• 6 Artists Whose Best Album Didn't Sell Well: The Beach Boys, Kanye West, and more

    If a musician is lucky enough to reach a wide audience, the best they can hope for is that their fans support them through any whims of experimentation and artistic growth. This worked great for the Beatles and Radiohead, but there are plenty of other musicians whose artistic peaks didn’t match their commercial peaks. Here are six artists whose best albums didn’t sell as well as their other albums.

  • Eight Bands That Moved Away from Punk: Beastie Boys, Green Day, and more

    The world would be a much poorer place if punk rock didn't exist. It's a great place for musicians to start out, but there's only so much someone can do within the genre before they or their audience gets bored with it, which is why so many bands that started in punk eventually moved on, such as...

  • GoldieBlox posts apology letter to Beastie Boys

    Following the lawsuit settlement, GoldieBlox have posted a public apology to Beastie Boys on their website. The suit stemmed from the feminist toy company improperly using the bands 1987 song "Girls" in one of their ads.

  • Lawsuit between Beaties Boys and feminist toy company GoldieBlox ends in settlement

    After an almost four-month back-and-forth legal battle, Beastie Boys and feminist toy company GoldieBlox have settled a lawsuit about the fair use of the hip-hop trio's 1987 track "Girls" for a parody ad campaign. According to The Hollywood Reporter, with the settlement agreement, the terms of which haven't been made known, the case is dismissed with prejudice.

  • Proposal for Beastie Boys Square co-naming rejected by Manhattan community board

    The proposal to co-name the intersection of Ludlow and Rivington in New York's Lower East Side "Beastie Boys Square" was denied yesterday by a Manhattan community board. Brooklyn resident LeRoy McCarthy had chosen the intersection because the corner is featured on the cover of the hip-hop trio's groundbreaking 1989 album, Paul's Boutique, and began his proposal late last year.

  • 'Beastie Boys Square' proposal needs more signatures before board will vote

    As previously reported, Brooklyn resident LeRoy McCarthy's proposal to name the intersection of Ludlow and Rivington streets in New York's Lower East Side after the Beastie Boys went before a local community board panel on Tuesday. The board was not satisfied with the number of collected signatures and are asking for him to get more signatures from residents and merchants in the immediate area before they will vote.

  • Manhattan Community Board to vote on 'Beastie Boys Square' intersection in the Lower East Side

    As previously reported, Brooklyn resident LeRoy McCarthy wrote a petition to name the intersection of Ludlow and Rivington streets in New York's Lower East Side after the Beastie Boys. Tomorrow evening, a community board in lower Manhattan will vote for the corner to be renamed "Beastie Boys Square." The area was chosen because the corner is featured on the cover of the hip-hop trio's groundbreaking 1989 album, Paul's Boutique.

  • Ben Gibbard, Ad-Rock have scored movies for the Sundance Film Festival

    The Sundance Film Festival won't just be about debuting some of the best independent film out there this year, the annual showcase will also feature some musical scores from two musical mainstays. Both Death Cab For Cutie's Ben Gibbard and Beastie Boy Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz have created music for two Sundance movies this year, according to IndieWire.

  • New York man petitions for 'Paul's Boutique' intersection to be named after the Beastie Boys

    Remember that guy who wanted to name a Brooklyn intersection after Biggie? Well he's back in the street naming game, this time in New York's Lower East Side. According to DNAinfo, Brooklyn resident LeRoy McCarthy wants to name the intersection of Ludlow and Rivington streets after the Beastie Boys. The corner of this intersection is featured on the cover of the hip-hop trio's groundbreaking 1989 album, Paul's Boutique.
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