Includes index.

Map on back endpapers.

"Todo lo que queias saber sobre la iconica banda neoyorkina. Fundada en Nueva York en 1981, Beastie Boys se abrio paso hasta llegar a lo mas alto del hip hop. Este monumental libro revela por primera vez su historia, en palabras de la banda. Horovitz y Diamond nos ofrecen una multitud de relatos hilarantes sobre los cambios de estilo del grupo, sus colaboraciones o la creacion de su album debut, que se convirtio en el primer disco de hip hop en alcanzar el numero uno. Durante mas de treinta anos, Beastie Boys ha tenido una influencia irrefutable en la cultura popular, un influjo que persiste todavia hoy. Tan peculiar y eclectico como la banda, este libro, planteado tambien como un homenaje a Adam Yauch (MCA), el tercer miembro de la banda, fallecido en 2012, supone una vuelta de tuerca a las clasicas memorias musicales: aqui el lector encontrara desde insolitas fotos hasta ilustraciones originales o cartas manuscritas." --

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; their early collaboration with Russell Simmons and Rick Rubin; the debut album that became the first hip hop record ever to hit #1, Licensed to Ill--and the album's messy fallout as the band broke with Def Jam; their move to Los Angeles and rebirth with the genre-defying masterpiece Paul's Boutique; their evolution as musicians and social activists over the course of the classic albums Check Your Head, Ill Communication, and Hello Nasty and the Tibetan Freedom Concert benefits conceived by the late Adam "MCA" Yauch; and more. For more than thirty 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. Alongside the band narrative you will find rare photos, original illustrations, a cookbook by chef Roy Choi, a graphic novel, a map of Beastie Boys' New York, mixtape playlists, pieces by guest contributors, and many more surprises.

Text in Spanish, translated from the English.