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MCA
founder member-
vocals, bass guitar:
- 1981-
Mike D
current & founder member-
vocals and drums:
- 1981-
Ad-Rock
current member-
vocals and guitar:
- 1983-
Mix Master Mike
current member-
turntables and sampling:
- 1997-
Hurricane
founder member-
DJ:
- unknown-1997
Eric Bobo
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Percussionist:
- 1992-1995
Kate Schellenbach
founder member-
drums:
- 1981-1984
John Berry
founder member-
guitar:
- 1981-1983
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( 5 stories between 16th January 2009 and 19th July 2011 )Beasties' “Don’t Play No Game That I Can’t Win” Action Short
Jul, 19 2011
The Beastie Boys first blew our tender minds back in 1986 with their debut, Licensed to Ill. And over the past two and a half decades, the Brooklyn trio has remained on the cutting edge, releasing seven additional studio albums of meaningful hip-hop commentary influenced heavily by punk and music from around the world. Their most recent release is the intensely psychedelic and groove-heavy Hot Sauce Committee, Part Two.
Back in April, the group released a star-studded 30 minute short film titled Fight For Your Right Revisited, directed by Beastie Boy MCA (Adam Yauch). The film is the sequel to 1986’s “Fight For Your Right to Party.”
And now they are back with a short film for “Don’t Play No Game That I Can’t Win,’ a track off their new album featuring Santigold.
The 11 minute clip, directed my Spike Jonze who directed their "Sabotage" video, is part G.I. Joe action figure-play, part Team America, and part Goldfinger. It depicts the Beastie Boys’ show being disrupted by some Beastie-hating bad guys. The ensuing action takes place in a tripped out snowscape replete with zombies and a chopper-flying Yeti.
After escaping by parachute and landing in shark infested waters, Santigold appears as the Pussy Galore to Mike D’s James Bond and the quartet exact their revenge – for now…
The story is told both visually and by subtitles, wihch are both introspective and funny. It’s easy to forget that this is an animated short, not a live action clip. Do yourself a favor and check it out here!
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Beastie Boys: Fit And Back In The Studio
Oct, 22 2010
In news sure to make Beastie Boys fans throw down some Brass Monkeys, Adam Yauch (aka MCA) declared he’s cancer-free, and that the Boys are back in the studio.
Yauch was diagnosed with a cancerous tumor in his left parotid (salivary) gland in the summer of 2010. Following a July surgery, Yauch – who’s a Buddhist -- went to Dharmsala, India to receive treatment from Tibetan doctors. “I'm feeling healthy, strong and hopeful that I've beaten this thing, but of course time will tell,” said Yauch in a recent email to the band’s official fan list.
“I'm taking Tibetan medicine and at the recommendation of the Tibetan doctors I've been eating a vegan/organic diet,” wrote Yauch in the message, adding that his new health regimen “surprisingly enough was harder to do in India than it is now that I'm back home.”
Meanwhile, Mike Diamond’s (aka Mike D) wife, film director Tamra Davis this week blogged, "Mike is back mixing his record, which means Adam Y is feeling better."
The Beastie Boys’ new studio album, their eighth, Hot Sauce Committee Part 1, was put on hold indefinitely with Yauch’s diagnosis, but the band’s website this week announced Hot Sauce Committee Part 2 will be released in spring of 2011, as planned. A new release date for Hot Sauce Committee Part 1 is yet to be determined.
MCA On The Road To Recovery
Mar, 14 2010
Beastie Boy MCA -- known to his mother as Adam Yauch -- has been talking to Entertainment Weekly about his recovery from cancer and his plans for the future. "I feel better," he said, "it was touch and go there for a while, but I'm finally getting my energy back."
Yauch was found to have a cancerous tumor in his parotid gland -- where saliva comes from -- last July, meaning the new Beasties album Hot Sauce Committee, Part 1 had to be delayed and several shows canceled. "It was really disappointing to have to hold [back] the record and postpone the tour," Yauch said. "We may or may not [release it] depending on how my health is come September."
He also said that the delay meant the Boys might tweak the album a little before it's released. "We finished the record over a year ago, so we want to take a look at it and re-evaluate and make sure it is what we want to put out there and that we are still happy with it. I don't think we will change it up too much."
