02 06 04Beastieboys.com has sent out a new Newsletter, read it here.
XFM is haveing a Beastie Boys special so they want you to vote for your favourite tracks, info here.
Add some cool Beastie stuff to your website thanks to EMI Australia here.
Yahoo also have a cool Beastie page were you can watch some videos, here.
Win a Beastie Boys T-shirt when your pre-order Ch-Check It Out from HMV (UK), info here.
Stoffel's Grand Royal site is haveing a sticker contest, info here.
Redeamer has set up his own FTP, info here.
Another video from Rhyme The Rhyme Well has been put up on Beastie Boys.com, info here.
Beastieplaza has another competition, info here.
Ratcage Records' website is back again here.
31 05 04
I have made some wallpapers for TT5B here.
I have also made some scans from MAG (Music Australia Guide) for everyone here.
The TT5B T-shirt is now avaliable in the Beastieboys.com Store as well as Goodrock.com.
Thanks to beastiedan, you can now download Now Get Busy from this link, it is much faster than my link. You will need Winzip to open it still.
I tried to work out the Now Get Busy lyrics and posted them here. If you can see parts were I was wrong then feel free to post them although I will not be editing and updateing my post.
Here's what I came up with:Mike D
Well the Independent (?) house or (on?) AK Dwella, I can tell you about now I’m not a fortune teller
Grab a treat from Yosi my muffin seller, got mad technique like Roodie Von Geller.
Adrock
And yes I got a plan, I’m gonna carry out it. It’s a pro choice I’m gonna scream and shout it. It’s a love vibe and I try not to doubt it. Yes I’m gonna party cause I’m ‘bout it, ‘bout it.
Yauch
When it rains I don’t use an umbrella, when I rhyme rhymes I use emdella (?). The link (or Ba-ling?) that will make you think like water that you love to drink.
Sample
NOW! Get Busy
Mike D
Sweet like a ? filled with new teller (Nuterller), creamy like Buffalo musorela. Stick’n around y’know I smell ya while I play you like a peanut and salt, shell ya.
Adrock
Now what could give a fuzz if you think you’re a baller. I get so many who nee (need?) rap you fast baller. Middle school rapper and a proud yes yaller. Think about your Grandma, go ahead call her.
Yauch
From the East coast so I don’t say “heller”, at the mic stand my performance is steller. Pop the tape in and I listen to feller, a little shout to Nelson Mandela (spelling?)
Sample
NOW! Get Busy.
(scratching)
Mike D
No when the words make you scream and holler, I’m counting Cool D clean out my dollar. Give a shout to Spiros for Cha Walla (?) I’m a student of the game and a bonified scholar.
Adrock
Soooooo…ease up on the palms that ease there coffin, buttons on the table now watch it soppin’, brining in those beats and I’m a bring them huffin, I’m a keep rapping when I’m in my coffin.
Yauch
Like a mind gone mad that is unwinding, in a padded room, the rooms you’re climbing. Don’t sign on the line ? finding. Get to get loose and find the linein’.
Sample
NOW! Get Busy.
(scratching NOW! Get Busy)
NOW! Get Busy.30 05 04
Burning Airlines is currently the only place to get the To The 5 Boroughs t-shirt, avaliable here.
Beastieplaza has created there own FTP, info here.
MTV will be streaming the entire album online on June 8th, info here.
MTV is also planning a Beastie Boys music show for June 12th, info here.
The bonus track from the Japanese To The Five Boroughs is Now Get Busy, but I have made it avaliable here.
Also if you pre-order TT5B from Tower then you get Now Get Busy as well as a poster, info here.TPK has made some wallpapers for everyone, info here.
Some pics / scans are up from the London show here.
28 05 04
The large torrent of the Ch-Check It Out that was uploaded yesterday by Beastieboys.com is now beeing hosted mainly by Beastieplaza and more people are joining, info here.
The Beastie Boys will be interviewed on BBC2 in Italy on 12th June from 11:30pm - 12:00am for a 90 minute special, you can post your questions for them as well, info here.
Redeamer has given everyone a sneak peak at his new website which contains his Beastie Boys collection, info here.
You can pre-order the Ch-Check It Out CD singles on Amazon Part 1 here, Part 2 here or the Regular here.
It seems if you pre-order To The 5 Boroughs on Amazon it won't come till June 19th, info here.
27 05 04
Bet.com has informed me of their great Beastie Boys section, here, it inludes the Ch-Check It Out video, an interview and news on the upcoming album.
There is a link to pre-order the new album at Beastieboys.com here and on the front page, it is through Amazon.com.
A 'To The 5 Bouroughs' T-shirt has been released, check it out here. It doesn't appear to be avaliable at the store yet.
I have decided to just copy and paste this press release I received from XFM (a show on cabel in the UK) as it is worth reading:
The Beastie Boys Go All City On June 12 tune in to Xfm to hear an exclusive interview with the Beastie Boys. To celebrate the long awaited release of their new album 'To The 5 Boroughs', Dan Greenpeace's All City will dedicate the whole show to Beastie Boys and you can also request you favourite track to be played during the show.
