He has reached the age to live a simpler life and he's just doing what he can to support his kid's dream/hobby. From some biographies/autobiographies I've read, some celebrities had mistresses or just had a hard time being there for family.
Paul's boutique is one of the most underrated albums of all time. The production and obscure samples on the album are insane. I am fortunate to have grown up with the Beastie boys. The music scene was different back then and much more exciting than it is today.
I can still smell the brand-new cassette, hear the Sony Walkman, feel the wheels hitting gravel, riding home from the record store. Thanks ad-rock, MCA, and Mike D. RIPMCA
Black Flag sticker on my Walkman, listening to a dubbed copy of Join the Army (ST) , riding my Vision Old Ghost home from a day at my friend Brian's half pipe in his back yard. 🤘
In 1992 the culture of skateboarding change, the clothes, the boards, the wheels, the tricks, the look, Check your Head was also a major part of that culture change! 🔥🔥🔥
I have tried to explain how much a part of the culture change 'Check Your Head' was to a lot of people in certain circles. Alternative, punks, skaters, ravers, fashion heads (there really wasn't a word for them then) were all affected by the album cover and the videos that came from it. The music was one thing, the culture surrounding it was something else. I'm still doing a shit job of explaining it. All I know is that it was definitely a thing that happened.
Tony, your thank you speech to Adam at the end is from all of us who grew up in the 80s and 90s with the Beastie Boys as the soundtrack to our existence. The King Ad Rock, thank you.
Thank you HvW for having The King Ad Rock on the show. I grew up with these guys and even saw the Young and Useless in NYC- Paul’s Boutique Changed everything for me. Still one of the greatest HipHop lps of all time. Still love guessing the samples on that record and play it weekly. Later when Ill and Check and all the Spike Jonez directed vids hit they further cemented the skate connection. Seeing them live was always incredible. In the round in Madison Square Garden on Intergalactic was a trip. Thank You for another great show
I love this interview because you can see how much Tony relates to the attitude of early Beastie Boys because what he was doing as a skateboarder was completely punk; no one else skated like him, what he was doing wasn’t considered “cool”, and he plowed through all the haters and skated exactly how we wanted to.
My favourite song to skate to growing up was "get it together" by a mile. Used to play it on cassette, when it started to get warped and worn out I re-recorded the song on a new mixed tape lol When I got a new board, at 41, the very first song I played was-- you guessed it. Beastie Boys are timeless
mca sounds like the wildest beastie boy but seems the most chill, where i thought it was ad rock, but ad rock seems the most chill. i love these old storys where ya piece little things together.
@@rubyfaith2433 I don’t have pictures unfortunately, but the concert that I was at was the Detroit show which was filmed and put out as a tour video. I was at that show and you can briefly see my mom sister and I in the crowd.
I specifically came to see the Beastie Boys when they toured with Run DMC. So did a lot of other people who came to see them in D.C. in 86. Loved that show!
The entire 'who's the better skate teacher' bit just keeps getting better with time, and there's only ONE way for it to end and hopefully it doesn't involve a hospital 😂
I was in the 5th grade when licensed to ill came out. My older brother gave me the cassette tape and a skateboard for my birthday. Both changed my young life, for the better.
Great seeing Ad-Rock and meeting his son Julius! Beastie Boys are one of my inspirations for why I produce muzik. Shout-out to Hawk and Wolf as well! Thanks for this awesome interview 🔥
I was there at CGBGS that day , we skated past it and my buddy knew the doorman so we stopped, 5 minutes later we were standing in the corner drinking free beer listening to odd music ...we were 14 haha...My how times have changed
Summer of '86 I was about to be a freshman in HS. I was staying over at a school friend's house and brought my skateboard (it wasn't widespread at that point). My friend introduced me to his neighbor named Paul. Paul skateboarded as well and drove a nice '73 Beetle. We talked about skateboarding and VWs. He said he was going to be a senior in HS and that we'd go skating at lunch. School year started and we skated together. We'd go up to the Quad (U of I) to skate, hang out with Betties, punks, SHARPs. We had a core group of guys that always skated together. This was a whole new world for me. We went to all ages shows. He go me into bars that had bands we liked. People recognized me when we went out and it was a good feeling. We went to the record store in the winter and he bought the License to I'll LP. We went to his (parents) house and put that record on. We listened to both sides and didn't say a word. He made me a tape from the LP and that's all I listened to for two full weeks. Beastie Boys reminds me so much of that time. I was very fortunate to be a freshman that skated good, befriended some good older people and experience so much compared to my peers. When Paul graduated he moved out of state. We'd always hang out when he came back to town. We eventually lost contact. Such is life
The video for 3 MCs and 1 DJ is one of the best things on the internet. Did he just say their music wasn't good? Tell that to the rest of hip hop royalty. They are widely respected by generations of the hip hop and skateboarding communities. Made my day seeing him on here.
