiksammlungen hinzugefügt. gestern Nachmittag
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pad-58 hat Beat Happening als ‘beat happening’ getaggt. Sonntag Abend
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pad-58, antelopes, catloye und 9 weitere Leute haben Beat Happening zu ihren Musiksammlungen hinzugefügt. Sonntag Abend
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Wormwood37 hat in Playlist for Things that Are Square on KUCI 11/19/09 über Beat Happening geschrieben. letzte Woche
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blair2100, teethtoyourlips, nataliepruett und 1 weitere Person haben Beat Happening zu ihren Musiksammlungen hinzugefügt. letzte Woche
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eldn hat Beat Happening als washington, us, rock und mit einem weiteren Tag getaggt. letzte Woche
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DJSantschi, stevie-jade, ScalyDAVID und 1 weitere Person haben Beat Happening zu ihren Musiksammlungen hinzugefügt. letzte Woche
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tazleser hat in top albums (last update: 22 NOV 2009) über Beat Happening geschrieben. letzte Woche
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It_Testosteron und fmustang91 haben Beat Happening zu ihren Musiksammlungen hinzugefügt. letzte Woche
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Sickman90 hat Beat Happening als alternative, k records, indie und mit einem weiteren Tag getaggt. letzte Woche
Blogeinträge
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Playlist for Things that Are Square on KUCI 11/19/09
von Wormwood37 |
20. Nov. 2009 | Kommentar hinzufügen
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Halloween
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1. Nov. 2009 | Kommentar hinzufügen
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Playlist for Things that Are Square on KUCI 10/29/09 (Halloween Edition!)
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