For more info, go to:http://www.xfm.co.uk/article.asp?id=5242
Beastie Boys on Xfm X-posure Tune in to Xfm 104.9 on June 8 from 21.00 to hear the new Beastie Boys album, in full including track by track commentary and interview with the band.
For more info, go to: http://www.xfm.co.uk/article.asp?id=5358Sounds great, I hope everyone will be requesting songs as I know I will be. I also hope someone will record this show as it sounds great.
I guess XFM likes my site considering they borrowed the image I made for my front page. No worries though.The Beastie Boys have been on XFM a bit more recently, luckily it's beeing repeated, info here.
Beastie Boys will be on TV in Germany starting from June 12 info here or here.
There is a competition to win Beastie Boys live tikets here were you rhyme along to Ch-Check It Out. Vote for the contestents from the Message Board here.
I have recorded the Instrumental of Ch-Check It Out from the site, it is avalible here.Sir Dan has put a sample of the Beastie Boys' version of OASIS' 'Wonderwall' up for download at his site. It appears it is part of a studio version which Yauch previously said he thought was lost. Well worth the download. He has also made avalaible a mash up of Intergalactic as all the songs were guessed from his competition.
Beastie Boys will appear at the Much Music Video Music Awards on June 20, info here. A press release was also posted here.
Paul Jones has posted a transcript of a recent interview here.
The release dates for upcoming releases have all been posted here.
Beastie Boys are in Kerrang magazine as well as NME this week, info here.
Beastieplaza has a new design and it's awsome, make sure you go check it out.
Beastieboys.com have an extremely high quality version of the Ch-Check It Out video which they will make avaliable if someone else will host it, info here.
A new interview is up, it was in German but it has been translated here.
24 05 04
Beastie Boys are back on the BBC tommorow performing two songs, info here.
Vibe wrote an article about the new album, info here.
Spanish and English lyrics to Ch-Check It Out and IAWGM are here.
To Australian's with Channel V (on Cabel) Beastie Boys will be on Wednesday 26th at 7:30pm (a repeat of a show from Sunday). Info post #6 here.
Minton redesigned his site and added some info on Tick's Corner here.
Sir Dan has released three track samples that you, Beastie Boys fans, should all download and try and identify. More info here or at Dan's site here.
Download M.O.P.'s cover version of No Sleep Till Brooklin' here.
There has been news of a few different versions of the Ch-Check It Out single, here is the best info on that so far.
Click here for information on how to obtain a secret Beastie Boys video.
More hip and happening remixes over here.
Pictures of Mike D from Swedish TV here.
As you may have noticed I haven't been updateing as much as I should and some stuff hasn't even been added. I don't have enough time these days sorry.
Anyways, the news is updated everyonce and a while at least.20 05 04
Check out the wristbands from the London show here.
Pictures from Amsterdam are up here. Pictures from London are up here.
Beastieplaza has announced its contest winners here. They also promise more contests in the future.
Check out this thread to see the Spanish translation for Ch-Check It Out.
A live show from 1998 is avaliable to download here.
For more remixes take a look here and for more press appearences take a look here.
18 05 04
There's a new "Beastie Boys in the Press" section on the Message Board here.
New shows have been announced at Beastieboys.com and details on how to use the new IRC chat are up too.
DJ Morbid remixed Intergalactic here.
pojmasta remixed Ch-Check It Out here.
An explicit version of the Ch-Check It Out accapella is avaliable here thanks to DJ Skrilla.
An exclusive Hello Nasty concert will air on US Cabel Network Music Choice, info here.
New interview with MTV here.
See images of the Licensed To Ill with bonus DVD here.
17 05 04
Two new album samples. Info here.
Billy has done a great new remix of Ch-Check It Out were he has mixed some great samples in too, info here.
There's a new Remix section on the Message Board here.
There's a review up for Ch-Check It Out in here.
Another review, this time for the BBC show, is in here.
Beastie Boys will be on Top Of The Pops in the UK this Friday (21st), info here.
16 05 04
Hear two samples from the new album, info here.
There is also a new image in the Press Pics section here.
The setlist for yesterdays Radio 1 gig is up at Beastiemania here.
Download the Just Blaze remix of Ch-Check It Out here it's been recorded off the BBC when the Beastie Boys were on. Or Download the whole interview in here (post #27), the file is over 11MB.
Harold Shipman remixed Ch-Check It Out here.
While in the UK Beastie Boys were supposed to perform for CD:UK but Adam had some vocal troubles, info here (post #15).
14 05 04
Sir Dan is updateing his site again, this time with info on his Beastie Museum.
Beastiemania has confirmed that Ch-Check It Out will be released soon in the UK and Australia here.
Check out this flyer here and wrist band here. The flyer has info on the Beastie Boys record release partys at the bottom.
Check out this promo site set up for the Amsterdam show, it's just one page but it's got nice colour.
Photo's from the Berlin gig were posted here.
Andreas remixed Spam here.
