Michael Kenneth Been (March 17, 1950 – August 19, 2010) was an American rock musician who achieved critical attention and rotation play on MTV in the 1980s with his band The Call.

He later released an album of his solo work and toured with his son's band Black Rebel Motorcycle Club.

[2] Moving to Santa Cruz in the mid-1970's, Been played with former Moby Grape members Jerry Miller and Bob Mosley in the band Fine Wine, and then again with Miller in the band The Original Haze[3] which also featured Scott Musick on drums.

The band's 1983 album Modern Romans led to a world tour opening for Peter Gabriel and featured the song "The Walls Came Down" which achieved heavy rotation on MTV.

Been died at the age of 60 on August 19, 2010, in Hasselt, Belgium, of a heart attack while at the Pukkelpop 2010 music festival where he was on-tour as a sound man for Black Rebel Motorcycle Club.