Lost Another One Too Early :(

[DRIFTER_016]

Adam Yauch Dead @ 47

 

Adam Yauch, a founding member of pioneering hip-hop group the Beastie Boys, died Friday at age 47. He had been receiving treatment for cancer since 2009.

 

Known by his stage name, MCA, and other pseudonyms such as Nathanial Hörnblowér, Yauch co-founded the Beastie Boys with Mike (Mike D) Diamond and Adam (Ad-Rock) Horowitz in 1979.

 

The band started off with a punk sound, but soon began experimenting with hip-hop, becoming big with the 1986 album Licensed to Ill issued by Def Jam Records.

 

As one of the first white hip-hop groups, the Beastie Boys were accused of being cultural pirates. Their second album Paul's Boutique got little attention, but Check Your Head, where they played their own instruments, brought them back to the top of the charts.

 

Directed videos and concert film

 

Yauch used the the pseudonym Nathanial Hörnblowér to direct many Beastie Boys music videos and also directed the 2006 Beastie Boys concert film Awesome; I F***in' Shot That!

The Beastie Boys, from left: Adam Horovitz, Adam Yauch, and Michael Diamond. (Thomas Rabsch/Nasty Little Man/Associated Press)

He missed the Beastie Boys' induction to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland in April, and his cancer treatments delayed the release of the group's most recent album, Hot Sauce Committee, Pt. 2.

 

Yauch was born in Brooklyn, taught himself to play bass guitar and gave his first show with the Beastie Boys on his 17th birthday. The group first played in underground New York pubs before opening on tour for Madonna and Run DMC.

 

Then Fight for Your Right (To Party) became a massive hit, catapulting the group to fame. The Beastie Boys split with Def Jam for their second record, then built their own studio and founded their own record label, Grand Royal for Check Your Head.

 

Crossover hits

 

Early ‘90s songs Jimmy James, Pass the Mic and So Whatcha Want also became big hits on college and alternative rock radio signalling a crossover of the rap sound. During the summer of 1994, the group co-headlined the fourth Lollapalooza festival with the Smashing Pumpkins. They came to be considered one of the most influential and ambitious groups of the '90s.

 

The Mix-Up, an instrumental album the band released in 2007, earned the Beastie Boys a Grammy Award.

 

In 2002, Yauch built a recording studio in New York called Oscilloscope Laboratories and produced punk band Bad Brains’ album Build a Nation.

 

Oscilloscope Laboratories also distributed Yauch's directorial film debut, basketball documentary Gunnin' For That #1 Spot in 2008 as well as Kelly Reichardt's feature film Wendy and Lucy and The Messenger in 2009.

 

A practising Buddhist, Yauch was heavily involved in the movement to free Tibet and co-organized the Tibetan freedom concerts of the late 1990s.

 

He is survived by his wife, Dechen Wangdu, and daughter Tenzin Losel Yauch.

[blaque]

Yep.....it's crazy alright. A good dude gone too soon.

[NAW]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roJwF9jKhp0

 

That really is to bad.

 

They're an increadible band.

 

Still making great music after over 30 years.

Edited May 4, 2012 by N.A.W

[blaque]

 

I still to this day don't know what they say after intergalactic lol.

 

Intergalactic .....gill the children.....gill the children....intergalactic?? Lol

 

[manitoubass2]

Beastie Boys Check Yer Head is still one of my all time favorites.

 

RIP

 

Very innovative man, very humble and quite the funny guy...

[Fishing yoda]

I grew up listening to these guys!! world of music lost another good one! R.I.P Adam

[blaque]

Another dimension, another dimension, another dimension, another dimension...

 

I Googled it....apparently it's intergalactic planetary planetary intergalactic? Not buyin it lol

[asdve23rveavwa]

Yup, RIP...pretty much my age, too...scary.

[capt bruce]

Even OLD guys like me ... Great band ,so sad when one so young goes .. Remember when they first broke out , woke up alot of old guys like me who thu up every time they heard some disco, THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE BEEN MISSING .. SAd day , great player , great music.

[jedimaster]

Yup, big fan of the Beasties... I still remember listening to them on casette tape at my friends house while playing street hockey 25 years ago. Girls and the rest of license to ill blew many speakers..

[express168]

Loved this band growing up, makes you realize you are aging when the people you idolized growing up are passing away. RIP Adam and Junior.

[Joeytier]

MCA! Own a couple Beastie LPs and love everything they've done. Fantastic musician he was. Gonna have to put some beasties on the turntable tonight in tribute.

 

RIP

[esoxansteel]

Luv the Beasties, we are loosing far too many lately

[bucktail]

RIP MCA....the topping to a crappy week.

[FisherJuli]

Very sad to hear. The Beasties were a staple of my youth... And tonight we played a bunch in honour of the musical talent and bright light lost.

[kickingfrog]

..."I'll steal your honey like I stole your bike."

[asdve23rveavwa]

Routines I bust, rhymes I write...and I'll be busting routines and rhymes all night!

[Musky or Specks]

Ill be tipping a brass monkey in salute

 

"You drink brass monkey this is how you feel

 

You put you left leg down

 

Your right leg up

 

Tilt you head back and

 

finish the cup"

 

 

DUCK DUCK GOOSE GOOSE

 

Thought Id add this

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUrsKjTP2Zk

Edited May 5, 2012 by Musky or Specks

[manitoubass2]

I loved all there tunes, but I loved, absolutely loved having beers and playing their instrumental stuff. They had like a hip hop jazz thing that was just awesome to chill out to.

 

Kings of New York, I doubt there is anyone in New York that wasn`t influenced by Adam

 

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=NLFlW3UaQuU

 

 

 

Edited May 5, 2012 by manitoubass2

[manitoubass2]

To all those that loved the Beastie Boys, You should check out some of their side projects that alot of people were never familiar with...

 

 

 

my personal fav Beastie Boys tune besides So Whatcha Want

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLFlW3UaQuU

 

[manitoubass2]

and Country Mike, lol

 

 

 

 

Really good drinking tunes!

Edited May 5, 2012 by manitoubass2

[Moosebunk]

Bummer. Loved these guys growing up. Saw them in Montreal when I was 21 and along with the Chili Peppers they put on the best show. Used to play bass to alot of their grunge stuff. "Gratitude" being the first learned, then "Time For Living."

 

Probably the best hip-hop group and music sampling of all time. RIP Yauch!

[manitoubass2]

 

 

Thanks for that Sinclair!!!! That was awesome.

 

 

 

[Harrison]

Sad, one of my favs as a young teen. Paul Revere, first song I knew beginning to end, and still do

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Edited May 5, 2012 by Harrison

[GBW]

Man, it sucks knowing there isn't going to be anymore new tunes from them. RIP Adam.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BptQHAW2T5M&ob=av3e