More information on upcomeing Beastie Boys appearances has been posted here. It says there will be a world tour in August and an apearence on VH1 Behind The Music & Hip-Hop Show.
Beastie Boys will be in Australia around August, info here.
Last night on Gonzo (MTV2 Europe) the Beastie Boys appeared, info here. No news on what happened except that fans were able to post questions to the Beastie Boys earlier this week on the MTV2 Message Board.
Play.com has To The Five Bouroghs avaliable as a slimline CD case or digi pack, info here.
XFM has heard the new album and has posted there thoughts here.
On Tuesday May 18 at 12:00pm- 2pm PST time the Beastie Boys' show with Radio 1 will be broadcast on Zane Lowe's show according to NME.
In case you didn't know, there will be a Beastie Boys concert in Vegas on June 9 for MTV2, more info here.
Questlove, of The Roots, has made comments on the Ch-Check It Out video, info here.
12 05 04
More live shows have been announced at BeastieBoys.com.
A new section has been added to the Message Board for info on live shows and appearences, take a look here.
Roadie has made a remix / mash up of Ch-Check It Out, get it here. Landos Dad has also added a link to another of his remixes too.
On the 16th in the UK the Beastie Boys will be on Pop World, info here.
A reminder about $5 Extra has been posted here.
Take a look at this, it seems there will be some promotion for the new album at the next Stoked Skate comp, check out Sunday 13th June.
There is an Electronic Press Kit (DVD) out now, there's one on eBay here, more info here, and make sure you stay tuned to Beastiemania as they also promise more information on it here..
On M.O.P.'s new album they will rap over No Sleep Till Brooklin, read here.
It seems Jay-Z is looking forward to the new album, read here.
Everyone who goes to a Beastie Boys gig should try to record it, read this guides so you know how.
09 05 04
More live shows have been announced at BeastieBoys.com and you can win passes to an exclusive UK show here.
New items have been added to the Store in the Accessories section.
It seems the Beastie Boys accidently offended Eminem, read about it here.
Download That's It That's All live in Coachella in here.
BET has a new article on the new album here.
If you are in Canada and want to hear the new album then take a look over here.
A Vegas concert for MTV2 has been announced here.
Andreas made a remix of Ch-Check It Out here.
06 05 04
BeastieBoys.com has added a section were they re adding info on live shows. It mentions the Live 105 and Y-100.
A new newsletter was sent out, if you singed up then you should get it soon, otherwise read it here.
Check out this and this, they're little videos that the Beastie Boys have put up kind of like the ads promoting Hello Nasty.
Also some new images have been put up here or down the bottom here.An interview was added to BeastieBoys.com, check out the information right here. Download it here.
A video was added here with studio footage, take a look here for information.
King Of Rock has made a remix of Ch-Check it Out in 7 minutes, download it here.
There are lots of copies of the Ch-Check It Out single as 12" and CD avaliable on eBay, like this one.
Beastiemania has already added all of these avalible to their discography here..
The tracklsiting was also posted here. So the single will include a non-album track as well as a remix.
There is also a version with a different remix avalible here on eBay.Information on the samples used in Ch-Check It Out is avalibel here.
Beastie Boys will be on the BBC (in the UK) in May, info here and here.
You can pre-order Beastie vinyl now, info here.
For those that haven't seen the album cover, it has been put up here.
Some ring tones have been made avaliable here.
Rirv has made a new remix, get it here.
Buy a Check Your Head poster here, David is selling it and he's cool!
Landos Dad updated has updated his remix, its post #25 here.
04 05 04
BeastieBoys.com has added a press picture here.
It seems the Beastie Boys' 'No Sleep Till Brooklin' was used by the USA as torture towards Iraq prisoners, read more here.
Rirv has made one of the best remixes to date, its of Shake Your Rump and it's so damn funky, check it out here.
Ari-Matti has reported that DJ Z-Trip has said he likes the new Beastie Boys song here.
It seems BBC has announced a 'secret' Beastie Boys live show here.
DJ Rolla has remixed Intergalactic over here. It's pretty cool.
Check out the Autographer here to see each Beastie Boy write their autographs, it looks like it was done on a computer though..
Also, Slbrey has brought back his encarnation of the BBMA here.
03 05 04
BeastieBoys.com has added a Ch-Check It Out page with the audio, video, video stills, cover art and lyrics.
Nobbus has made a Ch-Check It Out remix, check it out here. King Spanner has made two remixes, check them out here and here. landos_dad also made one here.
Beastie Boys will be in Philly 06/18/04 (June 18th) for the Y-100 Festival.The news was originally posted here.More info here.at the official Y-100 site.
Eselgeist did a remix of Body movin, check it out here.
Jimmy C made a wallpaper, its linked in the third post here. Senbei has also made a wallpaper based on the Ch-Check It Out cover art, get it here. Also manchouboule added a link to his in the 7th post.
It seems some of Adrock's family make apearences in the Ch-Check it Out video, read about it here.
Someone has set this site up about the new album, it looks interesting.
