Beastie Boys on MTV - COMPLETE VERSION (03.20.1992)

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Published 2011-12-12

On the show to promote Check Your Head and play as the house band, the Beastie Boys took a few minutes to sit down and be interviewed on MTV.

The band played: "So What'cha want; Groove Holmes, Pow, Gratitude and Time for Livin"

All Comments (21)

@jjjeugenio 11 years ago

1992 was a incredible year!! Grunge music, cypress hill, house of pain, Dr. Dre, Rage Against The Machine and Beastie Boys with Check your head album!! the best year of the music in the last 40 years. RIP MCA. Brazil loves you. BEASTIE BOYS FOREVER!!!!!!!!!
@EXIx2 11 years ago

I'm building a time machine to go back to this era, who's with me?
@harryarmstrong658 10 years ago

No one has as much lung power, energy and enthusiasm as Ad-Rock.
@zZEDMUIRZz 7 years ago

in just this 20 minute video you see the beastie boys rap, play jazz and punk, something not many bands will or can pull off
@blachubear 9 years ago

This is when MTV was MTV. The channel blew up in the 80's and really peak in the 90's. Then after 2002, things went downhill from there. This performance bring back so much memories, the 90's was great time to be alive. Man I missed those days.
@rubenuribe61 8 years ago

0:09 So Wat'cha Want 8:42 Groove Holmes 10:35 POW 16:20 Gratitude 19:05 Time for Livin'
@suparni 7 years ago

crazy i was there in the studio - cut school and took the train from long island for the filming - good call.
@bradf.9365 9 years ago

crazy to think about a band going from rappers to funk to punk/grunge in one show.
@BickleBungle1991 10 years ago

You gotta love how Adrock was always screaming like a true punk rocker, ha ha. Damn, it would have been awesome to be there. :(
@simplybrad74 10 years ago

It's a trip, it's got a funky beat and I can bug out to it!
@icingup4796 6 years ago

Hahaha. The presenters walk on after they finish Gratitude thinking they’re done, and start speaking while Mike D jumps from behind the drums and they launch into Time For Living. Crowd goes wild. Classic
@XSidSChikX 12 years ago

They always looked like they were having the best time on stage together. So awesome to watch
@Weadfreek 10 years ago

LOVE King Adrock screaming his verses...the good old days
@eljono1 9 years ago

Ad Rock is fucking insane
@Thforklift126 5 years ago

One of the best original NY hardcore bands that isn't actually thought of that way.
@therealjulez7886 4 years ago

I don't think people credit AD-ROCK enough that dude has soo much power & hype one of the best mc's !
@krazeediamond1 4 years ago

I'm so glad I got to be a teenager during this era 😊
@Dean0017 10 years ago

I love the Beastie Boys acid jazz years... I was in high school making the most of it.....
@djshadow2469 6 years ago

I just binged on a bunch of old Beastie interviews. They were never serious with their interviewers. And that's the best thing because the questions are usually lame.
@RS-zj6ix 11 months ago

The energy that Adrock was bringing on this one was insane!