Beastie Boys' 'Sabotage' was about the band's frustration with their sound engineer
The Beastie Boys Book, a meaty memoir penned by the band's Michael "Mike D" Diamond and Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz, was released this week.
Via the books' press junket, some of the stories within its pages are coming out.
In particular, Rolling Stone shared an excerpt from the audiobook. Ad-Rock writes how the song "Sabotage" was inspired by the band's sound engineer Mario (who was known to "blow a fuse"), "I decided it would be funny to write a song about how Mario was holding us all down, how he was trying to mess it all up, sabotaging our great works of art..."
...Saturday Night Live alum Tim Meadows tells the story of 1994's "Sabotage," reading from both Diamond's and Horovitz's perspectives as they recall how engineer Mario Caldato Jr. inspired the classic rage-out. Yes, that's right: When Ad-Rock screams "IIIIIIIIIIIIII can't stand it/I know you planned it," the person he's so pissed at in that moment is the Beastie Boys' own good friend and recording partner...
The book is available for $49.99 from the band's merch site, or $30 from Amazon.
photo via Beastie Boys blog
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