Pauls Boutique is a masterpiece. We had the boombox and the halfpipe and the bonesbrigadevideoshow in daily rotation from 89 forward in nowhere Ohio. I had a MikeMcGill, Jeff Kendall pumpkin, and some yellow trackers. No handrails back then. Just slashes and ollies on boards that were tanks. I still roll and still love the BBoys. I bought the double vinyl years ago. I think my 84 Chevette ate that tape
We need that board!! I see some comments hating on this one, sure it didn't flow like some of the others but c'mon! How often do we just wake up on a Monday to The King Ad-Rock just chillin and telling stories? RIP MCA and thanks for all the bangin ass records we had the pleasure of skating to.
Awesome show! As a HUGE Beastie Boys fan (saw them live multiple times and even chatted with MCA once in 1992), this was a great watch. The 1990's was the last "pure" decade in America. So much cool stuff going on during that era.
Out of my friends I was the one who owned the License to Ill vhs tape. We played that tape till the quality went bad. Every day after work I headed over to my friend’s apartment and watched that tape and blazed. Good times…
It was hard for me to get into street skating back in 91 when I had put so much focus on ramps one day they were no more ramps to do airs but the air became doing a backside heelflip down a ten stairs. Now skating FDR loving going up the no masters wall and doing a turn is priceless. thank you skateboarding.
Man if only adrock knew how much some young Michigan punk skateboard kids in the early 90s listened to pauls boutique over and over and studied the shit and loved check your head and listen to it over and over. We thought yall were fn geniuses bro. Thanks for the mooosic!
Best live show I’ve ever seen, beastie boys Long Beach arena early 2000’s, multiple stages in the nose bleeds for the common folk, they rolled out multiple stages on wheels for the different genres, late late encore with heart attack man, causing everyone to run back into the lobby, it was incredible!!
They may not have been good musicians when they were young 13:39 but the boys became accomplished vocalists, arrangers, composers, though their technical prowess on their instruments wasn't legendary, they were punkers, and the creativity and style was second to none! Rip Adam, still sorely missed, amazing human and muso, much respect to the 3 bad boys you know so well🤘
B Boys never even came close to making a bad record. Even their last one is quality. AND they added so much humour to both the tunes and their videos✊🏻 If you want a chuckle go listen to B Boys Makin’ With The FreakFreak😉😂
Paul’s Boutique - when I was a kid, I was into it roughly a month after it came out when I was able to score it. It was dope af, different from anything else. referencing ecstasy many many years before I knew what it even was
Shout out to the people that were sitting around in the early/mid 90s being introduced to beastie boys and green day and offspring and blink. Those albums were like an introduction into what the 90s would become and be remembered as.
EPIC night in '91 when Social D opened for Neil Young, I saw that hate but it was the old hippies booing and walking out. I swear to God ,it was Neil's way of weeding out the real fans, his show was amazing, he fed off it.
As a huge BB fan and a huge skateboarding fan there was so much to love about this vid. It was Julius that stole the show for me though. I never really learned to skate well and i certainly can't make music, but I love and enjoy my kids at pro level. Gold, this.
Ill communication was such a good time. Ad Rocks kid dropping in on Tonys ramp is crazy. I skated for 15 years owned a 5 foot mini ramp in my yard. I never dropped in on vert. I stood up there with my tail on the coping and said nope.
