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Beastie Boys: Adam Yauch dies of cancer, aged 47

submitted by Nick May 11th 2012 07:00 am (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 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: write open letter to the toy company suing them

submitted by Nick Nov 25th 2013 10:00 pm (www.nme.com)

'Don't get it twisted' writes Ad-Rock as he reveals that GoldieBlox are taking the band to court    

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Beastie Boys: Accuse Viral Toy Commercial Of Copyright Infringement

submitted by Nick Nov 25th 2013 04:00 pm (stereogum.com)

The Beastie Boys have always been vocal about their refusal to license their music for TV commercials, but I’d thought they’d made an exception for the Princess Machine, a girls’ toy that puts big emphasis on engineering rather than, like, sparkles. The toy commerical used a feminist flip on the Beasties’ ...

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Beastie Boys: accuse viral video creators of copyright infringement

submitted by Nick Nov 23rd 2013 12:00 pm (www.nme.com)

Toy company GoldieBlox released a promo that parodied the band's 1987 single 'Girls'    

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Beastie Boys: Ad-Rock and Mike D star in Yoko Ono's 'Bad Dancer' video - watch

submitted by Nick Nov 4th 2013 11:00 pm (www.nme.com)

Questlove, members of Cibo Matto, Deerhoof and Roberta Flack also feature in the promo clip    