Category: Beastie Boys

Beastie Boys Moving Ahead with ‘Hot Sauce’ After Yauch’s Cancer Battle
Beastie Boys member Mike D says the veteran rap trio is still on track for a 2011 comeback that includes the release of new album “Hot Sauce Committee Part 2” this spring, after Adam Yauch’s cancer battle rendered the group inactive for much of 2010.
In a new interview with BBC Radio 1, Mike D confirms that the Beasties’ release schedule for its two “Hot Sauce Committee” albums has not changed from what was announced back in October 2010. “It’s still delayed – the first one,” he says. “The second one is coming out as originally scheduled.”
The rapper adds that while the group is “really happy” about Yauch’s improved health, touring plans for 2011 are still unclear. “We’re still going to have to see how he’s [Yauch] doing,” says Mike D.
Although the BBC Radio 1 interview led to widespread reports that Mike D said Yauch was cancer-free, a spokesperson for the group clarifies to Billboard.com, “Mike did not say that.”
Yauch underwent surgery to remove a cancerous tumor in his salivary gland in July 2009. In December of that year, he sent a email message to fans to share that we was feeling “healthy, strong and hopeful” he’d beaten the disease, and in October the group announced the track list of “Part 2” in and revealed that “Hot Sauce Committee Part 1” would be released at a later date.
Before the Beastie Boys issue their follow-up to 2007 instrumental album “The Mix-Up,” Mike D says that the trio has to finish “a big video,” which may or may not be “Fight For Your Right Revisited,” a re-imagining of their classic 1987 “(You Gotta) Fight For Your Fight (to Party)” music video that will star Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly and Seth Rogen, among others. “It’s not even a video, it’s a film-eo. A cinematic, short film,” says Mike D.

Beasties’ Yauch given ‘all-clear’
Beastie Boys rapper Adam Yauch has been given the all-clear in his cancer battle, 18 months after he was diagnosed with the disease.
The star, aka MCA, put his career on hold after doctors found a tumour in his parotid gland in July 2009, and as a result, the band’s album Hot Sauce Committee, Part 1 was delayed indefinitely.
Yauch proved he was on the road to recovery months after having the lump removed when he declared he was “feeling healthy, strong and hopeful”, having adopted a strict vegan diet and turned to ancient Chinese medicine upon the advice of Tibetan doctors.
And his bandmate Mike D reveals the trio’s plans to release the second part of Hot Sauce Committee this spring are back on track now that Yauch has overcome his illness.
In an interview on BBC Radio 1, Mike D calls the news of the all-clear “a good thing”, adding, “We’re really happy about it.”
And while the Beastie Boys’ previously announced first project, Hot Sauce Committee, Part 1, is “still delayed”, Mike D insists fans will be treated to some new music very soon.
He says, “The second one is coming out as originally scheduled.”
The rapper claimed the Beastie Boys were “open” to touring to promote the upcoming release, but admitted it will all depend on how 46-year-old Yauch’s health holds up.
Mike D continues, “We’re still going to have to see how he’s doing.”

Beastie Boys Reveal ‘Hot Sauce Committee Pt. 2′ Tracklist
Originally slated for a September 2009 release, the Beastie Boys’ eighth studio album, “Hot Sauce Committee Part 1,” will now be released in spring 2011 as “Hot Sauce Committee Part 2, ” the rap trio announced today. The 16 tracks which had comprised “Part 1” will grace the new set, while the material originally recorded for “Part 2” will be bumped to a later release.
“I know it’s weird and confusing,” said Beastie member Adam “MCA” Yauch in a statement, “but at least we can say unequivocally that Hot Sauce Committee Part 2 is coming out on time, which is more than I can say about Part 1, and really is all that matters in the end.”
We just kept working and working on various sequences for part 2, and after a year and half of spending days on end in the sequencing room trying out every possible combination, it finally became clear that this was the only way to make it work,” Yauch added.
“Hot Sauce Committee Part 1” was delayed indefinitely last year after Yauch was diagnosed with a cancerous tumor in his salivary gland. After undergoing surgery in July 2009, the rapper said that he was “healthy, strong and hopeful” last October.
Set for release on Capitol, “Hot Sauce Committee Part 2” will follow the Beastie Boys’ all-instrumental 2007 album “The Mix-Up,” which has sold 172,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The group has yet to announce touring plans behind the album.
Here is the tracklist for “Hot Sauce Committee Part 2”:
“Tadlock’s Glasses”
“B-Boys In The Cut”
“Make Some Noise”
“Nonstop Disco Powerpack”
“OK”
“Too Many Rappers (featuring Nas)”
“Say It”
“The Bill Harper Collection”
“Don’t Play No Game That I Can’t Win (featuring Santigold)”
“Long Burn The Fire”
“Funky Donkey”
“Lee Majors Come Again”
“Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament”
“Pop Your Balloon”
“Crazy Ass Shit”
“Here’s A Little Something For Ya”

