The Beastie Boys classic 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 The 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)

SIr Stewart Walace MCA The Beastie Boys Sabotage Video

Nathan Wind as Cochese (also played by MCA – Adam Yauch)

Nathan Wind Cochise Sabotage Video MCA The Beastie Boys

Vic Colfari as Bobby, “The Rookie” (played by Ad-Rock – Adam Horowitz)

Vic Colfari "The Rookie" Beastie Boys Sabotage Video Ad Rock

Alasondro Alegré as “The Chief” (played by Mike D – Michael Diamond)

Alasondro Alegre "The Chief" Beastie Boys Sabotage Video Mike D

Fred Kelly as Bunny (played by DJ Hurricane)

Fred Kelly As Bunny DJ Hurricane The Beastie Boys Sabotage Video

The 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…

Nathanial Hörnblowér aka Adam Yauch aka MCA From The Beastie Boys Invades The Stage

 

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