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The fest sold out its first year and became a key stop on the seasonal festival circuit, famous for its collaborative “superjams” between top acts and drawing one-of-a-kind sets that incldued D’Angelo’s long-awaited return to live stages and the final show from the Beastie Boys.

This band was equally shaped by “F**k tha Police”-era gangsta rap and early Beastie Boys; they named themselves for the IRA’s notoriously gruesome punishment tactic: a shotgun blast to the back of the knee.

As strong as 1994 artists Smashing Pumpkins, Beastie Boys, George Clinton and the P-Funk Allstars and the Breeders were, they couldn’t compare to Nirvana.

"He was a well known beastie in the streets of the West End of Edinburgh," he added.

They subjected their victims to what police called "unimaginable abuse" in a Glasgow drug den dubbed "the beastie house".