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Olympia, Washington, United States (1982 – present)

Beat Happening was an indie rock band which formed in 1982 in Olympia, Washington, United States. They consisted of Calvin Johnson (vocals, guitar), Bret Lunsford (guitar, drums) and Heather Lewis (drums, guitar, vocals). The band was signed to K Records, which Johnson formed in 1982 to distribute the band’s music but later released music by such seminal indie artists as Modest Mouse, Beck and Built to Spill, and distributed the music of the like-minded English label Sarah Records. The band has been inactive since 1993, but the band members insist they still practice at least once a month. The band did manage to release one single since then, 2000’s “Angel Gone”.

Beat Happening began recording in 1983 after several years of performing. While on a trip to Tokyo, the band members recorded “Three Tea Breakfast”, an EP that established the band’s reputation. “Beat Happening” (1985), their full length debut, was critically acclaimed, as was “Jamboree” (1988). By the release of “Dreamy” in 1991, Beat Happening was one of the most popular bands in the indie rock community, leading to their pivotal role in the International Pop Underground Festival, which brought anti-corporate rock its earliest mainstream acceptance. In the 1990s, the members of Beat Happening have moved on to various related projects, though in 2000 they released the “

Angel Gone” single, their first new recording in eight years.

A Beat Happening box set, “Crashing Through”, was released in 2002.

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morkwa wrote:
Friday afternoon

gravedigger blues!

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Chives42 wrote:
Friday morning

beat happened

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damnrealb wrote:
12 days ago

I've been doing terrible things for years. It doesn't seem to make a difference.

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tyrreee wrote:
13 days ago

i cant believe godsend isnt a top track =/

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nightman_cometh wrote:
14 days ago

I would do terrible things for a reunion of some sort.

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xxidiotequexxx wrote:
last month

lrn2sng

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damnrealb wrote:
last month

http://www.last.fm/music/Jens%2520Lekman/_/Pocketful%2520of%2520Money?ac=pocketful%20of%20money maybe everyone already knows, but I just heard it for the first time yesterday. Any other songs sampling Beat Happening out there?

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bjornkicksocean wrote:
last month

godsend.

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MissTheMoon wrote:
last month

I'm the hang man

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Tehpaco wrote:
last month

Jayumboarheee

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Rebrebs wrote:
last month

we cry aloooooooooooone

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Ghandi-Boy wrote:
last month

I rarely like something, but this sounds incredible

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aconsumingvoid wrote:
last month

pure class

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RobinForsgren wrote:
last month

I like it more then the star wars soundtrack!

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mrshankly_ wrote:
last month

Yes, we respectfully disagree.

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BOONIEDDOM wrote:
last month

c26000 - i would say shut the fuck up, but that is your opinion, so i will respect it and not be immature MADXW - agreed, i love that track. in other news, this is the most awesome and rad band ever created. every song is their best song, goddamn holy shit.

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Poppachippa wrote:
September 2009

if you don't like beat happening you are fundamentally incompatible with my philosophy, consciousness, ethos, and modus operandi blast ye to hell computer programming scum

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zachhh wrote:
September 2009

yeah sorry it's not coheed and cambria

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C26000 wrote:
September 2009

I rarely dislke something, but this sounds awful

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Cerebralshrike wrote:
September 2009

"Our Secret" is definitely my favorite track.

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