RELEASES
2.1 - Will there be another Beastie Boys album?
2.2 - Where can I buy Beastie Boys cd's, singles and videos etc. online?
2.3 - What's up with that DVD Anthology everybody's talking about?
2.4 - How come Rock Hard isn't included on The Sounds Of Science?

GRAND ROYAL
3.1 - What is Grand Royal?
3.2 - What other artists were signed with Grand Royal?
3.3 - Who came up with the name Grand Royal?
3.4 - What is the address of Grand Royal?

X-LARGE
4.1 - What is X-Large?
4.2 - How can I contact X-Large?
4.3 - Why was X-Large formed?

INTERNET RESOURCES
5.1 - Does the Beastie Boys have their own webpage?
5.2 - Where can I get the rare Beastie Boys tracks, everybody's talking about?
5.3 - Where can I meet other Beastie Boys fans online?

TOURING
6.1 - Are the Beastie Boys currently on tour?
6.2 - When are the Beastie Boys coming to my hometown?
6.3 - Will Mix Master Mike be on the Beastie Boys next tour as well?

MISC.
7.1 - What is a Cookie Puss?
7.2 - What is a Brass Monkey?
7.3 - What is that french woman actually saying on BBoys makin' with the freak-freak, and why doesn't my copy have it?
7.4 - What's up with the israelian guys on the hidden track on Root Down EP?
7.5 - What is the Milarepa Fund?
7.6 - Have the Beastie Boys ever been in any movies?
7.7 - What does Aglio E Olio mean, and what language is it?
7.8 - Who are the dudes at the back of the Ill Communication cover?

