Beastie Boys' 'Sabotage' was about the band's frustration with their sound engineer

The Beastie Boys Book, a meaty memoir penned by the band's Michael Mike D Diamond and Adam Ad-Rock Horovitz, was released this week.

Via the books' press junket, some of the stories within its pages are coming out.

In particular, Rolling Stone shared an excerpt from the audiobook. Ad-Rock writes how the song "Sabotage" was inspired by the band's sound engineer Mario (who was known to "blow a fuse"), "I decided it would be funny to write a song about how Mario was holding us all down, how he was trying to mess it all up, sabotaging our great works of art..."

...Saturday Night Live alum Tim Meadows tells the story of 1994s Sabotage, reading from both Diamonds and Horovitzs perspectives as they recall how engineer Mario Caldato Jr. inspired the classic rage-out. Yes, thats right: When Ad-Rock screams IIIIIIIIIIIIII cant stand it/I know you planned it, the person hes so pissed at in that moment is the Beastie Boys own good friend and recording partner...

Listen:

The book is available for $49.99 from the band's merch site, or $30 from Amazon.

photo via Beastie Boys blog

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