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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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viewtifullink99 wrote:
Friday afternoon

eeheh theese guys are cool [2]

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CureVaNiNawl wrote:
Friday afternoon

eeheh theese guys are cool

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IVe-got wrote:
Wednesday afternoon

love them

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slobrain wrote:
12 days ago

hey calvinists :)

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xmirkkax wrote:
27 days ago

Calvin is a sex god!! YES!!!

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johntardsbaby66 wrote:
December 2009

Calvin is a sex god.

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kaylastarkiller wrote:
December 2009

beat happening changed my life. <3

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morkwa wrote:
November 2009

gravedigger blues!

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Chives42 wrote:
November 2009

beat happened

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damnrealb wrote:
November 2009

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

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tyrreee wrote:
November 2009

i cant believe godsend isnt a top track =/

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nightman_cometh wrote:
November 2009

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

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xxidiotequexxx wrote:
October 2009

lrn2sng

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damnrealb wrote:
October 2009

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:
October 2009

godsend.

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MissTheMoon wrote:
October 2009

I'm the hang man

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Tehpaco wrote:
October 2009

Jayumboarheee

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Rebrebs wrote:
October 2009

we cry aloooooooooooone

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Ghandi-Boy wrote:
October 2009

I rarely like something, but this sounds incredible

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aconsumingvoid wrote:
October 2009

pure class

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