Grand Royal

Grand Royal was the Los Angeles, California-based vanity record label set up in 1992 by the Beastie Boys in conjunction with Capitol Records after the group left Def Jam Recordings.

Due to mounting debts, Grand Royal went out of business in 2001. Its assets were sold off via auction on Bid4Assets; these assets did not include any rights to Beastie Boys music. The assets and back catalog were purchased by a group of fans who in turn started GR2 Records.

Grand Royal was also the name of a magazine written and published by the group. It was most famous for its article "Mulling Over the Mullet" in issue two, which lampooned the mullet hairstyle (the Beastie Boys also recorded a song called "Mullet Head", which was released on Grand Royal on its Sure Shot 12-inch single).

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Beastie Boys

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Studio albums	Licensed to Ill (1986) Paul's Boutique (1989) Check Your Head (1992) Ill Communication (1994) Hello Nasty (1998) To the 5 Boroughs (2004) The Mix-Up (2007) Hot Sauce Committee Part Two (2011)

Compilation albums	Some Old Bullshit (1994) The In Sound from Way Out! (1996) Beastie Boys Anthology: The Sounds of Science (1999) Solid Gold Hits (2005)

EPs	Polly Wog Stew (1982) An Exciting Evening at Home with Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego (1989) Pretzel Nugget (1994) Root Down (1995) Aglio e Olio (1995) Nasty Bits (1998) Scientists of Sound (The Blow Up Factor Vol. 1) (1999) The Mix-Up Bonus Tracks (2008)

Live members	Rick Rubin Doctor Dré DJ Hurricane Money Mark Eric Bobo Amery Smith Alfredo Ortiz Mix Master Mike

Associated acts	The Young Aborigines The Young and the Useless Dust Brothers Mario Caldato Jr. BS 2000 The Latch Brothers

Filmography	Krush Groove Tougher Than Leather Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That! "Hell Is Other Robots" Beastie Boys Video Anthology Gunnin' for That No. 1 Spot Fight for Your Right Revisited

Related articles	Discography Grand Royal Rat Cage Def Jam Capitol The Beastles Oscilloscope Laboratories Together Forever Tour

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