Beastie Boys Book

ISBN-13: 9780812995541 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 590 str.

Adam Horovitz

Opis

A panoramic experience that tells the story of Beastie Boys, a book as unique as the band itselfby band members ADROCK and Mike D, with contributions from Amy Poehler, Colson Whitehead, Spike Jonze, Wes Anderson,Luc Sante, and more.

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 Illand 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.

Advance praise for Beastie Boys Book

';This entertaining look at Beastie Boys history is as innovative and raucous as the band's music.'Publishers Weekly(starred review)

';Beastie Boys fans will devour this book, as will anyone interested in the early days of hip-hop, the art/music/street life of New York City in the 1980s, and the alternative-nation zeitgeist of the '90s.'Kirkus Reviews

Recenzje

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

Horovitz and Diamond share sincere moments of reflection about their music, their friendship and the guy who taught them to fix radiators, to care about human rights, to own up to mistakes and to grow up. NPR, Morning Edition

Teeming with tour anecdotes, personal letters, playlists, comics and photographs [Beastie Boys Book] unspools the crew s thirty-year run in the music industry and is appropriately massive. Los Angeles Times

Diamond and Horovitz alternate as narrators, and their prose is as infectious as their music. Other contributors chime in with their own idiosyncratic takes. Roy Choi offers a mini cookbook of Beastie-themed dishes. Amy Poehler delves into the videography of the group. Luc Sante takes the reader on a musical tour of New York City streets in the early 1980s. The result is a book Beastie Boys fans will clamor for and a must-read for music enthusiasts. Booklist (starred review)

This entertaining look at Beastie Boys history is as innovative and raucous as the band s music. Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Beastie Boys fans will devour this book, as will anyone interested in the early days of hip-hop, the art/music/street life of New York City in the 1980s, and the alternative-nation zeitgeist of the 90s. Kirkus Reviews

O autorze

Beastie Boys is a trio consisting of Michael Mike D Diamond, Adam ADROCK Horovitz, and the late Adam MCA Yauch (1964 2012), formed in 1981 as part of New York s hardcore punk underground. The group s first full-length album, Licensed to Ill, was the first rap album to reach #1. With seven multi-platinum albums from 1986 to 2011, including Licensed to Ill, Paul s Boutique, Check Your Head, Ill Communication, Hello Nasty, To the 5 Boroughs, and Hot Sauce Committee Part Two, Beastie Boys are one of the longest-lived hip hop acts worldwide. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012, received the MTV Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award in 1998, and have won three Grammy Awards.