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1981-PRESENT?. Members Michael Diamond (Mike D) Adam Yauch (MCA) Adam horowitz (Ad-rock ). Mca 1964-2012. Ad-rock. Mike d. 80’s. 1981 – Started as a punk rock band w/ Michael Diamond, Adam Yauch and two others 1983 – Adam Horowitz joins the band.
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1981-PRESENT? Members Michael Diamond (Mike D) Adam Yauch (MCA) Adam horowitz (Ad-rock)
Mca 1964-2012
80’s 1981 – Started as a punk rock band w/ Michael Diamond, Adam Yauch and two others 1983 – Adam Horowitz joins the band. 1983 – Beastie Boys record their first hip hop track “Cooky Puss” 1983-84 – Success of “Cooky Puss” prompts switch to hip hop 1984 –Adopt hip-hop monikers 1985 – Hire rick rubin as Dj Rubin Starts def jam record and asks to produce Beastie Boys
80’s 1986 – record and release license to ill #1 on Billboard for 5 weeks Fight for your right Reaches #7 1987 - Controversial world Tour 1988 – Switch to Capital Records 1989 - Paul’s boutique – Tops at 14 on billboard
90’s & 00’s Check your head – #10 on billboard Ill Communication - #1 on billboard sabotage video 1996 – Tibetan freedom concert 1998 – hello nasty – straight to #1 on billboard 2004 – To the five boroughs – self-produced - #1 on billboard 2010 – Yauch announces cancer diagnosis 2011 – Hot Sauce committee 2011 – inducted to R&R Hof – yauch misses ceremony 2012 – Yauch passes away
achievements First rap album to reach #1 Four # 1 albums Sabotage 475 of 500 greatest songs 77 of 100 greatest artists 2011 rock and roll hall of fame inductees Georgia passed a lewdness ordinance in response to their concert 3 grammys/10 nominations 4 mtvvma’s
influence Rap and rock fusion Work with rick rubin (ll cool J, RHCp, Johnny cash, etc) ‘they made it ok for white guys to love rap’ Mixed instrumentation and sampling with rap Tibetan freedom concert Antiwar message Fight for your right revisited Rage against the machine, limp bizkit, sublime, ll cool j, eminem, coldplay, switchfoot, etc.