Beastie Boys : Interview

Right on the heels of Run-DMC, some fifteen years ago, the Beastie Boys stormed the charts with their cool rock-rap blend -- a groundbreaking novelty in the ’80s. Now, four years after the Beastie Boys’ last album, Ill Communication, the Boy Wonders are at it again with the same cheeky attitude that enchanted crowds from the start.

Journalists call them the holy terrors because the Boys insist on being interviewed as a trio. It’s their way of making sure it doesn’t get too serious. If one of them gets caught up in a real conversation, the others rescue him in a hurry. Even stars have to fight for their right to party. Adam Horovitz (aka King Adrock), Adam Yauch (aka MCA) and Michael Diamond (aka Mike D) simply refuse to grow up. The role of the loudmouthed Brooklyn brats is certainly not something of the past. Rather, for them, it’s past, present and future.

Beastie Boys - Fight for your rights

Interview with Beastie Boys

Thanks to Jim Shearer, we have an interview with the Beastie Boys. In his words: "I interviewed the Beastie Boys on June 9th of last year for their $2 Bill Concerton MTV2. Anyway, we didn't end up using any of the footage from the interview, and it would be a shame for this to just go waste. Maybe you could put it to good use..." We certainly could.


We're here with the Beastie Boys and I may cheat during the interview.

MCA: Cheat sheet? (grabs for the list of questions)

You can't see the questions.

MCA: C'mon.

I was going to have a wrist band, and tape the questions to them, but I forgot the wrist band.

MCA: I read the whole thing and memorized it already.

Beastie Boys - Sabotage

Beastie Boys

Biography

Beastie Boys are an American hip-hop trio from New York City, United States: Brooklyn and Manhattan. The members are Mike D (real name Michael Diamond), MCA (Adam Yauch), and Adrock (Adam Horovitz).

The Beastie Boys were the first successful white rap group and one of the few acts from the early days of hip-hop that still enjoy major success. Their rock and punk-influenced rap has had a significant impact on artists both in and outside the hip-hop scene, and they were the first rap group to gain a substantial following with alternative rock fans.

The Beastie Boys came together in 1979 as a punk band called The Young Aboriginies. In 1981 MCA joined the group and from the suggestion of their guitarist John Berry, they changed their name to Beastie Boys. Their line up then consisted of Adam Yauch (aka MCA) on bass, drummer Kate Schellenbach (later of Luscious Jackson), guitarist John Berry (of Big Fat Love), and Mike Diamond (aka Mike D) on the mic. Beastie Boys’ debut EP, the Pollywog Stew vinyl 7” was released in 1982.