Name: Beastie Boys Book
Rating: 4.304347826086956 (23 reviews)
ISBN: 9780812995541

Michael Diamond

Adam Horovitz

"A panoramic experience that tells the story of Beastie Boys ... by band members ADROCK and Mike D"--Provided by publisher.

Beastie Boys Book

Traci Wilbanks

I enjoyed this book more than I thought I would. I listened to the audiobook, whose narrators varied greatly. Hearing the content felt more interesting than it would have been to read it. Rather than just being a narrative of the band's timeline, they took care to set the scene in which their band bloomed. You really got a sense of how NYC and the music scene really influenced their trajectory. It was also abundantly clear how much the remaining Boys miss their dearly departed bandmate, Yauch. The story left you wondering what that trio might have created if there were all alive. It also solidified in my mind that the Kid Ad Rock and Mike D couldn't continue Beastie Boys without MCA; it just wouldn't work.

Cams Campbell

An absolute trip down memory lane and a moving tale in so many ways. It has led me to question many aspects of my own life. If only I and my group of friends in the 80s had had a Yauch in our midst. I feel like we and the Beasties grew up together, though they were a little older than we. But they were there through our teenage years and further. I remember delivering the whole of Paul Revere in C Troop corridor during basic training when I was 16 under orders from my troop sergeant. The VW badge thing? Yep, we did that too. 

And now I find myself tearing up at the What If question posed at the end of the book. Imagining what it must be like to lose a friend like that. 

I shall not regret the past now with to shut the door on it, but I will think about it nostalgically, as I often do. 

I might be a little dusted...

THE INSPIRATION FOR THE 5-TIME EMMY NOMINATED SPIKE JONZE 'LIVE DOCUMENTARY' BEASTIE BOYS STORY, AVAILABLE ON APPLE TV+ BOOK OF THE YEAR SUNDAY TIMES, GUARDIAN, ROLLING STONE, ROUGH TRADE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'One of the greatest music books ever published.' MAX PORTER 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 "AD-ROCK" 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 almost impossible-to-fathom overnight success of their debut studio album Licensed to Ill; that album's messy fallout; their break with Def Jam, move to Los Angeles, and rebirth as musicians and social activists, with the genre-defying masterpiece Paul's Boutique. For more than twenty years, this band has had a wide-ranging and lasting 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.

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