ArtistInfo

Beastie Boys

Band, 1981-2012 US, New York City
Hip-Hop/Rap

American hip hop band formed in New York in 1981 as a hardcore punk combo. After the success of their first hip hop track, "Cooky Puss" in 1983, they turned into a rap group that sometimes include punk rock tracks in their albums. From 1992 to 2001, they ran the Grand Royal label. The band officially stopped in June 2014, following the death of Adam Yauch in 2012. Members: Ad Rock (Adam Horovitz): vocals, guitar (1982-2014) MCA (Adam Yauch): vocals, bass (1981-2012) Mike D (Michael Diamond): vocals, drums (1981-2014) John Berry (5): guitar (1981-1982) Kate Schellenbach: drums (1981-1984) + touring members: Rick Rubin (as DJ Double R): disc jockey (1984-1985) Doctor Dré (Andre A. Brown) – disc jockey (1986) DJ Hurricane (2) (Wendell Fite) – disc jockey (1986–1997) Eric Bobo (Eric Correa) – percussion (1992–1996) Money Mark (Mark Ramos-Nishita) – keyboards, vocals (1992–2014) AWOL (Amery Smith) – drums (1994–1995) Alfredo Ortiz – drums, percussion (1996–2014) Mix Master Mike (Mike Schwartz) – disc jockey, turntablist and backing vocals (1998–2014)

Members

	Adam Horovitz g *1966 US
	Kate Schellenbach dr *1966 US
	Adam Yauch b, cb, eb 1964-2012 US
	Wendell Fite
	Mike Schwartz
	John Berry g 1963-2016 US
	Michael Diamond dr *1965 US