Everything about Rock Hard totally explained
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Rock Hard" was one of the first songs released by the
Beastie Boys, released by record label
Def Jam on 12" in 1984. It has long been removed from print and is now considered a rare collector's item. The song
samples from the
AC/DC song "
Back in Black"; the Beastie Boys used this sample without legal permission. Later, when the Boys planned to include the out-of-print song on their 1999 anthology
The Sounds of Science, AC/DC refused to allow the sample to be used.
Mike D spoke to AC/DC's
Malcolm Young personally on the phone when their lawyers refused to clear the sample, and later said that "AC/DC couldn't get with the sample concept. They were just like, 'Nothing against you guys, but we just don't endorse sampling.'"
Adrock then added "So we told them that we don't endorse people playing guitars."
The cover design is also famous for now being the official
Def Jam records logo for vinyl releases. To this day songs released by
Def Jam in
vinyl have this design.
Track listing
Side One
"Rock Hard"
"Party's Getting Rough"
Side Two
"Beastie Groove"
"Beastie Groove (Instrumental)"Further Information
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