Beck is an iconic singer/songwriter, who represents the folk/funk music scene to many fans. He rose to fame in the early ’90s, thanks primarily to “Loser,” his first big hit. The tune became an ...

Nothing on mainstream radio sounded like Beck's "Loser" when it dropped in 1994. Thirty years later, we explain why, look at its impact on the... Beck's 'Loser' at 30 and the golden age of slacker ...

All roads lead to The Beatles. Beck’s “Loser” is one of the most beloved songs from the 1990s alternative rock scene. It has some major similarities to a track from Beatles for Sale. John Lennon ...

When Beck’s second single was released on an indie label in March 1993, the 22-year-old singer and songwriter had no idea what to expect. It was something of a surprise to him that Bong Load Records ...

Is there anything more ’90s? The acoustic slide guitar hits; the heavy hip-hop drums. Then Beck’s poetic, crafted yet somehow stream-of-consciousness lyrics. Originally, the song was the second single ...

The last time Beck was at South By Southwest was back in 1994, a year where Johnny Cash gave a keynote address and then later played a showcase at Austin’s notorious punk club Emo’s. The headliner on ...

Beck said that the parody would've been called "Schmoozer" Beck's unlikely hit "Loser" almost got the parody treatment from "Weird Al" Yankovic. Beck dug deep into the song's origins in Dear Life, a ...

Beck did not want “Weird Al” Yankovic to turn his song into a joke. Back in the ’90s, when Beck first broke through with his out-of-nowhere hit “Loser,” Yankovic said that he wanted to parody the song ...

As they say, hindsight is 20/20. And the latest artist to feel the sting of reflection is Beck Hansen, the alternative rocker who performs under the mononym Beck. In a recent interview with Audible, ...

As a parody artist, “Weird Al” Yankovic doesn’t have to get permission from anybody to make his comical spins on popular music, but he makes sure to anyway. It’s something he’s talked about on ...

Even a long, fulfilling career is bound to have its share of regrets. For Beck, one such misstep has haunted him for well over two decades: not allowing “Weird Al” Yankovic to parody his 1994 breakout ...