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Originally Posted by dave790
I saw an interview with Dave Grohl where he said Silva had been a great manager for him for a long time, but I know little else.
What is this Anthology doc from 95 you speak of?
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Yeah, Silva manages a few other of my favourite artists, most notably Beck and NIN.
The Beatles Anthology doc:
https://archive.org/details/BeatlesA.../Episode+4.m4v
and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Be...ogy_(TV_series)
It came around 95 coinciding with their three anthology albums.
It was aired on ABC and then subsequent VHS and DVD releases.
In relation to Beastie Boys lore, I think the closest thing we have is the Beastiography that MTV did back in 1998:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WYnUWopb80
I just find it interesting. Brian Epstein was such an influential part to the Beatles and has been talked about in great length. And I guess we can say that Russel Simmons and Rick Rubin for Beastie Boys, with a plethora of stories about their influence and how they shaped the band's direction, but that was only one phase of their career, for the remain 30 it's been all John Silva. That's a huge missing piece of the band's story.
I wonder if he didn't have as much impact but then I read something like Ad-Rock's quote in the New Yorker interview and it makes me wonder how much influence and impact he had. Especially considering how much they evolved and changed styles over the years. Was it mostly them just doing their own thing or was there this unknown figure behind the curtain?
It would be really interesting to read an interview with Silva, his perspective, what he did and what it was like to work with the band.