Weezman
09-30-2007, 08:19 AM
CHICAGO TRIBUNE Saturday, September 29, 2007
(REDEYE), pg 47 - MUSIC - Detroit Free Press
It's been 21 years since "(You gotta) Fight for your Right (to Party) made the Beastie Boys the wild-eyed poster boys for snotty suburban hip-hop.
According to Adam Horovitz, little about the group's dynamic has dramatically changed in the past two decades.
"I think that's why we stick together - we're kind of the same people we've always been," says Horovitz, who with bandmates Adam Yauch (bass) and Mike Diamond (drums) played Charter One Pavillion at Northerly Island on Thursday. "We have our place with eachother. With Adam and Mike, they've got kids, so I think that figures into all this. But we all interact with each other the same - we have the same goals, the same sense of humor".
What they've also got is one of the most enviable, easygoing fan relationsnhips you'll find in contemporary music. As seen in the band's ongoing fan club correspondence and loose on stage vibe, it's a casual, knowing rapport that reflects a shared sensibility.
Horovitz says establishing the buddy-buddy connection was a deliberate move.
"That meant a lot to us, just to know that we're not these people on stage disconnected from the people in the audience - that they could just as easily be on the stage".
(REDEYE), pg 47 - MUSIC - Detroit Free Press
It's been 21 years since "(You gotta) Fight for your Right (to Party) made the Beastie Boys the wild-eyed poster boys for snotty suburban hip-hop.
According to Adam Horovitz, little about the group's dynamic has dramatically changed in the past two decades.
"I think that's why we stick together - we're kind of the same people we've always been," says Horovitz, who with bandmates Adam Yauch (bass) and Mike Diamond (drums) played Charter One Pavillion at Northerly Island on Thursday. "We have our place with eachother. With Adam and Mike, they've got kids, so I think that figures into all this. But we all interact with each other the same - we have the same goals, the same sense of humor".
What they've also got is one of the most enviable, easygoing fan relationsnhips you'll find in contemporary music. As seen in the band's ongoing fan club correspondence and loose on stage vibe, it's a casual, knowing rapport that reflects a shared sensibility.
Horovitz says establishing the buddy-buddy connection was a deliberate move.
"That meant a lot to us, just to know that we're not these people on stage disconnected from the people in the audience - that they could just as easily be on the stage".