#1ย NEW YORK TIMESย BESTSELLERย โขย A panoramic experience that tells the story of Beastie Boys, a book as unique as the band itselfโby band members ADROCK and Mike D, with contributions from Amy Poehler, Colson Whitehead, Wes Anderson,ย Luc Sante, and more.
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The inspiration for the Spike Jonze โlive documentaryโย Beastie Boys Story,ย coming soon to IMAX theaters and Apple TV+
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BYย Rolling Stoneย โขย The Guardianย โขย Pasteย ย
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 โADROCKโ Horovitz and Michael โMike Dโ 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 debut album that became the first hip hop record ever to hit #1,ย Licensed to Illโand the albumโs messy fallout as the band broke with Def Jam;ย their move to Los Angeles and rebirth with the genre-defying masterpieceย Paulโs Boutique;ย their evolution as musicians and social activists over the course of the classic albumsย Check Your Head, Ill Communication,ย andย Hello Nastyย and the Tibetan Freedom Concert benefits conceived by the late Adam โMCAโ Yauch;ย and more. For more than thirty years, this band has had an inescapable and indelible influence on popular culture.
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With a style as distinctive and eclectic as a Beastie Boys album,ย Beastie Boys Bookย upends the typical music memoir,ย featuring a collection of voices reminiscent of your favorite mixtape.
Photo Credit ยฉ 1987 Lynn Goldsmithย
Audiobook Cast Includes:
Steve Buscemi / Ada Calhoun / Bobby Cannavale / Exene Cervenka
Roy Choi / Jarvis Cocker / Elvis Costello / Chuck D / Nadia Dajani
Michael Diamond / Snoop Dogg / Will Ferrell / Crosby Fitzgerald
Randy Gardner / Kim Gordon / Josh Hamilton / Adam Horovitz
LL Cool J / Spike Jonze / Pat Kiernan / Talib Kweli / Dave Macklovitch
Rachel Maddow / Tim Meadows / Bette Midler/ Mix Master Mike
Nas / Yoshimi O / Rosie Perez / Amy Poehler / Kelly Reichardt
John C. Reilly / Ian Rogers / Maya Rudolph / Rev Run
Luc Sante / Kate Schellenbach / MC Serch / Chloe Sevigny
Jon Stewart / Ben Stiller / Wanda Sykes / Jeff Tweedy / Philippe Zdar
Praise forย Beastie Boys Book
โA fascinating, generous book with portraits and detail that float by in bursts of color . . . As with [the bandโs] records, the bookโs structure is a lyrical three-man weave. . . . Diamondโs voice is lapidary, droll. Horovitz comes on like a borscht belt comedian, but beneath that he is urgent, incredulous, kind of vulnerable. . . . Friendship is the bookโs subject as much as music, fame and New York.โโThe New York Times Book Review
โWild, moving . . . resembles a Beastie Boys LP in its wild variety of styles.โโRolling Stone