Beck
USA, 1989–now
Los Angeles singer-songwriter and sonic magpie, born 1970. From the slacker anthem 'Loser' to the genre-splicing Odelay and the heartbreak of Sea Change, Beck fused folk-blues, hip-hop, funk, noise and psychedelia into one of the most restless bodies of work in alternative music.
MusicRoots documents 3 artists who influenced Beck and 0 artists Beck influenced in turn. Every connection cites a published source.
Who influenced Beck?
- Bob Dylan — Bob Dylan's folk songcraft and surreal wordplay are foundational to Beck's acoustic and lyrical side.
- Woody Guthrie — Beck came up playing Delta blues and folk in the Woody Guthrie tradition, the bedrock beneath his genre collages.
- Sonic Youth — Sonic Youth's art-noise experimentalism is part of the indie-rock lineage Beck folds into his eclectic sound.