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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, from the Kickstarter-funded [...]

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Beastie Boys: Universal Music sues Monster over Beastie Boys music

submitted by Nick Sep 24th 2014 07:00 pm (news.yahoo.com)

By Nate Raymond NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two Universal Music Group units sued Monster Beverage Corp on Wednesday for using music co-owned by the Beastie Boys in a promotional video, accusing the energy drink maker of copyright infringement. The lawsuit, filed in New York federal court, comes three months after the Beastie Boys obtained a $1.7 millio...

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Beyoncé: To Receive MTV VMA’s Video Vanguard Award

submitted by Nick Aug 7th 2014 03:00 pm (stereogum.com)

MTV has announced that that Beyoncé will perform at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards and will be awarded with the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award, which has been given to artists like Madonna, the Beastie Boys, U2, George Michael, and Janet Jackson in the past. Last year, Justin Timberlake won the award and performed [...]

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Beastie Boys: Ad-Rock remixes Ratking - listen

submitted by Nick Aug 2nd 2014 12:00 pm (www.nme.com)

Remix for New York rap trio follows recent Tune-Yards work

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HIM: Beastie Boys’ Mike D Remembers The ’90s: Watch Him Talk Tupac, Grunge Fashion, “Sabotage” Video

submitted by Nick Jul 31st 2014 07:00 pm (stereogum.com)

Beastie Boy Mike D recently sat for a series of short but packed-full-of-stuff video interviews with Vanity Fair, all of them about the pop culture of the ’90s, a time when Mike and his group were absolute kings. He doesn’t exactly say anything new in these videos, but the way he leaves all this stuff [...]

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Beastie Boys: Mike D: 'Grunge was a death sentence to the rock that preceded it'

submitted by Nick Jul 31st 2014 09:00 am (www.nme.com)

The hip hop stalwart reflects on the demise of 80s hair metal

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