Michael Hann

Joyous and very, very funny: Beastie Boys Story reviewed

Plus: a fascinating Netflix documentary about a manufactured band of Spanish pre-teens who went global in the 1970s but soon came crashing down to earth

Mike Diamond, director Spike Jonze and Adam Yauch in 1993 preparing for the ‘Sabotage’ music video [Apple TV+’s Beastie Boys Story] 
issue 16 May 2020

The music of the Beastie Boys was entirely an expression of their personalities, a chance to delightedly splurge out on to record everything that amused them. And early on, in their teens-get-drunk debut album, Licensed To Ill, that resulted in obnoxiousness. But mostly they were kinetic and colourful, which is why the new Apple TV+ film about them works so well.

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