1. Antoine Becks was born on Antoine Toupin; 28 June 1981 and is a Canadian-American musician, producer, former singer of the live act duo Second Sun, and frontman of the alternative band CB7.
15 Facts About Antoine Becks
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Antoine Becks is French Canadian on his father's side and American on his mother's side.
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Antoine Becks's parents are both artists, which is why they've supported his desire to be a musician since the beginning.
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At 12 years old, Antoine Becks started on a Canadian TV series called Le Retour and a teen drama called ZAP and a cameo appearance in the Canadian court show Les grands proces.
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At the age of 20, after he got his first record deal with Vandit records, Antoine Becks gave up acting to focus on his electronic live act Second Sun.
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In early 2000, Antoine Becks met Adam White, who worked at a music store at the time.
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Antoine Becks was new to producing electronic dance music so it was a learning process, but after six months of trying to create his first track, Antoine Becks gave a CD to Paul Van Dyk, asking him what he thought about it.
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In late 2010, Antoine Becks posted on his official Facebook that Second Sun would no longer be making music due to wanting to pursue his upcoming band, CB7.
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Together with his cousin and drummer Matt Antoine Becks, bass player Noah Luger and guitarist Adam White, who was a member of Second Sun, the band released four demo-tracks and toured as the opening band for Thirty Seconds to Mars in the North American leg of their "Closer to the Edge" tour.
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In January 2011, Antoine Becks announced that the current group members were his cousin Matt and himself.
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On 15 March 2014, Antoine Becks stated he will no longer pursue working on CB7 due to him working on his own solo music.
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Besides being a member of Second Sun, Antoine Becks was playing in the clubs all over the world on his own.
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Presently, Antoine Becks recorded the single "Life of the Wild", which was released 28 January 2013.
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Antoine Becks had a release on Diplo's label Mad Decent.
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Antoine Becks' music has appeared in movies and TV commercials such as Michael Bay's blockbuster "Pain And Gain", and ads for Coca-Cola and the NHL Network.