Beastie Boys Archives

Beastie Boys will mark the 25th anniversary of the classic ‘Hello Nasty’ album with a deluxe edition 4LP version in September.

And just when you thought 2020 couldn’t throw up any more surprises Bob Dylan has become a complete sell-out. Dylan has sold the publishing rights to his songwriting catalogue in a deal said to be worth around $300 million to Universal Music.

Apple today announced that it has acquired “Beastie Boys Story,” a new nonfiction film from Grammy Award-winning Beastie Boys members Mike Diamond and Adam Horovitz and Academy Award-winning director Spike Jonze.

The music of Beastie Boys will be performed at Melbourne’s iconic Memo Music Hall on Saturday night with a supergroup paying homage to the band from Brooklyn.

Eminem did not approach Beastie Boys before releasing a replica of their ‘Licensed to Ill’ cover for his ‘Kamikaze’ album.

Eminem’s 10th studio album, Kamikaze, landed just after midnight (31Aug18) and looks set to cause controversy as he fires back at criticism of his previous release Revival, taking shots at Charlamagne Tha God, Machine Gun Kelly, Joe Budden, and Lil Yachty, among others.

Eminem has a new album called ‘Kamilkaze’ and no-one knew about it until it dropped a few hours ago.

Over 500 people came to Brooklyn Heights on Sunday morning for a peace rally brought on by the vandalizing of Adam Yauch Park.

Trump’s Divided States of America is happening fast and ugly. Adam Yauch Park in Brooklyn was defaced by racist Trump supporters on Friday.

The 30th Anniversary LP edition of Beastie Boys’ debut album Licensed To Ill will be released on October 14, 2016. This special reissue was cut from the original production masters and is presented on 180-gram heavyweight vinyl.

Before the Beastie Boys hit the big time, they had two other members, Kate Schellenbach and John Berry. The two only appeared on one recording by the group, their debut EP Polly Wog Stew.

Beastie Boys ‘Paul’s Boutique’ cover location at Ludlow Street in Brooklyn is to get a make-over.

The Beastie Boys have been victorious in their fight against Monster Energy to the tune of $1.7 million.

Michael Diamond (Mike D) of the Beastie Boys has testified in a New York courtroom that he and bandmate Adam Horovitz (Ad-Rock) promised the late Adam Yauch (MCA) that they would not make new music without him.

Record company executive Tim Carr has been murdered in Thailand.

Yoko Ono and son Sean Lennon have been very active in trying to persuade New York governor Andrew Cuomo to not allow fracking in the state of New York.

There are still many people out in the world that consider rap and hip-hop that “new music” but, the fact is, it has been around a long, long time and has built up quite a legacy of recordings.

Ringleader of The Roots, Questlove, has posted the Beastie Boys mix demo for the R’n’R Hall Of Fame online.

Hot on the heels of the news that the late-Adam Yauch stipulated in his will that none of his music was to be used for advertising purposes, the remaining Beastie Boys have sued Monster Energy Drink for unauthorized use of their recordings.

The will of Adam Yauch, aka MCA of the Beastie Boys, prevents commercial interests capitalising on his creative output.

Adam Horovitz is working to have a Brooklyn park named after late Beastie Boy Adam Yauch.

The New York State Legislature in Albany has passed a resolution honoring the late Adam “MCA” Yauch of the Beastie Boys.

Following the death of Adam Yauch, the Beastie Boys get seven albums back in the Billboard 200.

One day before Adam Yauch passed away, the Beastie Boys were served with a lawsuit over samples that they used on their albums License to Ill (1986) and Paul’s Boutique (1989).

Adam Horovitz thanks well-wishers and Red Hot Chili Peppers, Fun, and more pay tribute to fallen Beastie Boy Adam Yauch.

Coldplay performed at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles last night and performed an amazing Coldplay version of Beastie Boys ‘Fight For Your Right To Party’ for Adam Yauch.