I describe this as another 🔥 ep. 💜 I saved up babysitting $ for both Check Your Head & Ill Communication shows in DC 🖤 Ad-Rock being Ad-Rock is punk rock, it's the best!
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Seeing the joy in Ad-Rock's eyes when Julius is recounting the vert sesh is literally priceless. Nothing like seeing the human in your heroes
Especially since people are such dix these days
I came to post the same thing. What an incredible human, on top of being a world changing MC.
@@MixMasterMark I came to post the same thing. My son went off to college last week. I am totally feeling that look Ad Rock has...
He has reached the age to live a simpler life and he's just doing what he can to support his kid's dream/hobby. From some biographies/autobiographies I've read, some celebrities had mistresses or just had a hard time being there for family.
This is the first podcast where Tony seems nervous and Adrock is relaxed and actually wants to be interviewers
idk ab all that.
Beastie Boys are the same as the Backstreet Boys. Bet?
I think it’s becuz the Son was giving “ trans” & that was weird for Tony
@michelebergman4336 do you know anything about Jason's past? Lol
Yeah this is the first time I've seen Ad-Rock let his guard down and really open up
Beastie Boys Forever! ♾️❤️✨
Ad-Rock is one of the coolest people alive. So effortlessly too.
@@pendragon6207 they ALL Seem to be effortlessly cool! Makes me feel so lame
The look on Ad’s face watching his child talk to Tony is amazing.
Just when you thought you couldn't be any more stoked on Ad...proud dad moment. So sick.
Having been a fan since License to Ill through now, I’m not surprised he keeps inspiring us. Beasties FOREVER!
Paul's boutique is one of the most underrated albums of all time. The production and obscure samples on the album are insane. I am fortunate to have grown up with the Beastie boys. The music scene was different back then and much more exciting than it is today.
Pauls's Boutique was always my fav. but in college the ill communication was ubiquitous.
Ill communication is the shizz
maaa belle
Your absolutely right bro. 1000% with ya on that.
That album would be impossible to make today from sample costs alone. Different era.
Liked upon clicking, Ad Rock appearing more is good for the world.
I can still smell the brand-new cassette, hear the Sony Walkman, feel the wheels hitting gravel, riding home from the record store. Thanks ad-rock, MCA, and Mike D. RIPMCA
The plastic gassing off. Mmmmm. 😍
Black Flag sticker on my Walkman, listening to a dubbed copy of Join the Army (ST) , riding my Vision Old Ghost home from a day at my friend Brian's half pipe in his back yard. 🤘
@@nishbrown no way Dead Kennedy's sticker and a rob roskopp 2
I flip in love you MFrs. Thanks for the memories.
Ok white, old, man. 🤡😂
I love how kind Jason and Tony were to Ad-rock's son.
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IT's so rad watching Tony Hawk be a fan and be so excited to meet someone he looks up to.
It’s even rader continually watching this channel fail. Bet?
@@dannyboy3658 wtf is your whiny ass problem? please elaborate. im sure it's telling.
Tony Hawk reminds me of that SNL sketch with Chris Farley interviewing celebrities. “Remember that one time when you did that thing?…….that was cool.”
Who would have thought a podcast can make you so very happy every week. Thanks guys
In 1992 the culture of skateboarding change, the clothes, the boards, the wheels, the tricks, the look, Check your Head was also a major part of that culture change! 🔥🔥🔥
100% Loved it
The smallest wheels and the biggest jeans. lol
I have tried to explain how much a part of the culture change 'Check Your Head' was to a lot of people in certain circles. Alternative, punks, skaters, ravers, fashion heads (there really wasn't a word for them then) were all affected by the album cover and the videos that came from it. The music was one thing, the culture surrounding it was something else. I'm still doing a shit job of explaining it. All I know is that it was definitely a thing that happened.
And the Plan B video
FACTS
This is the most relaxed I haver seen ADRock in an interview.
And he was being asked the most annoying, pointless questions. Horrible interview. Ad Rock was so patient.
Tony, your thank you speech to Adam at the end is from all of us who grew up in the 80s and 90s with the Beastie Boys as the soundtrack to our existence. The King Ad Rock, thank you.
