Beastie Boys Book Beastie Boys Book

Beastie Boys Book

    • 4.6 • 344 Ratings
    • $14.99
    • $14.99

Publisher Description

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A panoramic experience that tells the story of Beastie Boys, a book as unique as the band itself—by band members ADROCK and Mike D, with contributions from Amy Poehler, Colson Whitehead, Wes Anderson, Luc Sante, and more.

The inspiration for the Emmy-nominated Apple TV+ “live documentary” Beastie Boys Story, directed by Spike Jonze

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Rolling Stone The Guardian Paste

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 “ADROCK” Horovitz and Michael “Mike D” 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, Licensed to Ill—and the album’s messy fallout as the band broke with Def Jam; their move to Los Angeles and rebirth with the genre-defying masterpiece Paul’s Boutique; their evolution as musicians and social activists over the course of the classic albums Check Your Head, Ill Communication, and Hello Nasty and the Tibetan Freedom Concert benefits conceived by the late Adam “MCA” Yauch; and more. For more than thirty years, this band has had an inescapable and indelible influence on popular culture.

With a style as distinctive and eclectic as a Beastie Boys album, Beastie Boys Book upends the typical music memoir. Alongside the band narrative you will find rare photos, original illustrations, a cookbook by chef Roy Choi, a graphic novel, a map of Beastie Boys’ New York, mixtape playlists, pieces by guest contributors, and many more surprises.

Praise for Beastie Boys Book


“A fascinating, generous book with portraits and detail that float by in bursts of color . . . As with [the band’s] records, the book’s structure is a lyrical three-man weave. . . . Diamond’s 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 book’s subject as much as music, fame and New York.”The New York Times Book Review

“Wild, moving . . . resembles a Beastie Boys LP in its wild variety of styles.”Rolling Stone

GENRE
Biographies & Memoirs
RELEASED
2018
October 30
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
590
Pages
PUBLISHER
Random House Publishing Group
SELLER
Penguin Random House LLC
SIZE
349.5
MB

Customer Reviews

Royce V ,

B-Boys Makin' w/ the Book Book

its the best book that Adrock and Mike D ever wrote

Biker13 ,

Awesome

Read it. Yes, the book is a companion piece to the Beastie’s docu / gig that streamed on Apple. And again the story is told by both Ad Rock and Mike D - but the book is WAY BETTER. You definitely still want to read the book even if you watched the thing that streamed on Apple. It’s not a repeat performance at all.

~Jeffthered~ ,

FIVE HEARTS ❤️🖤🤍🖤❤️

I Purchased the Audio Book & the Digital Copy after owning the Hardcopy. Excellent

Much Love B-Boys, Rest well MCA, wherever the Universe has taken you, after gracing our tiny world with you.

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