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An Oral History of the Beastie Boys, on the 25th Anniversary of ‘Licensed to Ill’ -- New York Magazine
Explains Adam “Ad-Rock” Horovitz, one third of the group alongside Michael “Mike D” Diamond and Adam “MCA” Yauch: “Most of the shit we do is go down to the studio and try to make each other laugh.” That’s been the M.O. since the band first formed, in the early eighties, as high-school kids playing hardcore music—the rawer, faster subset of punk rock that was just developing. It would be another new genre, of course, that would make them legendary: By mid-decade, with the release of Licensed to Ill, their 1986 debut on Def Jam Records, and its massive success, the Beasties were unlikely hip-hop superstars.
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We were all just hanging around. We weren’t trying to create iconic pictures, we were just shooting photos and capturing a moment in time but we really didn’t know it at the time. It was an important time in our lives, but we didn’t know it. I have pictures of Adam sitting on a skateboard eating a Subway sandwich. I had to buy the sandwiches because they didn’t have any money!
Photographer Sunny Bak, who shot the iconic centerfold photo for Licensed to Ill, and others remember Adam Yauch and the band that gave them their start, The Beastie Boys. (via nprmusic)
This is a great collection of memories.
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