1.1 - Who are the Beastie Boys? Officially, the Beastie Boys are three. Michael Diamond aka Mike D, Adam Yauch aka MCA and Adam Horovitz aka King Adrock. The original line-up when the Beastie Boys formed back in 1981 was Mike D on vocals, MCA on bass, John Barry on guitar and Kate Schellenbach on drums. When John and Kate later left the band they picked up Adam Horovitz as the guitarist. DJ Hurricane became their DJ during the Licensed To Ill era but left the group 11 years later, just before the Hello Nasty release circa 1997. All members of the Beastie Boys today are Mike D (vocals, drums) MCA (vocals, bass) Adrock (vocals, guitar) Amery Smith aka AWOL (drums on punk songs) Mark Nishita aka Keyboard Money Mark (keyboard), Alfredo Ortiz (percussion) and Mix Master Mike (DJ). 1.2 - What does BEASTIE mean? According to Michael Diamond, B.E.A.S.T.I.E stands for; Boys Entering Anarchistic States Towards Internal Excellence. 1.3 - How old are the Beastie Boys? Adam Horovitz - October 31, 1966, Now 35 years old Michael Diamond - November 20, 1965, Now 36 years old Adam Yauch - August 5, 1964, Now 37 years old 1.4 - Are any of the Beastie Boys married? Yes, Michael Diamond is married to director Tamra Davis and Adam Yauch is married to Dechen Wangdu and has a dotter born in october of 1998 named Tenzin. Adam Horovitz was previously married to actress Ione Skye for 5 years but has now separated. Today he is seeing Le Tigre member Kathleen Hannah. 1.5 - Where do the Beastie Boys live? The Beastie Boys now live in New York City where they also grew up. During the break between Licensed To Ill and Paul's Boutique, the Beastie Boys moved to Los Angeles but moved back again right after the Ill Coummunication era 1994-1995. As for Mike, he travels back and forth between NYC and LA but is still considered to be living in New York City. 1.6 - Who is Mix Master Mike? Michael Schwartz aka Mixmaster Mike has been the Beastie Boys DJ since Hello Nasty and has won several DJ awards. He first got in contact with Adam yauch by recording some scratching sounds on Adam's answering machine. 1.7 - What happened to DJ Hurricane? Don't fret. Hurricane is merely taking time off to work on his own musical endeavors. He's just put out a second solo album. He wanted to focus on his solo career and that is most likely one of the main reasons he left Beastie Boys. 2.1 - Will there be another Beastie Boys album? The beastie Boys are in the process of recording a new album. Stay tune for updates about statements and such. Most likely we will be seeing a new album in the summer of 2002. 2.2 - Where can I buy Beastie Boys cd's, singles and videos etc. online? There are loads of online ordering sites but only a few of them are really good. Here's a few that you can trust on, CDNOW, Borders, BeastieBoys Direct. 2.3 - What's up with that DVD Anthology everybody's talking about? You obviosly haven't paid attention to this site. Here. 2.4 - How come Rock Hard isn't included on The Sounds Of Science? Well, it was supposed to be on the Anthology but AC/DC didn't allow it because of the samples from AC/DC's Back In Black. Instead, the Beastie Boys chose She's On It which was done just after Rock Hard and is on the soundtrack of Krush Groove. 3.1 - What is Grand Royal? Grand Royal was the Beastie Boys very own independent record label. The founder was actually Mike D and the first band that signed up for the label was Luscious Jacksons where one of the members was Kate Schellenbach who started out in the Beastie Boys back in 1981. Because of economic difficulties, Grand Royal had it's closure in September 2001. No more Grand Royal. 3.2 - What other artists were signed with Grand Royal? Except The Beastie Boys and Luscious Jacksons, there were a lot of other bands that were signed with the label such as Sean Lennon, At The Drive-In and DJ Hurricane. Check out Grand Royal's website here (if it's still there) 3.3 - Who came up with the name Grand Royal? Biz Markie came up with the name. Everytime he'd hear a great song they would play, he would say "Grand Royal Guarenteed", so that's where they got it from. 3.4 - What is the address of Grand Royal? If you're lucky you can reach them at: Grand Royal P.O. Box 26689 Los Angeles, CA 90026 But, since Grand Royal is no more, it can be hard ;) 4.1 - What is X-Large? X-Large is a chain of clothing stores. Contrary to popular belief, the Beastie Boys do not own X-Large, but Mike D *is* one of its investors. Currently stores are located in Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Berkeley, Portland, Tokyo, Osaka, and Sydney. 4.2 - How can I contact X-Large? You can contact X-Large by emailing xlwebmaster@xlarge.com and if you want to find out more about the clothing lines available or even buy online then visit the website at xlarge.com. 4.3 - Why was X-Large formed? Instead of running around looking for neat shirts, Mike decided to start his own clothing line and design the clothes the way he wanted them to look. 5.1 - Does the Beastie Boys have their own webpage? Yes, of course they have. It's http://www.beastieboys.com 5.2 - Where can I get the rare Beastie Boys tracks, everybody's talking about? Napster was very effective for this. It's closed now due to legal issues. Try Kazza or Morpheus. Another way is to trade with people like me. If you think you have something of us traders' interest - don't hasitate, just send and email and perhaps you could be getting tons of discs just filled with rare music. 5.3 - Where can I meet other Beastie Boys fans online? Register at BeastieBoys.com's own message board. That's the best way to meet nice Beastie Boys fans from all over the world. 6.1 - Are the Beastie Boys currently on tour? No. The Beastie Boys were supposed to do a tour named "Rhyme & Reason Tour 2000" with Rage Against The Machine but sadly, Michael Diamond got injured from a bicycle accident. 6.2 - When are the Beastie Boys coming to my hometown? According to MCA himself - "If people want to have whatever events and try to convinve anyone, they should talk to Pav our promoter, and not us" 6.3 - Will Mix Master Mike be on the Beastie Boys next tour aswell? Most certainly. 7.1 - What is a Cookie Puss? A Cookie Puss is an ice cream cake made by an ice cream store called Carvel (similar to Baskin-gobbins or Dairy Queen). If you listen to the song, you can hear that one of the women who answers the phone picks up and says "Hello, Carvel". 7.2 - What is a Brass Monkey? Brass Monkey is a mixed drink, which according to "The Complete Bartender" consists of: 1/2 oz. vodka, 1/2 oz. light rum, and orange juice. To mix, fill a highball glass with ice, add vodka, rum and orange juice, then stir. 7.3 - What is that french woman actually saying on BBoys makin' with the freak-freak, and why doesn't my copy have it? "Allo allo, c'est un message pour Adam bon Adam, tu n'es pas la mais qu'est-ce tu fabriques? C'est Stephanie Violaine." Translation: "Hello hello, this is a message for Adam OK Adam, you're not there but what are you doing/making? It's Stephanie Violaine.....I hope you learn how to speak french, 'cos Iwas saying crazy bullshit about you...one second ago." (provided by]ason Nicol, me91jpn@brunel ac.uk). Only the Grand Royal and non-U.S. releases of Ill Communication contain this. The U.S. domestic Capitol releases do not. This is due to the fact that the owner of the voice did not appreciate hearing herself on the record without her permission. 7.4 - What's up with the israelian guys on the hidden track on Root Down EP? The weird voices in the end of the Root Down EP, right after Something's Got To Give, is a radio commercial spoken in hebrew to support the upcoming israel Ill Communication tour 1995. Here's what they say, and right after that is the translation. "Az ma az ma hata rotse, rotse? Lirhot ta'Beastie Boys be hofaha rotse! 8ehod shavoha hem yofihu kan, az techef nesader po special lichvodam. Special Beastie Boys be yom shishi, yom shishi chatsot! Likrat boham la'harets, shahataim him a'8eastie 8oys, be yom shishi hasara be merts, Galts chatsot, yeah... " Translation: "So, What'cha what'cha want? To see Beastie Boys live that's what I want. In one week time they'll show here, so soon we'll fix a special for them. Special Beastie Boys on Friday, Friday midnight! Towards their arrival to our country, two hours with the Beastie Boys, Friday the tenth of March, IDF (Israeli Defense Force) station midnight, yeah 7.5 - What is the Milarepa Fund? The Milarepa Fund is a foundation established in May 1994 by the Beastie Boys in the hope of promoting universal compassion through music. Its aim is to assist organizations working throughout the world with people such as the Tibetans, Native Americans, and the aboriginal peoples of the South Pacific. The organisation, especially, has done much to highlight the problems in Tibet, including holding annual Tibetan Freedom Concerts. To learn more about what they do and how you can help, visit http://www.milarepa.org 7.6 - Have the Beastie Boys ever been in any movies? Adam Horovitz has been in Lost Angels (1989), A Kiss Before Dying (1991) and Roadside Prophets (1992), while all three Beasties have appeared in Krush Groove (1985) and the Run DMC movie, Tougher Than Leather (1988). 7.7 - What does Aglio E Olio mean, and what language is it? Aglio E Olio which is an EP released in 1995, is Italian and means Garlic And Oil. 7.8 - Who are the dudes at the back of the Ill Communication cover? Left to Right: AWOL (drums) Eric Bobo (former percussion. Now drummer for Cypress Hill) Mike D (vocals, drums) Money Mark (Keyboard) MCA (vocals, bass) Adrock (vocals, guitar) DJ Hurricane (former Beastie Boys DJ between 86-98) Mario C (producer, engineer for the Beastie Boys)