BEASTIE BOYS BOOK BEASTIE BOYS BOOK

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA 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, Spike Jonze, Wes Anderson,Luc Sante, and more.NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Rolling Stone The Guardian PasteFormed 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 masterpiecePaul's Boutique;their evolution as musicians and social activists over the course of the classic albumsCheck Your Head, Ill Communication,andHello Nastyand 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 Bookupends 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 As nutty, irreverent, and fun as you think it would be. Vogue As freewheeling and funny as their albums . . . a beautifully messy (and large) talisman containing within it many of the great joys and surprises that come with listening to the Beastie Boys The AV Club