Late to the Party...an older fans story...

[MrPeters]

Perhaps I shouldn't clain "older" status since I am most likely the top demographic for the Beasties? 34, probably a lot around that age?

Anyways...I was in Aruba in 89 hanging with this black kid from Miami and he was going on and on about Pauls Boutique, "you heard License to Ill right? It's nothing like that way way better way different".

At 17, and still addicted to Led Zeppelin, I remember being "hmm yeah I should listen to it...yeah ok whatever..."

Then in college Check your Head and Ill Communication came out and I liked what I heard on radio and on MtV but never bought any of their stuff.

THEN...as a young adult out on my own in Florida my wifes younger brother bought Hello Nasty while we were at a mall together. We listened to it in the car and I distinctly remember the secend song "yo ... yo ... yo ..." and thinking FUCK that is funky!!! And then I must have forgotten this...

So throughout the 16 years between that kid telling me about how great PB is and me buying it 3 months ago I must have heard from about 10 people and 5 reviews telling me how freaky great it is.

So during the past 3 months all I can listen to is the Beastie Boys! And it doesn't look like it will pass anytime soon. Just too damn interesting, funky and varied.

It is kinda cool I found out so late because all of this has been so new. I was just thinking "man, you know I haven't bought any new music for a long time, nothing really great any more?"

So...there thought someone might get a little kick out of that story.

I should really starting keeping a list of things to do!

[cj hood]

welcome.......i'm 32....been down since '86!

[kleptomaniac]

15 and down since....a year or two ago :o

[adrock14]

one of those "Beastie Miracles" the first time I heard them was a few years ago when I was like 7 and my dad blasted No Sleep Til Brooklyn and I had no idea what the hell it was. Now I am 13 and know every word to it and the story behind it and all that stuff an obsessed fan knows. Also I discovered all the other magnificent songs they have. (y) (y) :)

p.s. welcome!!! (!) :)

[jackrock]

welcome to the bbmb man (!)

enjoy your stay (y)

edit- edit- 13, like 'em since ooohh bout a year ago.... love 'em from then on (y)

[kleptomaniac]

enjoy your stay (y)


you make the BBMB seem like a Holiday Inn or something :rolleyes: :D

[jackrock]

... it.... isn't!... :eek:

[adrock14]

if it was I would be sleeping on the bench outside all the time. (y)

[laurie_hammy]

18 been down since 98.

[jackrock]

[CJS1981]

24, been down since 86 or so, whenever they were on American Bandstand,. . and then i found a copy of pauls boutiqe at my cousins house a few years later

[ragdoll_92]

22, been down since 98, but check your head is my era.

[JasonP]

62 and been down since '73. i actually taught Mike social studies in the 3rd grade.

[@water]

Some time ago someone posted the different phases a typical Beastie-fan goes through during his/her growing addiction for the band...
I wish I had saved it, it was spot on :(

[YoungRemy]

welcome, MrPeters!!

Beastie Boys influenced my taste in music back in the late 80's, from Zeppelin to Marley and Bob Dylan, anything they referenced or sampled I was investigating...

[dave790]

I enjoyed your story (y)

[Laver1969]

Welcome...you have a lot of catching up to do.

You'd better read some books on the outside to keep up.

[jackrock]

Some time ago someone posted the different phases a typical Beastie-fan goes through during his/her growing addiction for the band...
I wish I had saved it, it was spot on :(
i remember that, it was pretty well done (y)

[meng]

32 here from basstown Miami......been down since '86 and the cars that go boom with the brass monkey.....

[Weezman]

I like the way this thread is going....i was going to ask how old yaw'll were, but didnt think anyone would fess up.... the truth anyway.

Ok here it goes,




Im 34, been down since 86' (just like Guido, aint that a cowink-ka-dink?)

:D Still kickin it live in 2005!! :cool:

- Weezman

[brooklyndust]

fuck I feel like this is an AA meeting

21 been down with them since 98, really down with them around 99 though

when I bought the anthology and just backtracked from there

wish I could have been down with them a little bit sooner, so I could have witnessed all those amazing shows (92-94 especially)

[surfchick]

Some time ago someone posted the different phases a typical Beastie-fan goes through during his/her growing addiction for the band...
I wish I had saved it, it was spot on :(

was the last stage getting your license to chill? OR maybe your license to ill? i'm still waiting on both -- someone help me.....