The Ch-Check It Out single has apeared on eBay here, thanks to RomainG who found the link.
You can download the accapella to Ch-Check It Out as well as the video to Start here thanks to redeamer.
Ch-Check It Out is currently the second most downloaded song on iTunes, check the chart here.
Rumours say Beastie Boys should be apearing on SNL soon.
Minton has announced that Tick's Corner will take a little bit longer here.
Minton also let out that it was Ian that took the pictures posted here.
30 04 04
Ch-Check It Out will be released on CD according to this EMI / Capitol's Denmark site. They report that the single will be released on 1st June.
Beastiemania has reported on the Japanese release date. Also if you haven't seen it already, check out the new wallpaper(s) here.Taco Zip found a font similar to the one used for the new Beastie Boy logo, check it out here.
According to MTV the Beastie Boys are planning a new book. Here is what MTV has to say about it:
"The Beastie Boys are planning to write an anthology book. To be released in October, "Beastie Boys Anthology: The Sounds of Science" chronicles the creation of "Fight for Your Right," "Hey Ladies," "So What'cha Want," "Sure Shot," "Intergalactic" and more, with photographs taken by Spike Jonze, Danny Clinch and others. The book comes with two CDs of their hits and B-sides."
Sounds just like the original Sounds Of Science, maybe its a larger version with the new album?The Beastie Boys have released some new images here.Check them out cause they are great.
BeastieBoys.com has added a link telling you to learn how to vote, "your civic duty", and you can also watch the video for Ch-Check It Out as WM, Real and Quick Time files now in 3-4 different qualities.
Stoffel has also posted some new pics here from when the Boys apeared on Direct Effect.
There is talk of accapellas beeing made avaliable here and a link to stream the Ch-Check it Out accapela..
CJ Hood has reported here that at about 1:43 in the video for Ch-Check It Out video there is this clip inserted of Mike D as Shazam from the Alive video.
29 04 04
The Beastie Boys Message Board is back up, check it out here. The store is also back. Check it all out cause the MB has a new FRESH design.
It seems Licensed To Ill is beeing re-released with a DVD, their is a review here for it which was posted on the MB by Fred Wesley.
Make sure you buy the new single from iTunes, although the iTunes store does not work for people outside of the US. Also I hear there are some unreleased tracks beeing added as well. As well as that the entire Beastie Boys catalogue should be avaliable there soon too.
Johnny Park for the MB has made some wallpapers out of the new Beastie Boys image. Check them out here.
If you would like to hear the Beastie Boys ad for Ch-Check It Out then take a look here. Thanks to icyjones for posting the link here and Taco Zip for letting me know too.
You can download the video for Ch-Check It Out here. It is 33MB. Here is some info about it:
"The video boasts "exclusive cameos" from Bonanza’s Lorne Greene and Star Trek’s Deforest Kelley. Now, both of those gentlemen have been dead for several years now, so their involvement in the video should be interesting." It was directed by Nathanial Hornblower. Info from here.brooklyndust off the MB has posted this from MTV, here:
"Ch-Check 'Em Out
The Beastie Boys, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and rap outfit D12 (featuring Eminem) are the first three acts confirmed to perform at the 2004 MTV Movie Awards. The event will air June 10 at 9 p.m. ET. In other news, the Beasties have made their entire back catalog and 21 previously unreleased mixes available for purchase via Apple's iTunes online music store." Check out MTV.com's news here for more Beastie Boys happenings.It appears Ch-Check It Out will be avaliable on 12", check the discussion here.
Also the Ch-Check It Out lyrics are beeing worked out here.VH1 has written a review on the album here.
Mike D apeared on the BBC for an interview, Funky49 has made the interview avaliable here. Thanks to brmanuk for recording it.
NME has put some pictures up here of the Boys, there not too new though.
Mr Boomin Granny has posted a link to some NEW pictures over at MTV. Info here. CJ Hood has posted some info on the photo shoot here too.Capitol Records has put the Beastie Boys on the front page, here, with some info on Ch-Check It Out with links on how to stream it too.
26 04 04
If you go to BeastieBoys.com they have put back up the other design that we mentioned yesterday but now it switches between the photo and the drawing and the city builds up in the drawing.
Last night I interviewed Minton with all the questions posted here. Unfortunately he could not answer most but it was still a good interview.
A new article on MTVE here posted by Padster, it features some new info.
Laver1969 has posted that MTV has put togther a Beastie Boys Sweepstakes, enter here.
Will the official site sell T5B on vinyl?
Dunno
Will Surgeon General Cut Professor DJ Thiggs be on this new cd?
Heh. Dunno.
Is it true about the tour in two weeks? Are they gonna be playing in Europe, and in that case is it just for journos? Is it gonna be really hush-hush, or can you give dates and places, even with a few days notice?
It's not really my place to comment on things like that.
Are they going to They are coming to Stockholm on the 18th May
It's not really my place to comment on things like that
Are the beasties never going to manage another Tibetan Freedom Concert in the future?
Not sure.
