Beastie Boys Book

Locations
Call Number: 782.421 Di, Adult Book / Nonfiction / Performing Arts / Music / Diamond, Michael
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Malletts Creek Branch

Location & Checkout Length	Call Number	Checkout Length	Item Status
Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	782.421 Di	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Malletts Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Nonfiction / Performing Arts / Music / Diamond, Michael	4-week checkout	On Shelf

Includes index.
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

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I miss NYC submitted by answer-beat on June 21, 2022, 11:23pm Easily one of the best music memoir books I've ever read. The Beasties have no shortage of funny, amazing stories to share (the Paul's Boutique answering machine story is a true mind bomb) yet the loss of Yauch hangs over everything, and it paints the whole book with a bittersweet tone. Still, if you're a fan and have the attention span to read a 500+ page book (I devoured it quickly, I have friends who haven't finished it), it's loads of fun. And I love how it's not a typical boring timeline story, it's right from the source, with plenty of guest diversions, and there's so many sidetracks and bonus levels. I wish they'd publish an anthology of the Grand Royal magazines, I missed out on them because I wasn't into the band yet when I was a kid, and now they're all impossible to find.