Beat Happening is an American twee pop band formed in Olympia, Washington in 1982. Calvin Johnson, Heather Lewis and Bret Lunsford have been the band's continual members. Beat Happening were early leaders in the American twee pop and lo-fi movements, noted for their use of primitive recording techniques, disregard for the technical aspects of musicianship, and songs with subject matters of a childish or coy nature.

Beat Happening was a 1980s indie rock band, the most popular of International Pop Underground’s roster of influential alternative rock stars. Based out of Olympia, Washington, Beat Happening began recording in 1983 after several years of performing. While on a trip to Tokyo, the bandmembers 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