Beastie Boys to release new album in Spring 2011
Beastie Boys have revealed that they will release a new album in Spring 2011.
The group will now release ‘Hot Sauce Committee Part 2’, before ‘Hot Sauce Committee Part 1’, which was due out in September.
A statement on the band’s official website, BeastieBoys.com reads: “Although we regret to inform you that ‘Hot Sauce Committee Part 1’ will continue to be delayed indefinitely, ‘Hot Sauce Committee Part 2’ will be released on time as originally planned in spring of 2011.”
‘Hot Sauce Committee Part 1’ was originally scheduled to be released last year, but was delayed when Adam Yauch was diagnosed with cancer of the preaortic gland and lymph node.
Meanwhile, Beastie Boys have been nominated for induction into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame.

Beastie Boys “Massaging” ‘Hot Sauce’ Tracks for Fall Release
Nine months ago, the Beastie Boys shocked fans with news they’d be putting their studio work and festival dates on hold so Adam Yauch (a.k.a. MCA) could fight salivary gland cancer. Yauch is continuing treatments and feeling “pretty good,” Mike Diamond tells Rolling Stone, and the New York trio hope to have Hot Sauce Committee Pt. 1 in stores this fall.
“We’ve been letting it age,” Mike D says, comparing the album to a fine wine. “The writing is the growing of the grapes, and we’ve already macerated, and at this point, it’s been living in a barrel and being stored in bottles in the cellar, and hopefully by September, we will uncork.”
But before the Beasties are ready to let their fans soak in their first full album of new, non-instrumental material since 2004’s To the Five Boroughs, they’re doing “some tinkering.” “It will be messed with,” Mike D says, noting the “massaging” will mostly come into mixing and mastering.
The title of the album will stay the same, including the implication that there will eventually be a Hot Sauce Committee Pt. 2, even if the sequel is “set aside for much later.” The pastoral cover art, featuring Ad-Rock, Mike D and MCA (carrying a cat) crossing a bridge from the city to the woods, “could be changed.” And the songs ó 17 at last count ó “might be shuffled.” “Maybe 16 of the songs will survive, and one will get cut, or get a substitution,” Mike D says.
“Hopefully it’s gone from being a very good wine with a lot of promise to being a fully refined and fully developed wine for consumption. The finest French Burgundies only get better in time, and only show their real selves and real complexity with a great deal of time, so we can only hope that time will tell [for Hot Sauce].”
Of course, the proposed fall release is still contingent on Yauch’s health. “We make plans and change those plans based on what Adam’s got to do,” Mike D says. “Our real priority is for him to heal.”
In the meantime, Mike D has big plans for this weekend, when he’ll team up with Andrew W.K. to host a massive, kid-friendly guitar jam as part of the Tribeca Film Festival and the Church Street School’s street fair. Andrew W.K. will hold up flash cards announcing the chords for songs like Deep Purple’s “Smoke on the Water,” the Beatles’ “Yellow Submarine” and Jason Mraz’s “I’m Yours,” and the crowd will attempt to play along. “My hope is that there are tons of kids with guitars, some with amps and some not, and it’ll be like School of Rock meets Glenn Branca, like organized cacophony,” Mike D laughs. “It could be a disaster!”

Yauch restarting work on album
Cancer-struck Beastie Boys rapper Adam Yauch is planning to restart work on the band’s latest album now he’s recovering from the illness – but the record’s release is still dependent on his health.
Hot Sauce Committee, Part 1 was indefinitely postponed after Yauch was diagnosed with a salivary gland tumour last year.
He underwent surgery to remove the growth and kickstarted a health drive with a trip to Tibet.
Yauch recently announced he’s feeling much better in his ongoing battle against cancer, and now hopes to restart work on the new record which could be released in September as long as he remains healthy.
He tells EW.com, “I feel better. It was touch and go there for a while, but I am finally getting my energy back. It was really disappointing to have to hold the record and postpone the tour, but doctor’s orders. We may or may not (release the album) depending on how my health is come September. We want to but we have to play it by ear. We were talking about working on it a bit. We finished the record over a year ago, so we want to take a look at it and re-evaluate and make sure it is what we want to put out there and that we are still happy with it. I don’t think we will change it up too much.”

