During a recent interview with Border City Rock Talk, Slayer’s Kerry King further discussed his contribution to Beastie Boys‘ “No Sleep Till Brooklyn.” The guitarist said the following about the collaboration:
“The simplicity of it is what’s funny about it. We [Slayer] were doing what became the ‘Reign In Blood‘ album and the [Beastie Boys] were doing ‘Licensed To Ill‘ in the same studio, like down the hall from each other. And [producer] Rick Rubin was doing both projects. So they needed a lead on that particular song, ‘No Sleep Till Brooklyn‘. So I thought about it, and I went, ‘Yeah, why not? I can use a couple hundred bucks.’ I certainly wasn’t well to do back then. So, that’s what I did. I went in there and I did it. And in hindsight, I wish I didn’t get paid. I wish I took a quarter point or something, ’cause now I would be a rich man. [Laughs]”
[via Blabbermouth]
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