Thank you HvW for having The King Ad Rock on the show. I grew up with these guys and even saw the Young and Useless in NYC-
Paul’s Boutique Changed everything for me. Still one of the greatest HipHop lps of all time. Still love guessing the samples on that record and play it weekly.
Later when Ill and Check and all the Spike Jonez directed vids hit they further cemented the skate connection. Seeing them live was always incredible. In the round in Madison Square Garden on Intergalactic was a trip.
Thank You for another great show
Beastie Boys forever, my biggest inspiration.
"And my old skateboard" in She's Crafty meant the world to us mid 80s skaters! Beastie Boys forever!
My heart skipped a beat. Excited for this one. Hoping for tales of the skate ramp at the studio
I love this interview because you can see how much Tony relates to the attitude of early Beastie Boys because what he was doing as a skateboarder was completely punk; no one else skated like him, what he was doing wasn’t considered “cool”, and he plowed through all the haters and skated exactly how we wanted to.
My favourite song to skate to growing up was "get it together" by a mile. Used to play it on cassette, when it started to get warped and worn out I re-recorded the song on a new mixed tape lol When I got a new board, at 41, the very first song I played was-- you guessed it. Beastie Boys are timeless
mca sounds like the wildest beastie boy but seems the most chill, where i thought it was ad rock, but ad rock seems the most chill. i love these old storys where ya piece little things together.
RIP MCA...agreed. Great guest and chatter. Makes the Monday a happy one.
I was there for the Madonna Tour and it was crazy. I will never forget it, the crowd did not get it at all, they hated them. It was awesome.
that's wild i've always been curious how weird that was so you have pictures?
@@rubyfaith2433 I don’t have pictures unfortunately, but the concert that I was at was the Detroit show which was filmed and put out as a tour video. I was at that show and you can briefly see my mom sister and I in the crowd.
@@Absorbvidsomg a Madonna Detroit show is like a Brooklyn beastie show 😮
He's such an intelligent self aware guy.
Unlike the Aussie 🙉
OMG ! I've never seen Adam's son before ! What a great kid ! :-) Almost cried seeing Adam and his son together.
Hell yeah! Beastie Boys were always in the rotation during our skate sessions and crazy parties, one of my absolute favorites!
I specifically came to see the Beastie Boys when they toured with Run DMC. So did a lot of other people who came to see them in D.C. in 86. Loved that show!
The entire 'who's the better skate teacher' bit just keeps getting better with time, and there's only ONE way for it to end and hopefully it doesn't involve a hospital 😂
I was in the 5th grade when licensed to ill came out. My older brother gave me the cassette tape and a skateboard for my birthday. Both changed my young life, for the better.
Great seeing Ad-Rock and meeting his son Julius! Beastie Boys are one of my inspirations for why I produce muzik. Shout-out to Hawk and Wolf as well! Thanks for this awesome interview 🔥
I was there at CGBGS that day , we skated past it and my buddy knew the doorman so we stopped, 5 minutes later we were standing in the corner drinking free beer listening to odd music ...we were 14 haha...My how times have changed
The In Sound From Way Out is very underrated. I can't believe it's never been used for a skate part.
Summer of '86 I was about to be a freshman in HS. I was staying over at a school friend's house and brought my skateboard (it wasn't widespread at that point). My friend introduced me to his neighbor named Paul. Paul skateboarded as well and drove a nice '73 Beetle. We talked about skateboarding and VWs. He said he was going to be a senior in HS and that we'd go skating at lunch.
School year started and we skated together. We'd go up to the Quad (U of I) to skate, hang out with Betties, punks, SHARPs. We had a core group of guys that always skated together. This was a whole new world for me. We went to all ages shows. He go me into bars that had bands we liked. People recognized me when we went out and it was a good feeling.
We went to the record store in the winter and he bought the License to I'll LP. We went to his (parents) house and put that record on. We listened to both sides and didn't say a word. He made me a tape from the LP and that's all I listened to for two full weeks.
Beastie Boys reminds me so much of that time. I was very fortunate to be a freshman that skated good, befriended some good older people and experience so much compared to my peers. When Paul graduated he moved out of state. We'd always hang out when he came back to town. We eventually lost contact. Such is life
Skateboarding, Beastie Boys and Re-Animator. My childhood summed up.
