Slayer guitarist Kerry King has shared his greatest remorse with regards to having made a cameo on the Beastie Boys’ hit single and video for “No Sleep Till Brooklyn.” The tune appeared on the Beasties’ breakout Licensed to Ill album, with the video changing into a preferred clip on MTV with King even making a visitor flip there to play his solo.

King recalled his well-known cameo throughout a latest look on Border City Rock Talk (as seen on the backside of this put up) and revealed he has one important remorse about it.

“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.”

King adds, “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]” When King speaks of “points,” he is referring to a proportion of the online income derived from the composition and the sound recording. So even 1 / 4 level on a tune that grew to become common would quantity to far more than the “couple hundred bucks” payout he acquired on the time.

Kerry King Did Get a “Bump” From Beastie Boys Video

While King earned a small quantity that saved him financially afloat on the time for his visitor solo and video look, he did have one different important influence on how the tune was offered.

Back in 2014, King revealed on the Scion AV All Purpose Show (as premiered at Loudwire) that he stepped as much as change the course of the “No Sleep Till Brooklyn” video.

“I went in and did the video and I thought that was a way to get Slayer’s foot step in the door of videos,” recalled King. “I’m in the Beastie Boys video and that’s gonna be huge.’”

But when he arrived for the shoot, he discovered from the director {that a} gorilla was going to knock him offstage within the comedic clip. “That ain’t gonna happen, that just ain’t going to happen,” King responded. “So we did it the way I suggested and the gorilla is up there and I swack him with my nails and take off from there.”

Beastie Boys, “No Sleep Till Brooklyn”

Kerry King’s OTHER Guest Appearance

Slayer have been slightly extra established when King was requested once more for an additional visitor cameo. This time it was for the Sum 41 tune “What We’re All About” that appeared as a part of 2002’s Spider-Man soundtrack.

But waiving just a few {dollars} wasn’t sufficient to persuade him this time. In truth, he turned down the request 10 instances earlier than ultimately being pitched an argument that modified his thoughts.

King revealed some file label intervention and a few reasoning lastly put him on the trail. He tells Metal Hammer (as transcribed by Guitar World), “A friend of mine at the label came to me at an angle that I just couldn’t argue with,” the guitarist remembers. “He was like, ‘Well, you know you played on the Beastie Boys record [1987’s “No Sleep Till Brooklyn”].’ Fuck! Haha, he’s got a point! That was my epiphany. That was before we put ourselves back on the map – those dudes were fun and they were popping.”

Given the huge popularity of the initial Tobey Maguire-led Spider-Man film and soundtrack, it did put King in a spotlight that the guitarist or his band weren’t always given.

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Reflecting on those guest spots, King added, “So, yeah, I played on the Beastie Boys record and I played on the Sum 41 record. I mean, those weren’t choices for me, those were just career choices I made. Some people may agree with them and some people may not.”

Kerry King Guests on Border City Rock Talk