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Beastie Boys Story

We built a bare-bones recording studiowith a basketball hoop and Yauch made a skate ramp

We built a bare-bones recording studio
with a basketball hoop and Yauch made a skate ramp

Full Transcript

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We built a bare-bones recording studio with a basketball hoop
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and Yauch made a skate ramp.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
01:15:26
Uploaded
Jun 04, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography, music
Production
N/A

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Movie Summary

Here's a little story they're about to tell... Michael Diamond and Adam Horovitz share the story of the band, Beastie Boys, and 40 years of friendship in a live documentary experience directed by friend and collaborator, Spike Jonze.
We wanted to start playing more and more of our own music again, - Beastie Boys Story 00:06
We wanted to start playing more and more of our own music ag...
I mean, shit, Yauch was living in a fucking log cabin. - Beastie Boys Story 00:04
I mean, shit, Yauch was living in a fucking log cabin.
But like always, we wanted to do what we always do: - Beastie Boys Story 00:07
But like always, we wanted to do what we always do:
We figured instead of just sampling music that we love, - Beastie Boys Story 00:06
We figured instead of just sampling music that we love,
I mean, shit, why not try to sound like The Meters? - Beastie Boys Story 00:04
I mean, shit, why not try to sound like The Meters?
But Yauch goes and buys an acoustic bass - Beastie Boys Story 00:05
But Yauch goes and buys an acoustic bass
Like-- I don't know if you've ever tried to play one of those things, - Beastie Boys Story 00:05
Like-- I don't know if you've ever tried to play o...
So our new routine was to show up at our clubhouse every day - Beastie Boys Story 00:09
So our new routine was to show up at our clubhouse every day
He was the Dust Brothers' engineer, - Beastie Boys Story 00:05
He was the Dust Brothers' engineer,
And we ended up getting him to stay and make music with us. - Beastie Boys Story 00:04
And we ended up getting him to stay and make music with us.
Now, when we were staying at that crazy expensive house in Hollywood, - Beastie Boys Story 00:06
Now, when we were staying at that crazy expensive house in H...
But Mario had a friend who was a carpenter, Mark Nishita, - Beastie Boys Story 00:05
But Mario had a friend who was a carpenter, Mark Nishita,
But Mario said he's also this really great keyboard player. - Beastie Boys Story 00:04
But Mario said he's also this really great keyboard pla...
So when we got our studio and started playing, - Beastie Boys Story 00:07
So when we got our studio and started playing,
Listen to that guitar, Adam. Your guitar break. - Beastie Boys Story 00:04
Listen to that guitar, Adam. Your guitar break.
Mark's on the organ. I mean, we're getting it together, right, Mike? - Beastie Boys Story 00:04
Mark's on the organ. I mean, we're getting it toge...
The only problem was we weren't finishing any songs. - Beastie Boys Story 00:04
The only problem was we weren't finishing any songs.
When it came time to do vocals on a song, - Beastie Boys Story 00:05
When it came time to do vocals on a song,
We'd been in a weird headspace, - Beastie Boys Story 00:05
We'd been in a weird headspace,
We think we're rappers, because our first two albums were rap albums. - Beastie Boys Story 00:04
We think we're rappers, because our first two albums we...