With today's sad news that Beastie BoyAdam Yauch had passed away, we went through the archives to find our Beasties coverage from 1989 and 1992. These pieces were timed to the releases of the group's albums Paul's Boutique and Check Your Head respectively. It was an era when the trio had decamped to L.A. and were grappling with their prankster-party-boy image as their sound matured and evolved into something new. Just as it would for the next two decades.