Beastie Boys Music

Origin: Brooklyn, New York

Decades: 1981–present

Beastie Boys is an American hip hop group from Brooklyn, New York. The group consists of Mike D (Michael Diamond), MCA (Adam Yauch), and Ad-Rock (Adam Horovitz). The Beastie Boys began as a hardcore punk group in 1979, first appearing on the compilation cassette New York Thrash with "Riot Fight" and "Beastie", and later released their first EP, Polly Wog Stew, in 1982. After achieving moderate local success with the 1983 release of their experimental hip-hop 12" Cooky Puss, they made the transition to hip-... Read More

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