The Beastie Boys Companion: 2 Decades of Commentary

by Rocco, John; Rocco, John; Rocco, Brian

• ISBN13: 9780028653341
• ISBN10: 0028653343
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-05-01
• Publisher: Gale / Cengage Learning

Summary

Since their emergence from the NY hardcore scene in 1981, the Beastie Boys have been consistent and endlessly provocative mixers of punk and hip hop. Originally hailed as one of the first successful cross-over white rap groups with their first album, License to Ill (1986), they soon became popular with several audiences-hip hop, rock, pop -- and were immediately embraced by MTV. Just as they were being written off as just another popular novelty act, they released Paul's Boutique (1989) which has been recognized as a masterpiece of sampling and postmodern pastiche. Wildly popular for the entire span of their career, they have evolved from bratty white kids crossing the rap line-"Fight For Your Right to Party" being their early anthem-to respected arbiters of cultural cool and artistic integrity.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	xi
Introduction: Mirror, Mirror: Beastie Boys Go AWOL in America	xiii
PART ONE From White Castle to the Nile
A Beasties Timeline: 1981-1987	3	(3)
The Beastie Boys: Hip Hop to the Cookie Puss Slop (1984)	6	(3)
Sheena
Beauty & The Beastie Boys (1985)	9	(2)
Joanne Carnegie
Something Like a Phenomenon: The 99 Records Story (1998)	11	(47)
Tim Ross
From ``Rhythm & Blues'' (1987)	58	(1)
Nelson George
Beastie Boys Denied Right to Party in San Diego (1987)	59	(1)
Dave Dimartino
Boos Turn into Bravos for the Beastie Boys (1987)	60	(2)
Linda Moleski
High School Equivalency Test (1987)	62	(6)
Bill Holdship
John Kordosh
The Beastie Boys Take Over? (1987)	68	(8)
Chuck Eddy
``Together Forever'' Incites Good and Ill Will (1987)	76	(2)
Nelson George
Hip Hop, From the Dictionary of the Avant-Gardes (1999)	78	(2)
John Rocco
``If I Played Guitar I'D be Jimmy Page'': On Being Young, White and Beastial in Late-'80S Suburbia (1999)	80	(7)
Adam Heimlich
PART TWO Your Crystal Ball Ain't So Crystal Clear
A Beasties Timeline: 1987--1994	87	(2)
Building the Perfect Beastie Album (1989)	89	(2)
Chris Morris
How Ya Like 'EM Now? (1989)	91	(4)
Robert Christgau
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (1989)	95	(6)
Bill Holdship
``Space Cake Cookie, I Discover Who I am'': Spiritual Shopping With Paul's Boutique (1999)	101	(3)
Adam Heimlich
Beastie Boys Check in With Hybrid Set (1992)	104	(2)
Havelock Nelson
Beastie Boyz II Men (1992)	106	(3)
Frank Owen
Beasties Renew Their License to Ill (1994)	109	(2)
Craig Rosen
Beastie Boys (1994)	111	(7)
Larry Kay
Recording on the Fly (1994)	118	(4)
Adam Beyda
The Beauty of the Beasties (1994)	122	(9)
Kim France
When Will These Old Guys Shut Up? (1994)	131	(4)
Matt Diehl
Sonic Youth, From the Dictionary of the Avant-Gardes (1999)	135	(6)
John Rocco
PART THREE Smarter Than Spock
A Beasties Timeline: 1995-1999	141	(1)
They Play Like Amateurs, and They're Darned Proud of it (1995)	142	(2)
Jon Pareles
An Interview With Adam Yauch (1996)	144	(15)
Akiba Lerner
Mark Levine
Freeing the Festival (1997)	159	(5)
Ann Powers
Sensitive B-Boys (1999)	164	(3)
Adam Heimlich
You Gotta Fight For Your Right to the Stairmaster! (1998)	167	(2)
Princess Superstar
Beastie Boys (1999)	169	(8)
Everett True
Jon Slade
Stephen Sweet
The Beastie Boys: Keen-Eared Survivors (1998)	177	(2)
Neil Strauss
Keep Watching the Skies: An Alien Abduction Inspired Review of Hello Nasty (1999)	179	(8)
George Kaplan
Selected Bibliography	187	(2)
A Beastie Boys Discography	189	(1)
Beastie Web Sites	190	(1)
About the Contributors	191	(3)
Permissions	194	(2)
About the Editors	196	(1)
Index	197