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Beastie Boys

Beastie Boys on public access in 1984

Words by Colin McLaughlin

Published on melophobe December 16, 2009.

Before they were the beer drenched, frat-hop spitting hellions parading around MTV, The Beastie Boys were just 3 earnest kids trying to play some punk rock. This clip from their 1984 public access debut on The Scott & Gary show takes us back to that stage of their career; to a simpler time, when they were fresh-faced, giddy and green.

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