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.

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.