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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 battle with cancer. He was 47. Yauch, Mike Diamond and Adam Horovitz formed the band that gained fame in the 1980s and stood out not just for their music, but for their ethnicity. In a genre dominated by African-Americans, they were three white Jewish kids from Brooklyn, New York. The Beastie Boys sold some 40 million records worldwide over more than 20 years. ...
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Beastie Boys: Petition calls for 'Paul's Boutique' intersection to be named 'Beastie Boys Square'
submitted by Nick Dec 17th 2013 09:00 pm (www.nme.com)
The hip-hop group's 1989 album cover was shot at the corner of Ludlow and Rivington Streets in Manhattan
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Beastie Boys: counter-sue toy company GoldieBlox over copyright claim
submitted by Nick Dec 11th 2013 10:00 pm (www.nme.com)
The company used the song 'Girls' in an advert without asking the band's permission
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Beastie Boys: File Lawsuit Against Toy Company GoldieBlox
submitted by Nick Dec 11th 2013 09:00 pm (stereogum.com)
Last month, the Kickstarter-funded toy company GoldieBlox made a clever online commercial that used a parody of the Beastie Boys’ 1986 lunkhead classic “Girls” to soundtrack an ad in which little girls build a massive Rube Goldberg device. The one problem: They didn’t get permission from the Beastie Boys, ...
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Beastie Boys: Toy company drop case against Beastie Boys
submitted by Nick Nov 27th 2013 09:00 pm (www.nme.com)
GoldieBlox parodied the band's 1987 single 'Girls' in an advert for science toys
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Beastie Boys: Toy Company Removes “Girls” Ad, Writes Open Letter To Beastie Boys
submitted by Nick Nov 27th 2013 05:00 pm (stereogum.com)
What counts as fair-use parody, and what counts as a simple advertisement? For the past few days, many of us have been arguing and wondering over those things, thanks to a viral toy commercial that put a feminist spin on the Beastie Boys’ ridiculously catchy 1986 lunkhead standard “Girls.” The YouTube commercial, fr...
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