Is there an instrument that singer and multi-instrumentalist Beck Hansen doesn't play? His voice, (bass) guitar, banjo, moog, keyboards, acoustic drums, a drum machine, percussion, glockenspiel, kalimba, maribas - you name and Beck plays it.



Beck was born Beck Hansen in Los Angeles on July 8, 1970, the son of actress/musician Bibbe Hansen (who became one of Andy Warhol's "Superstars" at age 13) and bluegrass musician David Campell (who has written string arrangements for top-name bands such as Aerosmith), and the grandson of Al Hansen, an artist who helped found the FluXus movement.



Not surprisingly, he was raised in an open, semi-bohemian environment, and grew up interested in art and music -- especially folk and blues-- learning to play acoustic guitar as a teenager.