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EXPLAINED: Beastie boys - The Real Truth

“I decided it would be funny to write a song about how he was holding us all down, how he was trying to mess it all up, sabotaging our great works of art”: The story of the Beastie Boys' incendiary Sabotage

Its legendary DIY video was hugely influential, but few realise that the fury of the Beastie Boys’ Sabotage was triggered by real studio pressure

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"I remember getting the award from Aerosmith and I went to an afterparty with Bono. It was all mad." How a comedy song about a posh lady getting her kicks from the homeless community became an impossible hit

When three acquaintances decided to make a joke song about a bizarre topic just for the hell of it, they can't have foreseen what'd happen next

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"It's not big, it's not clever, but it is a lot of twelve-bar fun with that Keith Richards' twist": Faster Pussycat's debut is a middle-finger-in-the-air collection of songs about sex, drugs and rock'n'roll

Faster Pussycat capture all the sleaze of Sunset Strip on rowdy self-titled debut

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"He would blow a fuse and get p**sed off at us and scream!" How an irate producer and 'Chris Rock' convinced Beastie Boys to finish what would be their biggest-ever song

Listen all of y'all, it's a Sabotage story behind the song

Metal Hammer

"There's loads of Hives in South America": The Hives on making their Back In Black, royal waves, and how the official franchise programme is going

The Hives' Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist on Outkast, the Beastie Boys, the Rolling Stones and becoming rock royalty

Louder

The Hives: 'We've always said we're the best band in the world'

Still the undisputed kings of live shows, The Hives have a brand of witty rock’n’roll carnage that’s as contagious as ever.

Evening Standard

Beastie Boys reach out-of-court settlement with Chili’s over ‘unauthorized’ use of ‘Sabotage’

The band sued the restaurant’s parent company Brinker International last year

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"I certainly did not imagine that a son of mine would get rich from being obnoxious!" In 1987, the Beastie Boys were portrayed as the world's most outrageous, offensive band, a danger to civilised society. Their parents found it all hugely amusing

"If World War Three was declared tomorrow I'm sure we'd get the blame," Beastie Boys' Mike D once said. His mum Hester told parents not to panic

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“I co-wrote most of everything on the Beastie Boys album”: Rick Rubin on his greatest hits of the ’80s - from the Beasties to Roy Orbison

Plus: his pick for the greatest rock 'n' roll producer of all time

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19 hit songs hated by the musicians who wrote them

THE LIST: We all have those tunes that just get under our skin, but what happens when it’s one you came up with in the first place? Kevin E G Perry and Roisin O’Connor take a look at artists who’ve come to loathe their own creations

The Independent UK

Beastie Boys broke open their gold record to play it –only to be confronted by piano covers of Barry Manilow "and some other shit"

Studio shenanigans were fairly standard for the Beastie Boys, but this stunt left them more than a little confused

Louder

“I wish I didn’t get paid. I wish I took a quarter point or something, ‘cause now I would be a rich man”: Slayer’s Kerry King on what he regrets about his solo on the Beastie Boys’ No Sleep Till Brooklyn

King reveals how he ended up playing on the Beastie Boys and Sum 41's records

Guitar World

Slayer's Kerry King wishes he'd cut a better deal for his solo on Beastie Boys' No Sleep Till Brooklyn: "I would be a rich man."

While Slayer's Kerry King can't be short of a few quid, he thinks he'd be significantly better off if he'd shared profits

Metal Hammer

Beastie Boys Sue Chili's Over Unauthorized 'Sabotage' Ad

Beastie Boys sue Chili's parent company for unauthorized use of 'Sabotage' in ad, citing copyright infringement.

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The Independent UK

Beastie Boys sue Chili’s over ‘unauthorized’ use of ‘Sabotage’

Adam Horovitz ‘Ad Rock’ and Mike ‘Mike D’ Diamond say restaurant chain used song and spoofed video without permission

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“Bass from the back of my car feels soothing. A Cadillac Fleetwood is what I'm using”: Check out the Beasties’ cool set of wheels

The Beastie Boys reveal their cool Cadillac with the DAT sound system

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Watch Foo Fighters play previously unheard song Unconditional and a Nine Inch Nails/Beastie Boys/Van Halen/Ramones medley on the opening night of their UK stadium tour

Foo Fighters throw a few curveballs at their first UK show of summer 2024

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"They daubed the walls of their hotel in human excrement": Remembering how Britain lost its mind when confronted with the Beastie Boys for the first time

On March 7, 1987, Beastie Boys' debut Licensed to Ill became the first rap album to top the US Charts. Two months later, the trio visited Britain for the first time, and things got wild

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"It's like the universe had this incredible power to affect my ear and make me stay in one place": How an ear infection birthed Licensed to Ill's groundbreaking production and drove the Beastie Boys and Rick Rubin apart

A look back at the Beastie Boys' rocky relationship with the bearded superproducer

Metal Hammer

10 surprising Elton John covers by rock and metal bands

From Queens of the Stone Age and Dave Grohl to the most offensive grindcore band ever, these reimagined Elton John songs are worth your time and ears

Louder

Beastie Boys fan? Here's five new bands you need to hear

Ch-Check it out: five fresh new bands sure to delight fans of the Beastie Boys

The Guardian - UK

I showed Bruce Springsteen my Bruce Springsteen tattoo. He said he didn’t like it

In the first of her nine weekly columns, the author and screenwriter looks back on a life shaped by her icons, from Tim Curry to the Beastie Boys

Louder

James Gunn's cracking Guardians Of The Galaxy 3 soundtrack features Radiohead, Faith No More, Alice Cooper, Heart and more

James Gunn's hand-picked 'Awesome Mix' soundtrack for Guardians Of The Galaxy Volume 3 is packing some absolute classics

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10 completely bonkers guest spots from metal legends on non-metal songs

From Ozzy rapping and Rob Zombie collabing with P Diddy to Serj Tankian teaming with Benny Benassi, these are some appearances from metal icons we were NOT expecting

Los Angeles Times

The timeless innovations of De La Soul, now (finally) available for the streaming generation

Before De La Soul, says Hank Shocklee, "'beautiful' and 'rap' weren't two words that went together."

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