Mixmaster Mike, The Informer

In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, Mixmaster Mike reported that the Beastie Boys will enter the studio to continue work on the follow-up to "Hello Nasty" at the beginning of 2002. He said: "Right now, we're at the incubation stage. We've got all the beats in the incubator. They're eggs. We're waiting for them to hatch. Me and Mike D are just like, politicking. We're very moody players. We're moody musicians. You never know what's gonna come out of it." Mike and the Beastie Boys have already worked on some tracks in studios in New York and Los Angeles.In other news, Mixmaster Mike has some words about a possible Invisibl Skratch Piklz reunion, he reported: "Right now, we're all working on our own solo stuff. But next year we're going to come back together and formulate something. Next year we're gonna hook up and build something monstrous."