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Due to mounting debts, Grand Royal went out of business in [[2001 in music|2001]]. Its assets were sold off via auction on [[Bid4Assets]]; these assets did not include any rights to Beastie Boys music.<ref name= "ending">{{cite news |last=Werde |first=Bill |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/19/business/for-a-record-label-founded-by-the-beastie-boys-the-end-is-less-than-grand.html |title=For a Record Label Founded by the Beastie Boys, the End Is Less Than Grand |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=January 19, 2004 |accessdate=August 15, 2018}}</ref> The assets and back catalog were purchased by a group of fans who in turn started [[GR2 Records]].<ref name="Cross">{{cite book |last=Cross |first=Alan |title=The Beastie Boys: the secret history |publisher=Joe Books Ltd |year=2012 |isbn=978-1-9270-0216-2}}</ref> In 2016, GR2 sold the rights and master recordings of Grand Royal's second release ''My Crazy Life'' to a member of the band [[Dead Fucking Last]].
Due to mounting debts, Grand Royal went out of business in [[2001 in music|2001]]. Its assets were sold off via auction on [[Bid4Assets]]; these assets did not include any rights to Beastie Boys music.<ref name= "ending">{{cite news |last=Werde |first=Bill |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/19/business/for-a-record-label-founded-by-the-beastie-boys-the-end-is-less-than-grand.html |title=For a Record Label Founded by the Beastie Boys, the End Is Less Than Grand |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=January 19, 2004 |accessdate=August 15, 2018}}</ref> The assets and back catalog were purchased by a group of fans who in turn started [[GR2 Records]].<ref name="Cross">{{cite book |last=Cross |first=Alan |title=The Beastie Boys: the secret history |publisher=Joe Books Ltd |year=2012 |isbn=978-1-9270-0216-2}}</ref> In 2016, GR2 sold the rights and master recordings of Grand Royal's second release ''My Crazy Life'' to a member of the band [[Dead Fucking Last]].


''Grand Royal'' was also the name of a magazine written and published by the group.<ref name= "champions">{{cite news |last=Woodbury |first=Jason P. |url= http://floodmagazine.com/45890/shabby-brilliance-grand-royal-magazine/ |title=The Magazine of Champions: On the Shabby Brilliance of “Grand Royal” Magazine |work=[[Flood Magazine]] |date=August 11, 2017 |accessdate=August 15, 2018}}</ref> The total distribution of the six issues of ''Grand Royal'' was estimated at 300,000 copies.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1442721/beastie-boys-compiling-book-of-grand-royal-highlights/|title=Beastie Boys Compiling Book Of Grand Royal Highlights|last=Archive-Courtney-Reimer|website=MTV News|language=en|access-date=2019-06-11}}</ref>
''Grand Royal'' was also the name of a magazine written and published by the group.<ref name= "champions">{{cite news |last=Woodbury |first=Jason P. |url= http://floodmagazine.com/45890/shabby-brilliance-grand-royal-magazine/ |title=The Magazine of Champions: On the Shabby Brilliance of “Grand Royal” Magazine |work=[[Flood Magazine]] |date=August 11, 2017 |accessdate=August 15, 2018}}</ref> Described as a publication that "came to define part of Generation X,"<ref>{{Cite web|last=Estes|first=Adam Clark|date=2012-05-04|title=Remembering Grand Royal, the Beastie Boys' Brief, Brilliant Magazine|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2012/05/remembering-grand-royal-beastie-boys-brief-brilliant-magazine/328389/|access-date=2020-08-20|website=The Atlantic|language=en-US}}</ref> the total distribution of the six issues of ''Grand Royal'' was estimated at 300,000 copies.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1442721/beastie-boys-compiling-book-of-grand-royal-highlights/|title=Beastie Boys Compiling Book Of Grand Royal Highlights|last=Archive-Courtney-Reimer|website=MTV News|language=en|access-date=2019-06-11}}</ref>


''Grand Royal'' was most famous for its article "Mulling Over the Mullet" in issue two, which lampooned the [[mullet (haircut)|mullet]] hairstyle (the Beastie Boys also recorded a song called "Mullet Head", which was released on Grand Royal on its ''[[Sure Shot]]'' 12-inch [[single (music)|single]]).
''Grand Royal'' was most famous for its article "Mulling Over the Mullet" in issue two, which lampooned the [[mullet (haircut)|mullet]] hairstyle (the Beastie Boys also recorded a song called "Mullet Head", which was released on Grand Royal on its ''[[Sure Shot]]'' 12-inch [[single (music)|single]]).

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Grand Royal was the Los Angeles, California-based vanity record label set up in 1992 by the Beastie Boys in conjunction with Capitol Records after the group left Def Jam Recordings.[1]

Due to mounting debts, Grand Royal went out of business in 2001. Its assets were sold off via auction on Bid4Assets; these assets did not include any rights to Beastie Boys music.[2] The assets and back catalog were purchased by a group of fans who in turn started GR2 Records.[3] In 2016, GR2 sold the rights and master recordings of Grand Royal's second release My Crazy Life to a member of the band Dead Fucking Last.

Grand Royal was also the name of a magazine written and published by the group.[4] Described as a publication that "came to define part of Generation X,"[5] the total distribution of the six issues of Grand Royal was estimated at 300,000 copies.[6]

Grand Royal was most famous for its article "Mulling Over the Mullet" in issue two, which lampooned the mullet hairstyle (the Beastie Boys also recorded a song called "Mullet Head", which was released on Grand Royal on its Sure Shot 12-inch single).

See also

References

  1. ^ "Beasties Label Grand Royal to be Distributed by Capitol". Rolling Stone. December 9, 1993. Retrieved August 15, 2018.
  2. ^ Werde, Bill (January 19, 2004). "For a Record Label Founded by the Beastie Boys, the End Is Less Than Grand". The New York Times. Retrieved August 15, 2018.
  3. ^ Cross, Alan (2012). The Beastie Boys: the secret history. Joe Books Ltd. ISBN 978-1-9270-0216-2.
  4. ^ Woodbury, Jason P. (August 11, 2017). "The Magazine of Champions: On the Shabby Brilliance of "Grand Royal" Magazine". Flood Magazine. Retrieved August 15, 2018.
  5. ^ Estes, Adam Clark (2012-05-04). "Remembering Grand Royal, the Beastie Boys' Brief, Brilliant Magazine". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
  6. ^ Archive-Courtney-Reimer. "Beastie Boys Compiling Book Of Grand Royal Highlights". MTV News. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
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