The classic Beastie Boys video for Sabotage is a homage to 1970’s crime dramas. The video is presented as the opening credits for a show called “Sabotage” starring the members of Beastie Boys as the shows fictional characters. Here is the list of the classic named characters in order of their introduction.
Sir Stewart Wallace
guest-starring as himself (played by MCA – Adam Yauch)
Nathan Wind
as Cochese (also played by MCA – Adam Yauch)
Vic Colfari
as Bobby, “The Rookie”(played by Ad-Rock – Adam Horowitz)
Alasondro Alegré
as “The Chief” (played by Mike D – Michael Diamond)
Fred Kelly
as Bunny (played by DJ Hurricane)
Beastie Boys were a bit upset when the Sabotage video didn’t win any awards at 1994 MTV Video Music Awards. Click below to see what happened…