The Beastie Boys: Keep Taking The Tabloids
Jack Barron, James Brown, Sounds, 23 May 1987
Must they keep flinging this filth at our pop kids? No, not the brilliant BEASTIE BOYS but the British national press attempting to stir up scandal where none really exists. JAMES BROWN hip hops on a plane to Switzerland for the other side of the story from New York's finest. Additional input JACK BARRON
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