The video for 3 MCs and 1 DJ is one of the best things on the internet. Did he just say their music wasn't good? Tell that to the rest of hip hop royalty. They are widely respected by generations of the hip hop and skateboarding communities. Made my day seeing him on here.
he meant at playing their instruments im pretty sure.
@@nickdubeaudesign ah ok that makes sense..
I can't wait to buy that Birdhouse Grand Royale collab deck!!
Pauls Boutique is a masterpiece. We had the boombox and the halfpipe and the bonesbrigadevideoshow in daily rotation from 89 forward in nowhere Ohio.
I had a MikeMcGill, Jeff Kendall pumpkin, and some yellow trackers. No handrails back then. Just slashes and ollies on boards that were tanks. I still roll and still love the BBoys.
I bought the double vinyl years ago. I think my 84 Chevette ate that tape
First car Chevette club!
A big connection between Beasties and skating = Spike
Best podcast I've watched in a while.
The lads are KILLIN it lately.
Andy Anderson, Josh Brolin & now Ad-Rock!?! 💪
Adrock my fella. Love the beastie boys ❤❤❤
We need that board!!
I see some comments hating on this one, sure it didn't flow like some of the others but c'mon! How often do we just wake up on a Monday to The King Ad-Rock just chillin and telling stories? RIP MCA and thanks for all the bangin ass records we had the pleasure of skating to.
Awesome show! As a HUGE Beastie Boys fan (saw them live multiple times and even chatted with MCA once in 1992), this was a great watch. The 1990's was the last "pure" decade in America. So much cool stuff going on during that era.
I love how perplexed Adam is at metal musicians being fans of the Beastie Boys in the 90s, lol.
I feel like Hello Nasty doesn’t get enough shine. Tripping to that was life- changing
WELL, ITS, 50 CUPS COFFEE AND YOU KNOW ITS ON!
Acid Bath When The Kite String Pops and Snapcase Progression Through Unlearning were on my skate playlist in the 90's, religiously.
BBBBBased
Out of my friends I was the one who owned the License to Ill vhs tape. We played that tape till the quality went bad. Every day after work I headed over to my friend’s apartment and watched that tape and blazed. Good times…
Same but I had the Skillz to pay the Billz VHS.
@@TheCheffer76 your right, that was the video! Forgive my 50+ year old memory!
@@dalepak1955 i know you and your crew did the same as us and watched it religiously.
I am so thankful I got to see the Beastie Boys twice on the Ill Communication tour. Such great times.
Paul's boutique will always be one of my favorite albums.
It was hard for me to get into street skating back in 91 when I had put so much focus on ramps one day they were no more ramps to do airs but the air became doing a backside heelflip down a ten stairs. Now skating FDR loving going up the no masters wall and doing a turn is priceless. thank you skateboarding.
Don't want this interview to end!!
You can really tell Ad-Rock is an incredibly caring and considerate person and Dad.
Way to drop in Julius!
Thanks so much y’all!
I love the beastie boy there my favorite band and Tony please make that board happen I want one
The King Adrock!
I just saw The Beastie Boys' matching Adidas track suits with embroidered names at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame❤
This is one of the coolest interviews ever.
Wish I could have seen the BBoys in concert. They are my high school and still today my favorite ! ❤️
Fight for your right was a freakin anthem man. One of my first guitar licks ever learned and jammed so many times.
Man if only adrock knew how much some young Michigan punk skateboard kids in the early 90s listened to pauls boutique over and over and studied the shit and loved check your head and listen to it over and over. We thought yall were fn geniuses bro. Thanks for the mooosic!
Best live show I’ve ever seen, beastie boys Long Beach arena early 2000’s, multiple stages in the nose bleeds for the common folk, they rolled out multiple stages on wheels for the different genres, late late encore with heart attack man, causing everyone to run back into the lobby, it was incredible!!
That was amazing! Love Paul's Boutique but Hello Nasty is my all time favourite Beastie Boys album.
