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Beastie Boys Reissue ‘Check Your Head’

   

Beastie Boys - 'Check Your Head' Cover ArtThe Beastie Boys and Capitol/EMI are reissuing the remastered version of the group’s third album, Check Your Head, on March 30th, with pre-orders beginning at beastieboys.com.

Check Your Head’s reissue is being sold in multiple formats, ranging from a high quality DRM-free digital download (including classic b-sides and bonus tracks) to an ultra-deluxe 4 LP 180HQ vinyl version packaged in a fabric-wrapped hardcover coffee table book case (limited to 2000 copies). Not including the 4 LP version of the album, all physical editions will hit retailers April 7th.

In addition, it has been announced that the Beastie Boys will headline the Hollywood Bowl on September 24th. The group has also confirmed their appearance at this summer’s Bonnaroo festival, scheduled for June 11-14 in Manchester, Tennessee.

Originally released in April 1992, Check Your Head, which featured singles “So What’cha Want,” “Pass The Mic,” “Gratitude” and “Jimmy James,” marked the Beastie Boys’ return to live instrumentation, with the bulk of the album featuring Mike D on drums, Adrock on guitar and MCA on bass for the first time since the band’s early 1980s hardcore punk recordings.

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