Beat Happening's Beat Happening

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In 1985, Olympia, Washington band Beat Happening headed by the enigmatic Calvin Johnson released their eponymous debut of lo-fi pop songs on K Records and challenged every conception held about music.§This book, structured in abecedarian fashion, breaks down the fundamental components that defined the album. Organized in a light-hearted yet incisive format, each of the books chapters details one particular facet of the record - band members, historic shows, recording sessions, songs, and ideologies.§Here is the story of a band that popularized do-it-yourself home recording with four-track tape machines decades before the digital revolution would extend an open hand to garage bands.