[Weezman]

fuck I feel like this is an AA meeting



Hello...my name is Weezman..

and im a Beastie Boy fanatic!! :D :p

[kleptomaniac]

Hello...my name is Weezman..

and im a Beastie Boy fanatic!! :D :p


HI WEEZMAN!!!! :)

[sheesh]

You're not too very old on here considering I'm creeping up on 36 here in a couple of weeks. Beastie fan since 85.

[TAL]

Some time ago someone posted the different phases a typical Beastie-fan goes through during his/her growing addiction for the band...
I wish I had saved it, it was spot on :(
http://www.beastieboys.com/bbs/showthread.php?t=51369

[@water]

That's the one! Thanks Tal (y)

[Weezman]

So, ...........

who is the eldest Beastie Boy fan here?! :confused: :p

[facedownfall]

Welcome to the fold...like CJ I've been down since '86 and I'm 28.

[alexandra]

62 and been down since '73. i actually taught Mike social studies in the 3rd grade.
hahahha.

[K-Train]

34, down since '86. I bought LTI on cassette and been hooked ever since.

[shagmire]

31, down since '86-'87.

I remember my friend and I getting reprimanded by our 6th grade teacher for singing .."Rhymin' and stealin' in a drunken state And I'll be rockin' my rhymes all the way to Hell's gate" Ahhh, those were the days.

[antboogie]

I'm 32 years old, and been down since '85. The first memory I have of the Beasties is from the movie Krush Groove. I saw the video shortly after that at a local skating rink on a class room size movie screen. I don't know how many black people are on this site, but I'm one of them, if not the only one. At that time, the reaction to the Beasties was definitely mixed. Some people I knew hated the fact that some white guys were rappin' and others liked them because the music was good. I liked "She's on it" but it didn't blow me away. I also didn't think too much about their appearance in Krush Groove, either. Probably because it was so brief, and they were getting mixed responses from the audience in the movie (mostly boos). I looked like it was supposed to be some sort of comic relief, not to be taken serious. I knew some guys a little older than me who had the single, and I don't remember anyone who didn't like "Slow and Low". I didn't see the "Raisin Hell" tour, but it definitley put the word on the street that the Beasties were dope. By the time "Licensed to Ill" came out, everybody was down. That's a Hip-Hop classic for sure. Hands down! I never liked "Fight for Your Right", but the video was dope. To make a long story short, the black audience loved the Beasties, but felt slighted when they left Def Jam. Even though they continued to make great albums, to the black audience (the original Hip-Hop audience/ along with east coast latinos) the Beasties fell off the radar. I'm sure not in every single case (like myself), but in general. But I'll end with this: Everyone I know that saw the first Hip-Hop Honors, was blown away by the Beasties performance of "Sucka Emcees". That song is a classic, and I listened to it every morning before school my 5th grade year. The Beastie Boys got mad respect in Hip-Hop history. That fact is non-debatable! Back in the day many emcees would boast about how they would still be rockin' when they're old-n-gray, and in rocking chairs, and shit (paraphrasing). Looks like the the Beasties are the only ones who pulled it off. That's public record. Respect Due!

[adrock14]

good story^^^^^*wipes tear from eye* but it is a very interesting story of an intro to the BBoys. (y) :) :D

[Jennie]

I'm 26 and have been a fan since 1994, Ill Communications.

I loved them at once, but I only owned Ill Communications. I bought LTI because of Fight For Your Right shortly after (fell in love quickly with Girls and Brass Monkey). I didn't buy their other discs however, until 2004 and that was because even though I loved their songs from those 2 albums, I had never bothered to check out their other albums :o

Now I know most of their songs. I do listen a lot to their music and I do go on "binges" (have to listen to Beastie Boys and only Beastie Boys) but I still don't know a lot about the boys themselves.

I got to see them live for the first time November 8, 2004 at the Air Canada Centre, Toronto. And, I will never forget that date!! It was actually my first real concert. I was on the floors and had the best time in my life. I now am very sad realizing how many times they have come here and I could have seen them before then, but what can you do?

When they come back here (cause I know they will) I will definitely be at that concert!!

I joined the boards here slightly before that concert because I wanted to learn more about the boys and I check in here about once every few days (sometimes more, sometimes less).

I have learned very much here and have become more of a fan because of that.

