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Beastie Boys: Adam Yauch dies of cancer, aged 47

submitted by Nick May 4th 2012 09:00 pm (news.yahoo.com)

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Adam Yauch, a founding member of pioneering hip-hop group the Beastie Boys who captivated fans with their brash style in early hits like "Fight for Your Right (To Party)", died on Friday after a long battle with cancer. He was 47. "It is with great sadness that we confirm that musician, rapper, activist and director Adam "MCA" Yauch, founding member of Beastie Boys ... passed away in his native New York City this morning after a near-three-year battle with cancer," said a statement posted on the band's website. ...

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Beastie Boys: Adam 'Ad-Rock' Horovitz On Life After The Beastie Boys

submitted by Nick Mar 13th 2015 02:00 pm (www.antimusic.com)

Beastie Boys guitarist Adam 'Ad-Rock' Horovitz admits he's been at a creative loose end since the death of Adam 'MCA' Yauch brought the band's career to an end

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Beastie Boys: delay release of autobiography until at least 2017

submitted by Nick Mar 12th 2015 07:00 pm (www.nme.com)

Ad-Rock says 'there's no way it's going to happen' this year, despite earlier reports the book would come out this year

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Slipknot: Korn and Slipknot Cover Beastie Boys Classic

submitted by Nick Feb 9th 2015 01:00 pm (www.antimusic.com)

Recently the Prepare For Hell Tour rolled into London's Wembley Arena and if you were there, you know something special happened... and Korn is sharing video of it

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Beastie Boys: Rick Rubin Just Annotated A Ton Of Kanye West, Beastie Boys, & Johnny Cash Songs On Genius

submitted by Nick Feb 3rd 2015 01:00 am (stereogum.com)

One of the redeeming qualities of community-annotated lyric site Genius is that they sometimes recruit cool artists and behind-the-scenes players to talk about songs that they worked on or that they really love. Case in point: Super producer Rick Rubin recently made a profile on the site and set about adding some background information to [...]

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Cyndi Lauper: Hear Emily Haines’ New GoldieBlox Song “Lightning Strikes” & Watch Her Sing With Cyndi Lauper In NYC

submitted by Nick Dec 15th 2014 11:00 pm (stereogum.com)

The toy company GoldieBlox has had a rough year in advertising after being accused of copyright infringement by the Beastie Boys for re-working the band’s 1986 classic “Girls” to convey a more “feminist” message. The company settled the lawsuit and issued an apology to the Beasties, who have alwa...

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