Can you give us a date for the UK single release of "Ch-Check It Out"? And also, will there be any special features included on the disc?
Nup.
Please, ask to the band if they are supposed to invite us (the board members) to their concerts.
Sure thing
1) So, if we signed up for updates, from the under construction site, what does that get us? I had to go to the site to see that the Chheck it out sample was there. What's the update email for, then?
2) Can I suggest a live interview on the site, as a bonus to members?
3) Oh, and a link of release and concert dates would be appreciated, as soon as possible.
4) Shouldn't beastieboys.com be the site for beastie boys info?
1) If you sign up, you get major updates - minor updates aren't sent to the mailing list, it's not practical.
2)Sure, we have content just for the site. hold on.
3) yep.
4) yep.
Do we have to wait untill 28th for the new site?
Maybe
What was the deal with bringing back that second pic again? Where did the sketch one go?
No comment.
When will the Vault be open?
When the site is back, we'll probably have some stuff.
Will Ch-Check It Out be released as a CD single and when?
It's not really my place to comment on things like that
Is that Adrock's voice on the Ch-Check It Out promo?
Dunno
Will future releases also be avaliable on iTune?
Ch-Check It Out will be, not sure beyond that.
Will the video be avaliable to download?
Dunno
What's the sample in Ch-Check It Out?
Good question :)
What is this and this are they T5B?
Looks like it, yeah.
What's the mouse pic with the Ch-Check It Out snippet on bboy.com?
Single art.
So there will be a single?
This IS the first single :)
When will the CD come out?
Not for me to say :)
How will people outside the US legally download the single?
Not sure how that works at the moment.
Do you know who released the second audio snippet thats on Kazza?
Label i think.
Cool, well thats all the questions i have for now
Sorry i can't tell you more..These questions were submitted by b-grrrlie, Taco Zip, Laura Zanatta, Johnny, Padster, Tzar, femo niente, marsdaddy, exar, Anonymous with some added by myself.
Make sure you check out Beastieplaza for there contest.
David at Beastiemania has made a T5B wallpaper, check it out here.
25 04 04
All updates to this site (except news) are beeing postponed because my computer is getting fixed and all the files are on there.
Head over to BeastieBoys.com.and click on the Ch-Check It Out link to see what I can presume to be the CD single cover. Also make sure you put your speakers on so you can here a snippet of the song too. Click here to see a bigger version of the cover which was hosted by Stoffel. You can download the flash file with the album cover and audio snippet here (Right-click and Save) and, thanks to Taco Zip, you can download an MP3 of the snippet here (Right-click and Save).
Taco Zip has then gone one step further and mixed a promo with another snippet found on Kazza and has made this (Right-click and Save). Download the promo here (Right-click and Save). The first time I heard the snippet on the site I thought of Intergalactic but now MCA's lyrics reinforce this even more.
Stoffel has also brought back his Grand Royal website, check it out here.
Beastieplaza has had an update and it's worth checking out. They're also hosting their own competition for some stickers, sounds good. The competition opens Moday 26th (tommorow).
Capitol Records has hosted some new Downloads. Click here for the banners and here for the icons.
For about one day the front page on BeastieBoys.com changed to this (screenshot by Taco Zip) but now it's back to normal. Can we assume that that is the album cover? Check out this even bigger version here thanks to b-grrrlie for posting that here.
CJ Hood has reported here that the Beastie Boys video Ch-Check It Out will be on MTV on Wednesday 28th on Direct Effect, read about it here. Hopefully someone will record it, encode it and make it avaliable online. Also on the same day on Fox at 9pm - 10pm Ch-Check It Out will apear on The O.C. The times for Direct Effect vary, have a look here for more information.
Rolling Stone has an article up about the Beastie's new album here.
19 04 04
Over at Eil.com, they have a single and album avaliable to preorder from Japan. Although both items are lsited as "T.B.A" (To Be Announced) as their titles, it does say that the album will be out June 7 and the single will be out June 2.
Amazon.com also has two versions of The 5 Boroughs avaliable, an explicit version and a clean version (in case you'r wondering, there are clean versions of all of the Beastie Boys' Capitol releases. Both CDs are "Enchanced" which could mean anything, considering some 'Hello Nasty' CDs are enchanced with a link to BeastieBoys.com. Both are slated for a release on June 15th. Pre-order the explicit version here and the clean version here. Thanks to 'mullethead0' off the Temp MB for brining this to my attention.
Also I found this site, it is a Beastie Boys Fan Collector's site so if you are interested in seeing what other people have or like to trade then this is a great site because it is updated regularly.
I talked to Minton tonight and he had the following to say:
What's up with the site?
Things will be added gradually, news included if there is some before we have a full site up. It's all planned, don't worry..I keep hearing from people who are worried and near tears because their site is 'down'. It's not 'down' we're doing all of this as part of the album promotion, and it's going to be fucking good. It's promotion. We know what we're doing.
Who's idea was it?
A bunch of people, band included.
How long wll the site be down for?
