In the early 1990s Beck Hansen and co-writer Carl Stephenson spent a few hours recording a song called “Loser,” which fledgling label Bong Load Custom Records pressed 500 copies of. It surprisingly ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A mashup of Beyonce's "Single Ladies" and Beck's "Loser" is winning the Internet. After Kanye West jumped on stage at the Grammys following Beck's win for Album of the Year to advocate for his losing ...

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, ...

In The Alternative Number Ones, I'm reviewing every #1 single in the history of the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks/Alternative Songs, starting with the moment that the chart launched in 1988. This ...