Beastie Boys’ Adam Yauch “Hopeful” He Has Beaten Cancer
Adam Yauch is feeling “healthy, strong and hopeful” that he has beaten cancer, the Beastie Boys member shared in a message to fans this week.
Yauch sent an email update to the Beastie Boys’ official fan list after returning from a visit to Tibetan doctors in Dharamsala, India, where he traveled shortly after undergoing surgery in late July to remove a cancerous tumor from his left parotid gland.
“I’m taking Tibetan medicine and at the recommendation of the Tibetan doctors I’ve been eating a vegan/organic diet,” says Yauch in the message, adding that his new health regimen “surprisingly enough was harder to do in India than it is now that I’m back home.”
“I’m feeling healthy, strong and hopeful that I’ve beaten this thing, but of course time will tell,” says Yauch.
The Beastie Boys’ new studio album, “Hot Sauce Committee Part 1,” was put on hold when Yauch first announced that he had cancer on July 20 via YouTube. The group subsequently canceled all scheduled live performances, including festival dates at All Points West, Lollapalooza, Outside Lands, Osheaga and Austin City Limits.
A new release date for “Hot Sauce Committee Part 1” is still to be determined.

Kanye West outburst upstages VMA winners
Beyonce took home Video of the Year last night (9/13) at MTV’s Video Music Awards ceremonies, an event marred by Kanye West’s disruption of another winner’s acceptance speech.
Moments after accepting the VMA trophy for Best Female Video, teenage country star and first-time VMA winner Taylor Swift was interrupted by West, who took the microphone from the singer’s hands to complain that the statuette should have gone to Beyonce.
“Taylor, I’m really happy for you, and I’m gonna let you finish, but Beyonce had one of the best videos of all time,” West said, as the audience at New York City’s Radio City Music Hall began to boo and a shocked Swift stood clutching her trophy. West, who did not win an award, was booed whenever his name was mentioned for the remainder of the night.
Later, during her own acceptance speech for Video of the Year (for “Single Ladies,”) Beyonce called Swift to the stage to complete her own interrupted speech.
Swift praised Beyonce to reporters backstage. “I thought that I couldn’t love Beyonce more and then tonight happened and it was just wonderful.” She also said she had never met West and had never been a fan of his music. “I don’t know him and I don’t want to start anything,” the singer told reporters.
For his own part, West–who has disrupted several award shows with similar antics in the past after not receiving trophies, including the Grammy Awards and the American Music Awards–later apologized on his blog, while continuing to maintain that Beyonce should have won the award. “I’M SOOOOO SORRY TO TAYLOR SWIFT AND HER FANS AND HER MOM. I SPOKE TO HER MOTHER RIGHT AFTER AND SHE SAID THE SAME THING MY MOTHER WOULD’VE SAID. SHE IS VERY TALENTED! “BEYONCE’S VIDEO WAS THE BEST OF THIS DECADE!!!! … EVERYBODY WANNA BOOOOO ME BUT I’M A FAN OF REAL POP CULTURE!!!,” he added.
Aside from Swift’s and Beyonce’s awards, currently imprisoned rapper T.I. took home the prize for Best Male Video for “Live Your Life,” featuring Rihanna, and Eminem continued his comeback by taking the award for Best Hip-Hop Video for “We Made You.”
The awards show also featured several nods to the late Michael Jackson, including a musical and dancing tribute from sister Janet Jackson, and a moving speech by Madonna, who recounted her twin rise to superstardom with Jackson in the ’80s.
“Sometimes, we have to lose things before we can truly appreciate them,” said Madonna, who was dressed all in black. “Yes, Michael Jackson was a human being, but yes, he was a king. Long live the king.”
Other winners on the night included Britney Spears, who received Best Pop Video for “Womanizer,” and Green Day, which took home the award for Best Rock Video for “21 Guns.” Lady GaGa was named Best New Artist, while Matt & Kim won Best Breakthrough Video for the duo’s “Lessons Learned.”
“Sabotage,” a 1994 video from Beastie Boys, won in the Best Video That Should Have Won a Moonman category, which refers to the VMA’s iconic astronaut-styled statuette.
Here is a complete list of winners:
Video of the Year
“Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)”
Beyonce
Best Female Video
“You Belong With Me”
Taylor Swift
Best Male Video
“Live Your Life”
T.I. featuring Rihanna
Best Rock Video
“21 Guns”
Green Day
Best Pop Video
“Womanizer”
Britney Spears
Best Hip-Hop Video
“We Made You”
Eminem
Best Brekthrough Video
“Lessons Learned”
Matt and Kim
Best Video That Should Have Won a Moonman
“Sabotage”
Beastie Boys
Best New Artist
Lady Gaga

