Beastie Boys
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Beastie Boys License a Song for an Ad for First Time Ever, for Joe Biden Spot Focused on Live Music Shutdown
The Beastie Boys had never before licensed any of their songs for an advertisement, but that commercial blackout came to an end during Sunday's Steelers/Browns game, when the sounds of "Sabotage" accompanied a spot for the Joe Biden presidential campaign. It wasn't just any campaign spot, but one that focuses on how the COVID-19 shutdowns […]
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'I'm tellin' y'all, it's sabotage': Beastie Boys recall their two most controversial VMAs moments
Interestingly, the 1994 bumrush by "Nathaniel Hornblower" was not nearly as polarizing as Ad-Rock's pre-#MeToo protest in 1999.
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Beastie Boys, Ozzy Osbourne, Trent Reznor Pull Out of SXSW Due to Coronavirus
They were scheduled to participate in the film portion of the festival, but they exit as companies and individuals back out over concern for public health
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Why the Beastie Boys' misunderstood ‘Paul's Boutique’ was both the ‘Sgt. Pepper’ and ‘Pet Sounds’ of hip-hop
It's hard to believe that when the Beasties' sophomore album came out 30 years ago, it was considered a commercial disaster and career suicide.
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Beastie Boys and Spike Jonze Announce “Beastie Boys Story” Shows
Around the band’s recently released Beastie Boys Book
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Beastie Boys Book Lets the World in on the Trio’s Inside Jokes
The memoir by surviving members Michael Diamond and Adam Horovitz stays true to the pioneering rap group’s wit and slap-happy spirit.
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Heather Graham Says Israel Horovitz Forced a Kiss After She Dated His Son, Beastie Boys’ Ad-Rock
Heather Graham says playwright Israel Horovitz forced a kiss on her decades ago after she dated his son, Beastie Boys star Adam Horovitz. Graham said on the latest edition of Marc Maron’s “WTF” podcast, which posted Monday, that she dated the younger Horovitz, a.k.a. “After I dated Adam and we broke up, I auditioned for one of [the elder Horovitz’s] plays and after the audition… he was like, ‘Let me walk you out’ and so he gets in the elevator and then he just pushes me against the elevator, s