They may not have been good musicians when they were young 13:39 but the boys became accomplished vocalists, arrangers, composers, though their technical prowess on their instruments wasn't legendary, they were punkers, and the creativity and style was second to none! Rip Adam, still sorely missed, amazing human and muso, much respect to the 3 bad boys you know so well🤘
lmao that very casual lean-in to the mic for the book plug
Great show Ad Rock is one of my musical Hero's!
Defo not getting that hair serum though as I've got about as much hair as Jason Ellis😂❤
the king DAD-rock!
SWEET!!! So excited to watch!
B Boys never even came close to making a bad record. Even their last one is quality. AND they added so much humour to both the tunes and their videos✊🏻 If you want a chuckle go listen to B Boys Makin’ With The FreakFreak😉😂
Gratitude...what a great song. 🎉
I love that he's casually wearing a 7-11 hat like a younger dude. This is one I'm watching all the way through.
i loved every minute of this! thanks guys!
Hyped to see a Beastie on the pod when it droooooooooooooped
🤌🏼
I bought license to ILL on vinyl in 7th grade. I've been a beastie boys fan for life.
Best part of this is Tony quoting "Find one in every car" - Miller from Repo Man
This is phenomenal. 🔥🔥🔥
jason asking adrock “friends with LL cool J?” lol adrock discovered LL cool J and produced some of his earliest records. ❤
It was very humbling of Adrock not to clarify that. 👍🏼
@@TitoMariategui absolutely
Cool as a cucumber in a bowl of hot sauce!
I just watched Tony on Celebrity IOU with the Property Bros and it was cool of him to hook up his videographer friend with a workspace 🙌
Hell yeah, cant wait to listen. 3 absolute legends.
My philosophy on song writing: BANGERZ ONLY!!!
29:43 I totally get what Tony is saying about Ill Communication, it was one of those ubiquitous 'zeitgeisty' albums of that time for sure.
Paul’s Boutique - when I was a kid, I was into it roughly a month after it came out when I was able to score it. It was dope af, different from anything else. referencing ecstasy many many years before I knew what it even was
"It's like 50 cups of coffee and you know it's on!"
“I move the crowd till the break of break of Dawn!”
@@glorydazeskate5064 "Can't rock the house without the party people"
@@anthonyv6962 cos when we're gettin down we are all equal...
Legend. Adam is a pioneer. A down-to-earth one at that.
Shout out to the people that were sitting around in the early/mid 90s being introduced to beastie boys and green day and offspring and blink. Those albums were like an introduction into what the 90s would become and be remembered as.
lol
To Xennials maybe
Dropping' science like Galileo dropped the orange
EPIC night in '91 when Social D opened for Neil Young, I saw that hate but it was the old hippies booing and walking out. I swear to God ,it was Neil's way of weeding out the real fans, his show was amazing, he fed off it.
This is the only podcast that I listen to the ads!!! So funny!
3:56 back in the 90s, me and a mate went for a drunk sesh, and I watched him land 360 flips of 3 stairs in bare feet, was insane!
Got Paul's boutique CD in the car right now from back in the dazeeeee.
As a huge BB fan and a huge skateboarding fan there was so much to love about this vid. It was Julius that stole the show for me though. I never really learned to skate well and i certainly can't make music, but I love and enjoy my kids at pro level. Gold, this.
Ill communication was such a good time. Ad Rocks kid dropping in on Tonys ramp is crazy. I skated for 15 years owned a 5 foot mini ramp in my yard. I never dropped in on vert. I stood up there with my tail on the coping and said nope.
Super dad moment! Great interview and cheers to making memories for Adrock’s son! 🙌
I describe this as another 🔥 ep. 💜 I saved up babysitting $ for both Check Your Head & Ill Communication shows in DC 🖤 Ad-Rock being Ad-Rock is punk rock, it's the best!
Love The Beach Boys.
Jason ellis is so fun! love his more down to earth take on a lot of stuff. keep it up Jason! Tony is real cool too! much love fellas
Great interview!
Beastie Boys, the punk rappers of sk8.. was always gonna be a match made in heaven.
How did nobody mention the music video for Time For Livin?? The ultimate marriage of Beastie Boys and skateboarding. Incredible video.