Topic: Beastie Boys

Brooklyn Now Has a Park Named After Adam Yauch

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The late Beastie Boy Adam Yauch (a.k.a MCA) has received the "ultimate honor for a kid from New York City" with a Brooklyn Heights park named after him as of Friday afternoon.

By Connor Simpson

Aug 10, 2012

Adam Yauch Refuses to Sell Out from Beyond the Grave

We were so, so saddened when Adam Yauch, more commonly known as the Beastie Boys' MCA, passed away earlier this year, but a detail from his will is reminding us of what made him so lovable in the first place. 

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By Adam Clark Estes

May 7, 2012

Viacom Yanks Rare Beastie Boys 'Chappelle's Show' Clip from YouTube

Uploading Beastie Boys' never-before-seen live performance on Chappelle's Show to YouTube seemed like such a fitting tribute to the late Adam Yaunch (a.k.a. MCA). That is, until Viacom took down the video for copyright infringement.

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By Jen Doll

May 4, 2012

Passing the Mic: What Adam Yauch Meant to a Generation

To a certain generation of people, the Beastie Boys were as monumental and important as the Beatles, as groundbreaking, as formative, as sweeping and meaningful in their celebrity but also in their music, always the music.

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By Adam Clark Estes

May 4, 2012

Remembering Grand Royal, the Beastie Boys' Brief, Brilliant Magazine

Adam Yauch will be remembered first and foremost for his genre-altering music career, but the artist better known as MCA did much more than that.

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By Eric Randall

May 4, 2012

Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys Has Died

We're unsettled to hear that Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys, better known as MCA, has passed away at just 47 years old, according to several outlets.

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By John Hudson

Apr 18, 2012

From Sam Cooke to The Beastie Boys: Dick Clark's Coolest 'Bandstand' Moments

Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve may have been an innocuous end-of-year ritual but the show that made him famous, American Bandstand, remains an American treasure.

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By John Hudson

Sep 27, 2011

Rock Hall of Fame Gives Nod to Lady Rockers

Among this year's nominees: Joan Jett, Heart, Guns 'N Roses, The Cure, and Eric B. & Rakim

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By Erik Hayden

Jul 19, 2011

Beastie Boys Meet Action Figure Zombies in Spike Jonze Video

Santigold, Zombies and G.I. Joe's all make appearances

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