Can't really say too much at this stage..but it's going to be pretty quick. We have a lot of cool stuff, just a matter of sorting out what we're going to get out there and how it will be done. People just need to be patient, that's all there is to it. Like it or not.
Is that pic on the front page the album cover?
No comment about that right now. Little known fact though - that photo is one Yauch has on display in his apartment. We'll release coverart when people are allowed to see it i think.
Will it be the drawing of the twin towers like they said in Billboard?
You'l see.
Will the new site design be on the MB as well or will we have to wait for a new MB skin too?
If we decide to reskin the whole site, the board will be done too.
Are you also updateing the MB software?
It's on the agenda, fairly straight forward to do I think. We might do that now or later though, not top priority.
Is Ch-Check it Out comeing out on April 28th at stores as well as on radio?
Radio/iTunes 28th. Haven't got info just yet on anything esle. And can I also say, that right now i'm eating some greek lamb and it's fucking good.I doubt you all want to read the rest of our discussion about the lamb so that's it.
Taco Zip has provided us with the flash file from BeastieBoys.com. "Right-Click" and "Save Targert As..." here to download it.
18 04 04
Sorry about the delay on the news, I have had some bad PC trouble so I am haveing to use my sister's PC and just got online.
First up, if you have tried to go to anything on Beastie Boys.com then you will have seen the splash page they have put up. A similar thing happened last time their was big news, ie In A World Gone Mad, so we can only hope for the best.
A lot of people have asked me what's up with this so I asked Minton who said:
"we're doing this as a new design - content is going to be gradually added back including a lot of cool stuff...not sure yet when we'll bring mb back."
I have set up a Temp. MB here. You don't have to register to post but you can if you want to. Please spread the word about this.Also About.com has reported that the new single will be avaliable on iTunes on April 28th:
"The Beastie Boys are putting their first single from their new album up on iTunes. Called "Ch-Check It Out," the tune will be available on April 28th, the very day the tune hits the radiowaves."
iTunes is only avaliable to people who are in the US so everyone one else will just have to buy the CD, why you'd buy the mp3 and not the CD is beyond me though.15 04 04
The Herald Sun (an Australian Newspaper) has reported here that "The album will be released in June. Beastie Boys will then head out on a world tour."
xavito, from the Message Board, has posted a link, here, to a promo poster for the new album avaliable on ebay. It says "the hiatus is back off, again" which is a reference to a poster from the Paul's Boutiqye era which reported that "the hiatus is off".
Laver1968 found out that over at Rock On TV, they have reported that "Ch-Check It Out" will be played on a show called 'The OC'. See more information on the show here. Read the original post here.
Stoffel has posted a new promo image here. It's fresh!
New Audio has been uploaded to the Audio page, get it while it's there.
14 04 04
"Ch-Check It Out" will be heard on the radio on April 27th.
Taco Zip has remixed "Sure Shot", you can download it here. Also read down the page and you will see Adam Yauch's own comments on the track, "nice". Now that's cool, congratulations Taco! Also Yauch goes on to say that if you post requests of all the accapellas you want then he will see if he can get them. These will most likely apear on a part of the official site that will host accapellas and links to remixes.
In other news, some more smilies were added to the Message Board, yea!
And remember to paste these banners all over your website!
Oh, and a big HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Minton! Keep up the good work.12 04 04
The Official site has confirmed the information provided in the Billboard article by posting the tracklisting. They have also posted some banners for websites so that you can promote the new album, check them out here in the A/V section under the icons.
If you are curious what 'The 5 Boroughs' are then Minton has posted the answer here. He says "Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx and Staten Island." Minton also mentioned on the Message Board that the Beastie Boys have recorded their video for their first single last week (sorry I can't find the post), the first single will be "Ch-Check It Out".
Also for all your Beastie Boys Tab needs head over to this site. You will find Tabs for the Guitar and Bass from all of the Beastie Boys albums.
Deep_Sea_Rain has also posted a link, here, to a Rolling Stone article were Adam Yauch (MCA) writes about Public Enemy, it's a good article too.
Make sure you wantch the news page on the Official site for updates on new releases.
I have added the link for the Dead Boys song in the Audio page and I will be adding more requested Audio soon.
08 04 04
UPDATE
Minton has mentioned that there is a new single and video comeing out very very soon in no less than 3 threads on the Message Board; here, here, here and he says here that the new single will be out in a few weeks.
Also in the Billboard article (see below) they mentioned that "In front of a chopped-up sample of the Dead Boys' "Sonic Reducer," the group finds solace in the city's post-September 11th resiliency". Well I have uploaded the Dead Boys' track for everyone to take a listen to. Download it here. Let me know if it came out ok, as my PC was buffering a bit.
Also it seems the news of the new album has caught on, just check out Google News, here.
Anyone who has visited the Message Board lately will notcie some things have been changeing. First off the Board has been given a major re shuffle so now it makes more (or less) sense. Unfortunatley the BS2000 section has been turned off, but it may come back. Read the official post about the re shuffle here and the post about the BS2000 section here.
Also the Official site has added some new about the Summer Sonic show here.
