Beastie Boys

Beastie Boys music was improperly used by Monster in a promotional video and a downloadable 23-minute medley.

GoldieBlox recently apologized for their usage of the Beastie Boys' 'Girls' in a promo for their line of toys for girls, but the band is not buying it. According to the New York Times, the band has followed through on plans to file suit against the toy company after the company first took legal action against them.

It looks as though the Goldieblox / Beastie Boys legal debate couldl be over before the case hits courts. The toy company has issued a new statement in which they reveal that they don't want to fight with the living members of the group and were unaware of Adam Yauch's wishes that the band's music not be used for commercial purposes at the time they created their parody of the song 'Girls.' Read M

Mike D of Beastie Boys has emerged with some new music, the first released since the death of his bandmate Adam Yauch (MCA) last year. He was commissioned by the fashion company Kenzo to compose a piece for their Spring/Summer 2014 show. The result is 'Humberto Vs the New Reactionaries (Christine and the Queens Remix).' Listen to the 10 minute track below.

Mario C., collaborator, producer and friend of the Beastie Boys, says that despite the untimely death of Adam “MCA” Yauch last month, we still may hear new Beasties songs in the future. He explains that there is still plenty of unreleased music on the way from the recent Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees.

Adam Horovitz and Mike Diamond are still dealing with the loss of their longtime Beastie Boys bandmate Adam Yauch, and have now addressed his death in separate interviews with Rolling Stone.

The death of Adam “MCA” Yauch on May 4 has gotten all of us to take a trip down the rabbit hole of our favorite Beastie Boys videos. Somewhere between the 70s cop show pastiche of ‘Sabotage‘ and the hormonal silliness of ‘(You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (to Party)‘ we found this gem. It’s called ‘Pass the Mic, Tom,’ and it’s a mash-up of the vocals from ‘Pass the Mic’ to the music of Rush‘s ‘Tom

According to TMZ, Beastie Boys rapper MCA has died at the age of 47.