#michael diamond

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rockin' on july 1998 | beastie boys

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Beastie Boys - Intergalactic (1999)

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who are these freaks..

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Shake Your Rump - Beastie Boys (1989)

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At first I LOL’d then I got serious’d

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Beastie Boys, live in Japan (1992)

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• 1987 in Tokyo Japan.

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Happy birthday license to ill🌟

Released November 15th, 1986.

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Round Two

Beastie Boys 

Defeated opponents: The Police

Formation: 1981

Genres: Hip hop, rap rock, alternative hip hop

Lineup: Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz - vocals, guitar

Adam "MCA" Yauch - vocals, bass

Michael "Mike D" Diamond - vocals, drums, programming

Albums from the 80s: 

Polly Wog Stew EP (1982)

Licensed to Ill (1986)

Paul's Boutique (1989)

Propaganda: Three geeky New York Jewish boys became some of the coolest guys in the world through sheer confidence and skill.

INXS

Defeated opponents: .38 Special

Formed in: 1977

Genres: New wave, pub rock, dance-rock, funk rock, alternative rock

Lineup: Michael Hutchence – lead vocals, backing vocals

Andrew Farriss – keyboards, guitars

Tim Farriss – guitars

Kirk Pengilly – guitars, saxophone, backing vocals

Garry Gary Beers – bass, backing vocals

Jon Farriss – drums, percussion, backing vocals

Albums from the 80s:

INXS (1980)

Underneath the Colours (1981)

Shabooh Shoobah (1982)

Dekadance EP (1983 & 1984) (two completely different releases by the same name)

The Swing (1984)

Listen Like Thieves (1985)

Kick (1987)

Propaganda: Just got two words: Devil Inside.

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Beastie Boys photographed by Michel Delsol at Times Square–42nd Street  in New York City on November 27, 1986. 

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love love love love love them

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crossbeat july 1998 | beastie boys

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She's Crafty - Beastie Boys (1986)

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"SEE, THIS AIN'T AMERICA'S MOST WANTED, THIS IS AMERICA'S MOST MACKIN'!"

PIC(S) INFO: Mega spotlight on American hip-hop group, BEASTIE BOYS, walking down Franklin Ave., Los Angeles (Hollywood), CA, from the B. Boys' "Check Your Head" photo-session, c. 1991. 📸: Glen E. Friedman.

OVERVIEW: "We met up by the Capitol Records building and eventually ended up in a beach parking lot in Santa Monica. Same lot you would have parked in if you had a car and were going to Arthur Lake's parents home in ‘76 to skate their pool. Pictures from this day ended up on the cover of "CHECK YOUR HEAD" and on various other merchandise the boys put out.

This is one of my FAVORITES from the day.

Hearing this album in the studio with them for the first time while they were working on the sequencing is what inspired me to ask them to do the photo session. They already had the LP cover done I was told, but that was fine by me, once I faxed them some of these they changed direction and threw a Fax on the cover of the LP. On the cassette and later CD they used the actual photograph. Inspired, conquered. Great day, amazing work. They also met AWOL for the first time this day, since i asked him if he'd mind hauling us around in his van and hang out."

-- GLEN E. FRIEDMAN (American photographer/living legend)

Sources: www.instagram.com/p/CSXscEqrXtL, Reddit, Pinterest, StreetArtNews, various, etc...