Trond E also pointed out that on the Nasty Little Man release schedule, the Beastie Boys next album is in the June / July section. This probably means nothing though, they probably just put the June and July releases into the same section.There's an article on the new album posted on Billboard and Yahoo (here and here). People have posted comments to the artcile on this Yahoo site. The article says that the new album is called "To The 5 Boroughs" and the tracklisting is as follows:
Ch-Check It Out
Right Right Now Now
3 The Hard Way
Time To Build
Rhyme The Rhyme Well
Triple Trouble
Hey Fuck You
Oh Word?
That’s It That’s All
All Lifestyles
Shazam!
An Open Letter to NYC
Crawlspace
The Brouhaha
We Got TheI guess "That’s It That’s All" is what we have been calling "That's It (Fresh For You)". The only big problem with the article is that it says "To the 5 Boroughs" features largely programmed backing tracks, with only a handful of live instrumentation." but the Beastie Boys have said that their new album will feature only hip hop.
Nygel has also uploaded a new remix here. I haven't heard it yet but I am sure it's great.You must register with Acid Planet to download the song.
06 04 04
Taco Zip has posted on the Message Board some news everyone will want to read. The Beastie Boys are set to play Japan in August! They will be playing at the Summer Sonic to be held August 7-8 in Osaka and Chiba. Read news here. Official Summer Sonic Tour site here.
Uru-Nitro has posted his new remix online. It is a remix of "That's It" which the Beastie Boys have been playing live, it is amazing and is a must download! More information here.
Funky49 has also found this site. It's from Q magazine and it says you could win 25 Pounds (thats UK money) by asking the Beastie Boys a question. I would imagine this means they are going to interview the Beastie Boys for an upcoming issue. If you have ever read Q magazine (from the UK) then you'll know whats going on. This is for real so send in all your Beastie questions now!
05 04 04
Remember Tick's Corner on the old Grand Royal site? Well Tick is comeing back with a brand you adress very soon, Minton has been working on brining it all back with Tick and it's nealry finished. You can read about it here at Minton's site. Also for those who need to be reminded who Tick is then take a look at these pages that Google pulled up.
Also Minton has announced here, on the Message Board, that there will be applications to be on the Beastie Boys street team avaliable soon.
04 04 04
Minton has announced that the next Beastie Boys album will be released June 15th. Minton said "June 15 is correct. That's the target anyway" over at this thread. Also in the same thread you can read about how you can already pre-order the still untitled album from Columbiahouse.
29 03 2004
Great news! xavito off the Message Board has posted that there will be two Beastie Boys show (so far) this year! Read the post here. According to his source the Beastie Boys will play the following venues on 27-29 Aug 2004; Carling Weekend - Reading Festival and Carling weekend - Leeds Festival 2004. This information was sourced from Virtual Festivals. While your at the site, check out the Gallery.
Also to anyone who has downloaded the Hurra's Shaftman in the Audio section you might have to download it again, it seems it wasn't the full track, I ghave fixed this now though. The full track goes for 3:18.
28 03 2004
Most of the errors that were brought to my attention were fixed in $5 Extra 2.2.
New songs are now avaliable on the Audio page, I hope to change them again soon though.
25 03 2004
It's $5 Extra Issue 2 is finally done! Read it here. Please make leave comments on the Forum :)
Make sure you enter the new Beastie Boys CD Cover Contest. Details inside $5 Extra.Also it has been reported that the Beastie Boys will apear on Dan The Automatour's new solo album. Dan says this in the linar notes in "Bird Up: A Hip Hop Tribute to Charlie Parker".
21 03 2004
Deep_Sea_Rain from the Message Board recently asked Posdnous from De La Soul why MCA did not apear on 'Squat' which featured Mike D and Adrock on De La's 'Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump'.
He answered:
"His wife had just gave birth.The Beasties had sought of made a pack to chill for a while and it seem he could see that Tommy Boy would want to make it a video and single and have them commited to appear with us so i guess he was like naw....he's chillin.I respect that."
Read the thread on the Message Board here or read were Posdnous replied here.19 03 2004
Just to let you know, the next issue of $5 Extra will be out very soon, I promise. It will also come with an apology and excuse as to why it is so late.
Some Avators / AIM Icons have been uploaded over at BeastieBoys.com in the A/V section.Also if you want to hear an interview from the Beastie Boys in 1994 then click here. IF the link doesn't work then go here, click on the B and click on Beastie Boys. I put this in the News last year but the webmaster was promoting the site again so I thought I'd ad it. Enjoy.
Finally, Beastiemania has interviewed Doug Pomeroy here. And if you feel like takeing a visit to were Celebration studio was the there's a map here.
16 03 2004
Some accapellas were uploaded last week for remixes here by DJ Skrilla here. Also Joe's Beastie Boys page has been redesigned and includes some unreleased Audio and the video to Intergalactic.
Also check out Nick Jade's laid back remix of Hey Ladies here and The Mighty Ajax's remix of Negotiation Limerick File here. Both are well worth the download.
