Beastie Boys

Subterms

    Latest story

    150 Shares169 Views

    Beastie Boys Allow Joe Biden Campaign to Use 'Sabotage' in New Ad

    by

    WENN/PNP/Daniel Deme

    The new spot, which was aired during NFL games on October 18, highlights the devastating impact the coronavirus pandemic has had on music venues across the country.

    Oct 20, 2020
    AceShowbiz – The Beastie Boys have allowed officials at Joe Biden’s presidential campaign to use their classic hit “Sabotage” for one of the first times ever in a new ad.
    The 1994 track featured in a new spot which aired during NFL (National Football League) games on Sunday, October 18, highlighting the devastating impact the pandemic has had on music venues across the U.S.
    It features an interview with Joe Malcoun, the owner of The Blind Pig grassroots venue in Ann Arbor, Michigan, who slams “the reality of (President Donald) Trump’s Covid response,” noting, “We don’t know how much longer we can survive without any revenue.”
    “A lot of restaurants and bars that have been mainstays for years will not make it through this,” he adds. “For 50 years, The Blind Pig has been open and crowded, but right now, it’s an empty room.”
    “This is Donald Trump’s economy,” he continues. “There is no plan and you don’t know how to go forward.”

      See also…

    [embedded content]
    The Beastie Boys are known for being highly protective over the usage of their songs and last approved the use of “Sabotage” in a 2017 video game trailer.
    [embedded content]
    A spokesperson for the Biden campaign said the Beastie Boys, who had “never licensed music for an ad until now,” agreed to the use of “Sabotage” in the spot “because of the importance of the election.”
    The latest commercial comes after officials from The National Independent Venue Association (NIVA) urged the White House and U.S. Congress to prevent a “mass collapse” of the live music industry.

    You can share this post!

    Next article
    ‘Bachelorette’ Star Clare Crawley Wears Diamond Ring on That Finger to Embody Self-Love

    Related Posts More

    More stories

    • 175 Shares139 Views

      in Music

      Ariana Grande and Surviving Beastie Boys Members to Entertain With April 27 Livestream Events

      by

      WENN

      The ‘7 Rings’ hitmaker will join forces with composer Jason Robert Brown for SubCulture charity, while the hip-hop group will have chat with LL Cool J on his SiriusXM Rock the Bells Radio show.
      Apr 27, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Ariana Grande and the Beastie Boys are leading the livestream highlights for Monday, April 27.
      The pop superstar will reunite with composer Jason Robert Brown, with whom she previously worked on her Broadway debut, “13”, and stage performer Shoshana Bean to put on a virtual concert to raise funds for the staff and musicians at New York venue SubCulture.
      The gig will start at 8 P.M. EST on SubCulture’s Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/SubCultureNewYork/) and Brown’s Vimeo channel (https://vimeo.com/409897526?utm_campaign).
      Meanwhile, LL Cool J will be hosting a town hall chat with the surviving Beastie Boys on his SiriusXM Rock the Bells Radio show from 12 P.M. EST (https://www.siriusxm.com/rockthebellsradio), and rockers Biffy Clyro will kick off the latest round of the Billboard Live At-Home series, playing at 1 P.M. EST. Singer Vanessa Carlton is also on the bill, with her show taking place at 3 P.M. EST. Both will stream on the Billboard Facebook profile (https://www.facebook.com/Billboard).

      Other top events include a cooking segment with Michael Buble and his wife, Luisana Lopilato, for their “At Home with Michael & Luisana” series, which streams at 5 P.M. EST on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/MichaelBuble/) and Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/luisanalopilato/), while country star Dierks Bentley’s parody group Hot Country Knights will perform with Terri Clark at 4 P.M. EST (https://www.instagram.com/hotcountryknights/), and rockers the Cold War Kids will stage their Quarantine Serenade Live at 3 P.M. EST on Instagram Live: (https://www.instagram.com/coldwarkids/).

      You can share this post!

      Next article
      Bob Dylan’s Ex-Collaborator Larry Campbell Claims to Have Lost 10 Pounds From COVID-19 Battle

      Related Posts More

    • 113 Shares119 Views

      in Music

      Beastie Boys Regrets Firing Female Drummer From the Band

      by

      Apple

      The two remaining members Ad-Rock and Mike-D admit they had let down their female friends when they decided to kick out drummer Kate Schellenbach from their group.
      Apr 25, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Beastie Boys members Ad-Rock and Mike D regret letting down women by ditching drummer Kate Schellenbach when they switched from punk music to hip-hop.
      The two, who haven’t performed or recorded together since the death of third member Adam ‘MCA’ Yauch in 2012, started out as a punk four-piece before switching to rap when Kate left the band in 1984, signing to Def Jam and going on to huge success.
      Ad-Rock, real name Adam Horovitz, tells Britain’s The Sunday Times newspaper that he regrets falling out with Kate and letting down women by living up to misogynist caricatures of behaviour in the music industry.
      “We started out as a hardcore punk band, with Kate Schellenbach as our drummer,” he says. “We ended up a cartoon rap version of a 1980s metal band and we kicked Kate out. How wrong was that? When the Beastie Boys began, the majority of our friends were girls. It’s embarrassing to think we let them down.”
      He also has regrets over the band’s biggest mainstream hit – “(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (to Party!)” – as it was originally supposed to be a parody of frat boy attitudes.
      “It was making fun of party bros (brothers) and frat boys,” the 53 year old says. “We’d never actually met any, but we thought they were hilarious to make fun of. Then it became a hit, and gradually that’s what we started to become.”
      He says the song’s success was one reason the group left Def Jam – as it fell out with label boss Russell Simmons over its musical direction.
      “When we started becoming a self-caricature, Russell wouldn’t pay us unless we carried on doing it,” he adds. “So we quit.”
      A new documentary on the group’s career, “Beastie Boys Story”, is available on Apple TV+.

      You can share this post!

      Next article
      Ariana Grande, Shawn Mendes and Lil Nas X to Lead Revamped 2020 Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards

      Related Posts More