Beastie Boys

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 [l=Grand Royal] label. The band officially stopped in June 2014, following the death of [a=Adam Yauch] in 2012. Members: [a=Ad Rock] ([a=Adam Horovitz]): vocals, guitar (1982-2014) [a=MCA] ([s]Adam Yauch[/s]): vocals, bass (1981-2012) [a=Mike D] ([url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/4043933-Michael-Diamond-3]Michael Diamond[/url]): vocals, drums (1981-2014) [a797069]: guitar (1981-1982) [a110727]: drums (1981-1984) + touring members: [a=Rick Rubin] (as DJ Double R): disc jockey (1984-1985) [a185889] ([a191439]) – disc jockey (1986) DJ [a128173] ([a555935]) – disc jockey (1986–1997) [a130898] ([a750830]) – percussion (1992–1996) [a3880] ([a252213]) – keyboards, vocals (1992–2014) [a48084] ([a436745]) – drums (1994–1995) [a394805] – drums, percussion (1996–2014) [a9838] ([a756781]) – disc jockey, turntablist and backing vocals (1998–2014)