05 03 2004
37 Questions with Yauch has been uploaded to the Beastie Boys website here. It's a great interview with the usual Beastie humour which will help Yauch bashers see that he is definately an active part of the group. Yauch mentions ideas of adding accapellers and instrumental files to the site for remixers, that this is not the last Beastie Boys album, confirms he is working with Bad Brains on their album, that Mario C and Money mark will not working on the new Beastie Boys album and that the Beastie Boys are producing the next album them selves. It's great and definately worth the read.
By the way, I guess most of you know this but Yauch made a post a few days ago in this thread. I have been meaning to psot it but haven't until now. In the post he says that the Beastie Boys never smoked dust.
I'll be changeing the Audio soon in the Audio section so if you want to download Hurra's "Can't Trust A Nigga on Dope" and the Beastie Boys live cover of OASIS' "Wonderwall" then make your way to the Audio page. Also if you want to request a track then make a post in the Forum. I will be changeing the tracks maybe a few times a month.
Also, I have been meaning to post this for a while too, Silbrey has brought back his BBMA as a yahoo group here. It currently has 14 members, so join if you want some free mp3s of remixes
And last of all I am going to add a Random Beatie Quote Generator to the site for when your bored so if you have a favourite lyric quote then post it here or on our Forum.. Hopefully the new issue of $5 Extra will be up before then (sorry about the mad delay people).
01 03 2004
Over at Pitch Fork Media they have announced that the new Beastie Boys album will be released on June 8th.There still isn't a name for the album as of yet. I have asked Nasty Little Man to confirm but at this momment I have not heard back from them. Thankyou to senbei off the Message Board for bringing this to our attention.
I have added a Forum so you can request tracks and tell me when I mess stuff up as well as reporting news.
25 02 2004
Yauch posted again in this thread about the Beastie Boys cover version of OASIS' Wonderwall. There are also links to were you can download the song.
Minton has also made a thread were you can post your questions Yauch here but get in quick before the thread gets closed. To quote Minton:"Here's your opportunity to ask Yauch a question. Simply post it here. Once everyone has had an opportunity to post, I'll take some of the questions to Adam and he'll try and answer as many as he can. Then we'll bring it back in the form of a Q&A section on the site, or something like that. We haven't figured out the format for that just yet.
Please understand that he might not be able to get to all questions due to time constraints - i.e. if you want the new album in June, it's not likely that he will be able to get to them all . Go for it, I'll leave this for a bit until everyone has had a chance to ask a question if they want to."
Dan has announced the release of his BS2000 inspired XMPlay skin. You can download it here.
Also for those that have not seen it, Taco Zip made some screenshots from the Spike Jonze DVD which you can see here. In the screenshots you get to see their studio. The DVD is part of the Director's Series and you can buy it from Amazon here.
That's about all except that I updated some FAQ questions so they were more "correct". I also added question 7.16 after it came up on the Message Board. Also I added an Audio page. See above for link.
22 02 2004
Welcome back. It's been a while.
As you can see the site is back up and newly designed. You may or may not notice that some things are no longer on this site. That's because Beastiemania has them and there's no point me doing stuff that they do better.
There was only really three reasons to come to this site and they're News, Downloads and $5 Extra. Now I have added the huge FAQ that I have been talking up for a while, I hope it does not disapoint. I will be adding a FAQ about the Message Boards there later when I have time.
Another part of the site that will be added later is the Image page which will have the stuff from the old page as well as some new Money Mark pictures and more.I am interested in what you think about the site so please let me know by emailing me at [email protected] please also make the subject 'Beastie Boys' or I may mistake it as Spam and delete it.
A lot has happened since the site went down so I will try and sumarise it all here.
BeastieBoys.com got a new design which includes skins so you can choose what the page looks like. Minton has said they are going to make a template avalible soon so that people can make their own versions too.
The Message Board then got a new design too which I love. The only problem is that the image that tells you when someone has replied to a post by you looks exactly the same as the other ones so you sometimes don't know wether someone has replied or not.
A new section was added yesterday called BeastieBoys.com were you can post all your problems with the site and the Administrators will do there best to help you.
A date has been set for the album release, it will be released this June 2004. I added a coundown to June on the front page which you can watch when your bored.An email was sent out by the Beastie Boys, which you can read here, were they said:
"I know, you're like "what's up fool? where's the record!!??!!?........." well, we are in the studio finishing it now, so ease up already and don't call me fool, fool. we're putting the final touches on the mixes right now and it will be out beginning of june. so we'll be seeing you in a hot new york minute...... until then cool your jets, step back, relax and ease off the throttle. the shit's on it's way, no delay..... and always remember when things get hot -- it's not the heat, it's the humidity......."
Also recently Adam Yauch (MCA) has been posting on the Message Board.Click here to see all of Yauch's posts.
Also a few weeks back the Beastie Boys apeared on the BBC's Radio 1 In New York show. Take a look at these two links for more information, Link1 and Link2.
That's all that I can think of for now although I am sure I missed some stuff.
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