1. Was Beck christened Beck? What is is full name?
At birth, he was named Bek David Campbell , after his father. When his parents split, he took his mom's last name Hansen. So now he goes by Beck Hansen.
2. When was Beck born?
Beck was born in Los Angleles at home on the 8th of July at 11:59 PM in 1970. So he's 28

3. Who are Beck's family members?


Bibbe Hansen (Beck's ultracool mom): a former Warhol Superstar (the youngest one, at the age of 13), theatre actress, and restaurant owner. She has a band called "Black Fag" which is led by the infamous Vaginal Creme Davis.

David Campbell (Beck's dad): a former bluegrass musician who has arranged the strings for such bands as Cracker, Aerosmith, and Green Day. He also has done strings for Beck on occasion, on the Jack-Ass single he worked on the track "Strange Invitation".

Channing Hansen (Beck's brother): a 25 year old third generation FluXus artist. He lives in Los Angeles.

Sean Carrillo (Beck's stepdad): Bibbe's husband. Together they owned the L.A. coffee shop, the Troy cafe for 5 years where Beck frequently played in the early '90s. Sean is an artist and a real nice guy.

Al Hansen (Beck's grandfather): Bibbe's dad was a pioneer of the FluXus art movement. He's known for his works with collages and the infamous "Yoko Ono Piano Drop". Beck is currently exhibiting both his and Al's art at the Thread Waxing Space in New York City. To learn more about Al, you should check out the book "Beck and Al Hansen: Playing with Matches", which goes in depth about Beck and Al's history in art. You can purchase it at Smartart Press. In 1995 Al died in Cologne.

Audrey Hansen (Beck's grandmother): actress, model, poet and bon vivant; maternal grandmother of Beck and Channing, mother of Bibbe Hansen and the only woman crazy enough to have a baby with Al Hansen.
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4. Is Beck single?
Beck does have a girlfriend, Leigh, of 5 years. Tough luck, ladies (and guys).

5. Is Beck on the 'net?
During Lollapalooza SPIN gave Beck an America On-line account; Hi5Inferno, but there were some billing problems, so it was never used and the account was eventually cancelled. As some of you know, after 6 months of being inactive, a used AOL screen name can be be used again. Someone has re-registered this screen name, but it is NOT Beck, so don't be fooled.

6. Is Beck a vegetarian?
Beck is inclined towards vegetarianism, but he finds that these days he needs a lot more protein when he's touring so he'll eat fish and chicken, but no red meat, no pork. etc...

7. Where does Beck live?
Beck just moved into his new house in Pasadena.

8. Is Beck related to those Hanson boys who do that "MMMBop" song?
No, However, the Dust Brothers (co-producers of Odelay) did produce a couple songs for them (including MMMbop).