Beastie Boys’ Adam Yauch Sends Cancer Treatment Update To Fans
The Beastie Boys’ ailing Adam “MCA” Yauch has sent an email to fans on the group’s mailing list updating them on his condition and assuring them that “things are moving along.”
Yauch announced on July 20 that doctors had found a cancerous tumor in his left salivary gland, as well as a lymph node in the same area. The Beasties subsequently postponed the planned Sept. 15 release of their new album, “Hot Sauce Committee Part 1,” and canceled all scheduled live performances, including festival dates at All Points West in New York, Chicago’s Lollapalooza, Outside Lands in San Francisco, Osheaga in Montreal and Austin City Limits in Texas.
In the new note Yauch wrote that he’s “rapidly recovering” from surgery to remove the cancer that took place about a week and a half ago and returned home after just one night in the hospital “to relax, have home cooked food and hang out with the family.” Yauch said he’s also been avoiding pain medications which would slow his healing. He’s now preparing for “the next line of treatment,” which will be a seven-week course of radiation that should start “in a few weeks.”
Yauch said he heard about or watched on YouTube the various tributes paid to him during last weekend’s All Points West, including Coldplay’s Chris Martin playing a solo piano version of “(You’ve Got to) Fight For Your Right (to Party)” and Jay-Z busting a bit of “No Sleep Till Brooklyn.” “Good shit,” Yauch wrote, “and I heard Karen O (of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs) wore a “get well MCA” armband, and that Q-Tip gave a shout out too…Very kind of them.”
Yauch concluded that he “just wanted to thank them and everyone else who sent positive thoughts my way. I do think that all of the well wishes have contributed to the fact that my treatment and recovery are going well. Much love back at all of you!”
Yauch’s initial message revealing the cancer said that doctors had caught it early, but there’s been no official word on how advanced the disease is. Yauch did not say when he planned to update fans again.
The full text of Yaunch’s note reads:
hey all,
hope you are doing well.
so i’m about a week and a half out of surgery now and rapidly recovering from it. i haven’t taken any of the pain meds, which supposedly speeds along the healing process, or should i say, taking them slows it down. anyway, i spent 1 night at the hospital after the surgery. the hospital was too crazy to get any rest so i headed home to relax, have home cooked food and hang out with the family.
i’m pretty well detoxed from the anesthesia that they pumped me up with to keep me under for all that time. that took several days to get out of my system. my neck and jaw are still pretty stiff from the surgery, but it gets better everyday. had the stitches out this past monday… so things are moving along.
but no sooner am i on the mend from this first torture than are they lining up the next one. the next line of treatment will be radiation. that involves blasting you with some kind of beam for a few minutes a day, 5 days a week, for about 7 weeks. that will start in a few weeks…
saw the jay-z cover of no sleep, and the coldplay one of fight for your right from APW on youtube. good shit. and i heard karen o wore a “get well MCA” armband, and that q-tip gave a shout out too….. very kind of them.
just wanted to thank them and everyone else who sent positive thoughts my way. i do think that all of the well wishes have contributed to the fact that my treatment and recovery are going well.
much love back at all of you!
adam

Beastie Boy Adam Yauch has ‘very treatable’ cancer
NEW YORK ñ Beastie Boy Adam Yauch has what is described as a “very treatable” cancerous tumor in his salivary gland.
An announcement came Monday from the group, which is canceling its tour dates and postponing an album release.
A statement says the tumor was found early. It’s confined to one area and is considered very treatable.
He will need surgery and other treatment, but the statement says his vocal cords will not be affected.
The 43-year-old Yauch is not only part of the pioneering rap group, but has also emerged as a film producer.