By Steven Gottlieb on May 4, 2012 @ 1:56pm PDT |
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Beastie Boys member Adam "MCA" Yauch passed away today after a long battle with cancer.
How important were the Beastie Boys to music videos? Short answer: They're the only band to have a Criterion Collection DVD set.
Yauch directed many of them himself under the guise of Nathanial Hornblower — "Intergalactic", "So What'cha Want," and "Make Some Noise" aka Fight For Your Right Revisited, just to name a few. He also founded the Tibetan Freedom Concerts and film/production studio Oscilloscope Labs.
Here are three gems from the Beastie catalog: "Fight For Your Right To Party" directed by Adam Dubin and Ric Menello; "Intergalactic" directed by Hornblower/Yauch; and "Sabotage" directed by Spike Jonze ...
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