Mister D:For 15 years I managed record stores, and during that time the Beastie Boys were huge. I wasn’t very much into rap ever, but my employees were and one thing you could guarantee…on any given day The Beastie Boys and Bette Midler would be playing. They were a group that got better and better with each new album and making end of the year Best Music lists. Somehow, I can’t see many of you listening to their records nor Bette Midler telling their story, but you’re missing out. I was really ecstatic that Bette was participating in this. I need to contact some of my old employees. They’d get a kick out of this.
Beastie Boys Audiobook Is Out With A Stellar Guest List To Tell Their Story, Including Bette Midler
A panoramic experience that tells the story of Beastie Boys, an audiobook as unique as the band itself.
Formed as a New York City hardcore band in 1981, Beastie Boys struck an unlikely path to global hip hop superstardom. Here is their story, told for the first time in the words of the band. Adam “ADROCK” Horovitz and Michael “Mike D” Diamond offer revealing and very funny accounts of their transition from teenage punks to budding rappers. For more than 30 years, this band has had an inescapable and indelible influence on popular culture.
With a style as distinctive and eclectic as a Beastie Boys album, Beastie Boys Book upends the typical music memoir, featuring a collection of voices reminiscent of your favorite mixtape.
Audiobook cast Includes:
Steve Buscemi – yay Ada Calhoun Bobby Cannavale – yay Exene Cervenka – yay Roy Choi Jarvis Cocker Elvis Costello – yay Chuck D -yay Nadia Dajani Michael Diamond Snoop Dogg – yay Will Ferrell – yay Crosby Fitzgerald Randy Gardner Kim Gordon – yay Josh Hamilton Adam Horovitz – yay LL Cool J – yay Spike Jonze – yay Pat Kiernan Talib Kweli Dave Macklovitch Rachel Maddow – boo Tim Meadows Bette Midler – yay Mix Master Mike – yay Nas – yay Yoshimi O Rosie Perez – yay Amy Poehler – yay Kelly Reichardt John C. Reilly – yay Ian Rogers Maya Rudolph – yay Rev Run Luc Sante Kate Schellenbach MC Serch Chloe Sevigny – yay Jon Stewart – yay Ben Stiller – yay Wanda Sykes – yay Jeff Tweedy – yay Philippe Zdar
Advance praise for Beastie Boys Book
“This entertaining look at Beastie Boys history is as innovative and raucous as the band’s music.” (Publishers Weekly, starred review)
“Beastie Boys fans will devour this book, as will anyone interested in the early days of hip-hop, the art/music/street life of New York City in the 1980s, and the alternative-nation zeitgeist of the ’90s.” (Kirkus Reviews)