Thanx to everyone!! :) (y)

[Jennie]

I'm 32 years old, and been down since '85. The first memory I have of the Beasties is from the movie Krush Groove. I saw the video shortly after that at a local skating rink on a class room size movie screen. I don't know how many black people are on this site, but I'm one of them, if not the only one. At that time, the reaction to the Beasties was definitely mixed. Some people I knew hated the fact that some white guys were rappin' and others liked them because the music was good. I liked "She's on it" but it didn't blow me away. I also didn't think too much about their appearance in Krush Groove, either. Probably because it was so brief, and they were getting mixed responses from the audience in the movie (mostly boos). I looked like it was supposed to be some sort of comic relief, not to be taken serious. I knew some guys a little older than me who had the single, and I don't remember anyone who didn't like "Slow and Low". I didn't see the "Raisin Hell" tour, but it definitley put the word on the street that the Beasties were dope. By the time "Licensed to Ill" came out, everybody was down. That's a Hip-Hop classic for sure. Hands down! I never liked "Fight for Your Right", but the video was dope. To make a long story short, the black audience loved the Beasties, but felt slighted when they left Def Jam. Even though they continued to make great albums, to the black audience (the original Hip-Hop audience/ along with east coast latinos) the Beasties fell off the radar. I'm sure not in every single case (like myself), but in general. But I'll end with this: Everyone I know that saw the first Hip-Hop Honors, was blown away by the Beasties performance of "Sucka Emcees". That song is a classic, and I listened to it every morning before school my 5th grade year. The Beastie Boys got mad respect in Hip-Hop history. That fact is non-debatable! Back in the day many emcees would boast about how they would still be rockin' when they're old-n-gray, and in rocking chairs, and shit (paraphrasing). Looks like the the Beasties are the only ones who pulled it off. That's public record. Respect Due!


Thank you very much for sharing that story.

It is actually really interesting.

[timmie]

I'm 31 my brother brought me my first Beastie's record in 85/86 which was "Cookie Puss" a bit of time later on TV & in the press! there they were! how cool were those guys & of course the music rocked!....(I was hooked)

My brother kind of liked them but knew I listened to there music! every week he would buy me a new record or picture disc 7 inch vinyl from "Shes on it, rock hard, ffyr, Brass monkey, nstb etc.etc...." I had a shit load of old vinyl!

1987 came & they were playing in London at Brixton, I was 12 or 13, I told my
parents I was going...lol....they hated them!!...so you can guess there answer!

I've seen them many times now even met them! but I wont go into that cause I've posted about that a few times on the board here! (when they left the stage at london 2004, I was presented with the drum stick used in Gratitude & sabotage....amoungst other things!!! OK enough!)
BIG SHOUT OUT TO CEY ADAMS!

[timmie]

JENNY!! Respect! (y)

[BroomHead]

16, been down like drown the clown since the uterus.

[Bigg Russ]

34.... Been down since they hit the scene.

[Justin]

The Beasties are still FRESHHHHHHHHHHHHH


I'm 23. So that would make me Mike D during the pauls boutique era. I need to buy one of those stupid hats he wore

[Bobtwi]

You're not too very old on here considering I'm creeping up on 36 here in a couple of weeks. Beastie fan since 85.
I'll be 36 in march,down from the start.

[Ponce De Leon]

Back in the day many emcees would boast about how they would still be rockin' when they're old-n-gray, and in rocking chairs, and shit (paraphrasing). Looks like the the Beasties are the only ones who pulled it off. That's public record. Respect Due!

Really enjoyed this post, possible the best thing I've ever read on this board.

[Friis gal]

I had a shit load of old vinyl!

So you don't have it now?

[b-grrrlie]

I know that this age thing has come up several times before, but the threads are buried somewhere at least over a year ago. I know I ain't the oldest here, even tho I'll be 46 in a few weeks... Yes I'm older than the Beasties... and I was already in my late 20's when I got into them, in the Licenced to Ill era...

[TopazJAK]

36, been down since '86. :D

[K-Train]

So many of us in our thirties! I'm impressed.

[dirtydan11]

i'm 30 and been down since 86 and by the way, what difference does it make that the kid was black? I don't get it. Why don't you just say 'a kid'? oh well

[jennyb]

fuck I feel like this is an AA meeting

No Shit!

Hi... my name is Jenny and I've been addicted since 1987. It was the She's On It video, I saw it at my friend's house. Her brother had it on tape. I was 14 years old. I'm 32 now.

You guys are my support group, you know. :rolleyes:

[Shadbells]

No Shit!

Hi... my name is Jenny and I've been addicted since 1987. It was the She's On It video, I saw it at my friend's house. Her brother had it on tape. I was 14 years old. I'm 32 now.

You guys are my support group, you know. :rolleyes:

Same here. :) Ever since I seen the "She's On It" video back when it first came out I've been a fan. I just turned 26.

[jennyb]

You know I was thinking about this... I cannot really figure out if you guys are, in fact, not a support group, but rather

... just a bunch of enablers.