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The Beastie Boys, Rollins Band: Roseland Ballroom New York NY

Michael Azerrad, Rolling Stone, 21 January 1993

THIS PAIRING wasn't as odd as it seemed, because the Beastie Boys have created ― or at least mobilized ― a new kind of fan. The same people who awarded the Rollins Band an epic mosh pit shook their collective booty for the headliner.

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