Title:
Beastie Boys book / Michael Diamond, Adam Horovitz.
Author:
Mike D, 1965- author.
Horovitz, Adam, author.
Publication Information:
New York : Spiegel & Grau, [2018]
Call Number:
ML421.B39 M53 2018
Abstract:
Formed as a New York City hardcore band in 1981, Beastie Boys struck an unlikely path to global hip hop superstardom. Here is their story, told for the first time in the words of the band. Adam "ADROCK" Horovitz and Michael "Mike D" Diamond offer revealing and very funny accounts of their transition from teenage punks to budding rappers; their early collaboration with Russell Simmons and Rick Rubin; the debut album that became the first hip hop record ever to hit #1, Licensed to Ill--and the album's messy fallout as the band broke with Def Jam; their move to Los Angeles and rebirth with the genre-defying masterpiece Paul's Boutique; their evolution as musicians and social activists over the course of the classic albums Check Your Head, Ill Communication, and Hello Nasty and the Tibetan Freedom Concert benefits conceived by the late Adam "MCA" Yauch; and more. For more than thirty years, this band has had an inescapable and indelible influence on popular culture. With a style as distinctive and eclectic as a Beastie Boys album, Beastie Boys Book upends the typical music memoir. Alongside the band narrative you will find rare photos, original illustrations, a cookbook by chef Roy Choi, a graphic novel, a map of Beastie Boys' New York, mixtape playlists, pieces by guest contributors, and many more surprises.
Formed as a New York City hardcore band in 1981, Beastie Boys followed a path to global hip hop superstardom. Here is their story, told for the first time in the words of the band. Adam "ADROCK" Horovitz and Michael "Mike D" Diamond reveal their transition from teenage punks to budding rappers through their evolution as musicians and social activists over the course of their albums; and more. The band has had an inescapable and indelible influence on popular culture, and their book exhibits a style as distinctive and eclectic as a Beastie Boys album. -- adapted from information supplied.
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
9780812995541
Physical Description:
571 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 25 cm.
General Note:
Includes index.
Map on back endpapers.
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Contents:
Wild card (an introduction) -- Beastie revolution -- PixPixPix -- The other kids at the Bad Brains show -- Well, back in my day... -- Black Flag at the Peppermint Lounge -- Boys (and a girl) entering anarchistic states toward inner excellence -- A rubber band was involved -- Mouth of the rat -- Samson's pizza -- A7 -- Hip hop goes downtown -- White-boy bouillabaisse (an archaeology) -- The making of "Cooky Puss" -- Please eat me: the oral history of Cookie Puss -- British Airways -- The MG -- DJ Double R and his world-famous bubble machine -- The kids -- Drink tickets, buffalo gals, and danceteria -- Danceteria playlist -- Butthole Surfers saved my life -- Rush (not the band) -- On the mic at The Fever -- Run and them -- Become what you hate -- Puppet Show and Beastie Boys -- Soundtrack to the short film She's On It -- Sweet 16 -- A room paved with asphalt -- Something kind of like a virgin -- Madonna tour FYIs and BTWs -- You should loop that -- London '86 -- The song that changed everything -- MC Shy D and a dozen eggs -- Walk this way -- Perhaps the shortest headlining gig in history -- Here's a little story (I got to tell...) -- We liked it. We hated it. -- The original dick in a box -- Lab report -- Tadlock -- Paul Williams (the singer/songwriter) -- The Captain -- The Liverpool riot -- Clear the air -- The Fallout -- '88 -- Expensive shit -- Barrel-chested Randy -- It all started at Dolly Parton's birthday party -- The business of Paul's Boutique -- Zero recollection -- Soul Train -- G-son -- Hippie Steve -- L.A. Gear -- Yo, Paul, this is Allen -- Toyota Corolla mixtape -- The diabolical Biz Markie -- Our new A&R guy -- Check your head -- Kiss the monkey on the nose -- Hey, we should put that out -- The girl in the band -- Goodbye to you and your inflatable penis -- I'll just call him Mitchell -- (Maybe) don't play basketball while high on mushrooms -- Sabotage -- Sticking to themes: 15 photos -- Ill communication review -- Who at the table sucks dick? -- Like a fanzine, but on a computer -- The summer of Os Mutantes -- Halloween with Lee "Scratch" Perry -- Milarepa -- The Draco Report -- Hello Nasty is our best record -- Stop Soba violence -- Ate O Ate: a cookbook -- Approximately grown-ups -- That's the life I wanted -- 5 Borough breakdown -- Dear The Beastie Boys -- Beastie Boys video review -- In a mix-up fa-shun -- Athens (an email sent to my family) -- The music made it stop -- The ring -- Instruments -- Hornblower: profile of a shepherd -- Bestival -- No one seemed to notice -- Yauch, filmmaker -- The last gig -- Yauch mixtape -- That's a lotta songs -- No. Nah. Oh no. Ucch! -- Outro.
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