The Hellfreaks release new music video for Beastie Boys cover ‘Sabotage’

THE HELLFREAKS have released a new music video!

The new music video, a cover of the BEASTIE BOYS‘ legendary hit Sabotage, is the brand new single from the Hungarian punk band.

Speaking about the cover, the band says, “everyone who knows our history might not be surprised by the unpredictable steps of THE HELLFREAKS. We love to challenge ourselves and see this mindset as the oil for our engine, that is why we decided to do something we never did before – to cover a song that represents a legendary piece of rock music history. The four members of THE HELLFREAKS are from different musical corners, so it wasn’t an easy task to find the song that feels right to all of us, but when the idea of BEASTIE BOYS Sabotage popped up in the air, we were all immediately on board!

We admire the band, but at the same, we saw how we could spice the song with some HELLFREAKS spirit to turn it somehow to our own. That being said we decided to record the instrumental part not instrument by instrument, part by part as it’s usual, but recorded it all together, live, to keep the essence of BEASTIE BOYS in our own version too. On the top we wanted to set a sign of our roots visually as well. The New York based BEASTIE BOYS came straight from the undergound and had a massive influence on rock music till these days. To respect that, we recorded the video in the heart of our hometown, Budapest, over the rooftops of our city on the Gellért Hill, which is also the home of Hungary’s Liberty Statue. We loved working on this very much and hope that you’ll enjoy our version!”

Watch the official music video for Sabotage here: 

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